Good ideas for protection against carcinogenic hazardous substances awarded
- Date 2022-09-29
The German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) presented for the 14th time the German Hazardous Substances Protection Award endowed with 10,000 Euro on September 29, 2022. The motto of this year was "STOP cancer at work - 2022 in focus: dusts and fumes". An independent jury of experts from various interest groups selected a technical solution as the award winner in the technical solution category and commended an entry from the management category.
The BOMAG GmbH from Boppard received the award for the development of the ION DUST SHIELD, an innovative solution for the safe handling of carcinogenic substances released during the milling of asphalt.
Ökopol GmbH from Hamburg received a commendation for the European social partner project "Reducing Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust Effectively".
Jury
The award was decided on June 29, 2022 by an independent jury composed as follows:
- Dr. Philipp BAYER, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
- Thomas VON DER HEYDEN, Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - IFA
- Angela CRONE, Ministry for Environment, Climate, Mobility, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Saarland
- Dr. Edgar LEIBOLD, BASF SE
- Annika WÖRSDÖRFER, DGB
- Dr. Martin WIESKE, Wirtschaftsvereinigung Metalle e. V. (WV Metalle)
- Dr. Rüdiger PIPKE, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
The two jury members Prof. Dr. Anke KAHL, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, and Prof. Dr. Thomas KUHLBUSCH (BAuA) had made their evaluations available to the jury in advance.
Award ceremony
The award ceremony took place on Sept. 29, 2022, as part of the 16th Occupational Safety and Health Forum of the Joint German Occupational Safety and Health Strategy (GDA) in Berlin. The award winners will be given the opportunity to present themselves at relevant events.
Further information can be found on the BAuA-Website: Hazardous Substances Protection Award