Regulation on safety and health protection at work on screen equipment (VDOS/BildscharbV)

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Date of completion: 04.12.1996

Full quote:

" Screen Working Ordinance of 4 December 1996 (BGBl. I p. 1841, 1843), as last amended by Article 7 of the Regulation of 18 December 2008 (BGBl. 2768).

Status:

Last amended by Art. 7 V v. 18.12.2008 I 2768

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This Regulation shall be used in conjunction with the Labour Protection Act
implementation of the following Directive:
Council Directive 90 /270/EEC of 29 May 1990 on the
Minimum requirements relating to safety and health protection
in the case of work on screen equipment (OJ C 327 EC No L 156 p. 14).

Footnote

(+ + + Text from: 20.12.1996 + + +) 
(+ + + Official note from the norm-provider on EC law: 
 Implementation of the 
 EWGRL 270/90 (CELEX Nr: 390L0270) + + + 

  

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§ 1 Scope

(1) This Regulation shall apply to the work on display screen equipment. (2) This Regulation shall not apply to the work carried out on

1.

operations of machinery or at the driver ' s point of use of vehicles with visual display devices,

2.

Display devices on board of transport,

3.

Data processing installations intended primarily for use by the public,

4.

Visual display devices for mobile use, provided they are not regularly used in a workplace,

5.

Calculating machines, cash registers or other means of work with a small data or measured value display device, which is necessary for the direct use of the work equipment, and

6.

Typewriters of classic design with a display.

(4) The Federal Chancellery, the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, the Federal Ministry of Defence or the Federal Ministry of Defence, or the Federal Ministry of the Interior, The Federal Ministry of Finance, in agreement with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and, unless the Federal Ministry of the Interior itself is responsible, may, in agreement with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, in agreement with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Federal Ministry of the Interior to determine that for certain activities in the public The Federal Government, in particular the Bundeswehr, the police, civil and civil protection services, customs or intelligence services, shall not be required to apply the provisions of this Regulation in whole or in part, insofar as public matters are , in particular in order to maintain or restore public safety. In this case, it shall be necessary to establish at the same time how the safety and health protection of workers under this Regulation will be ensured in a different way. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, a visual display device shall be a screen for displaying alphanumeric characters or for graphic representation, irrespective of the presentation procedure. (2) The display station for the purposes of this Regulation shall be a workplace with a visual display device that may be equipped with

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data collection facilities,

2.

software that is available to employees in the execution of their work tasks,

3.

accessories and elements that are part of the operation or use of the visual display device, or

4.

other means of work,

and the immediate working environment. (3) Employees within the meaning of this Regulation are employed persons who normally use a visual display device for a non-essential part of their normal work. Unofficial table of contents

§ 3 Assessment of working conditions

In assessing the working conditions in accordance with § 5 of the German Labor Protection Act (Arbeitsschutzgesetz), the employer has the safety and health conditions in particular with regard to a possible endangering of the vision, as well as the conditions of health and safety. to identify and assess physical problems and mental stress. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4 Requirements for design

(1) The employer shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the workstations correspond to the requirements of the Annex and other legislation. (2) In the case of work stations which are in operation until 20 December 1996, the the employer shall take the appropriate measures referred to in paragraph 1,

1.

if these jobs are substantially changed, or

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if the assessment of the working conditions in accordance with § 3 shows that the work at these workplaces is jeopardising the life or health of workers,

however, no later than 31 December 1999. (3) The requirements of the Annex may be dismissed if:

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the specific requirements of the work place or characteristics of the work are contrary to those requirements, or

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the work station is designed according to the respective abilities of the disabled persons working on it, taking into account the nature and severity of the handicap

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§ 5 Daily work flow

The employer shall organise the activities of the employees in such a way that the day-to-day work of visual display devices is regularly interrupted by other activities or by breaks, each of which is the burden of working at the display screen. reduce. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6 Investigation of the eyes and the eyeshare

For the examination of the eyes and the eyesight, including the provision of special vision aids, the Ordinance on the Occupational Health Care Provision of 18 December 2008 (BGBl. 2768), which, in Annex Part 4, provides an opportunity for the investigation of tenders, as in the current version. Unofficial table of contents

§ 7 (omitted)

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Attachment to requirements to be met at VDU workstations

Display device and keyboard

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The characters shown on the screen must be sharp, clear, and sufficiently large, and must have an appropriate character and line spacing.

2.

The image displayed on the screen must be stable and free of flickering; it must not have any distortion.

3.

The brightness of the screen display and the contrast between the sign and the character background on the screen must be easily adjustable and be adapted to the conditions of the working environment.

4.

The screen must be free of disturbing reflections and glare.

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The display screen must be free and easily rotatable and tiltable.

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The keyboard must be separate and tiltable from the display screen, so that users can take an ergonomically favourable working position.

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The keyboard and the other input means must be able to be variably arranged on the working surface. The working surface in front of the keyboard must allow a laying on of the hands.

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The keyboard must have a surface that is low in reflection.

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The shape and the stop of the keys must allow ergonomic operation of the keyboard. The lettering of the keys must be clearly lifted off the ground and can be read in the normal working position.

Other work equipment

10.

The work table or the working surface must have a sufficiently large and low-reflection surface and permit a flexible arrangement of the screen device, the keyboard, the records and the other working means. Sufficient space for an ergonomically favourable working position must be provided. A separate stand for the screen device can be used.

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The work chair must be ergonomically designed and stand-proof.

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The document holder must be stable and adjustable and can be arranged in such a way that uncomfortable movements of the head and eye are restricted as far as possible.

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A footrest can be made available on request if an ergonomically favorable working position without footrest cannot be achieved.

Work Environment

14.

There must be sufficient space for changing working positions and movements at the work station.

15.

The lighting must correspond to the type of vision and must be adapted to the visual ability of the users, thereby ensuring an appropriate contrast between the screen and the working environment. Due to the design of the display workstation as well as the design and arrangement of the lighting, disturbing glare effects, reflections or reflections on the screen and the other working media are to be avoided.

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Screen workstations shall be set up in such a way that luminous or illuminated surfaces do not cause glare and that reflections on the screen are avoided as far as possible. The windows must be equipped with a suitable adjustable light protection device, which allows the intensity of daylight to be reduced to the working position of the screen.

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In the design of the visual display workplace, account shall be taken of the noise caused by the means of work belonging to the work station, in particular in order to affect the concentration and the intelligibility of the speech to be taken into account. avoid.

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The work equipment must not lead to increased heat stress at the display station, which is not detrimental. It is necessary to ensure adequate humidity.

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The radiation must, with the exception of the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, be kept so low that it is insignificant for the safety and health of the users of the display screen.

Interaction of man-work equipment

20.

The principles of ergonomics are to be applied in particular to the processing of information by man.

21.

In the case of development, selection, acquisition and modification of software as well as in the design of the work on display screen equipment, the employer shall take account of the following principles, in particular with regard to user-friendliness:

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The software must be adapted to the task to be performed.

21.2

The systems must provide users with information about the respective dialogue flows either directly or on request.

21.3

The systems must allow users to influence the respective dialogue runs, as well as describe possible errors in handling and allow them to be eliminated with limited work effort.

21.4

The software must be able to be adapted to the knowledge and experience of the users with regard to the task to be performed.

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No device for qualitative or quantitative control may be used without the knowledge of the user.