Nominees 2017

BG BAU - Berufsgenossenschaft der Bauwirtschaft

“BUILD ON SAFETY. BUILD ON YOURSELF” prevention program. The emphasis is on employees. The behavior-focused prevention program is intended to increase their awareness of hazards and risks in the workplace, improve their skills in dealing with risks and health issues and encourage them to reflect on and change their own actions.

Caverion Deutschland GmbH

Stay up there! Preventing ladder accidents Particular attention should be drawn to carelessness and inattention at low heights, as that is where roughly 40% of all ladder accidents happen. To do this, a campaign has been launched involving mailing information to the home addresses of all blue collar workers.

Deutschland sicher im Netz e.V.

Bottom-up: vocational students for IT security With the free “Bottom-up: vocational students for IT security” training program from Deutschland sicher im Netz e.V., teachers at vocational schools receive practical educational materials to prepare students for safe and secure digitalization at work.

Georg Fischer Automotive AG

Zero risk – safety initiative from GF Automotive A sustainable safety initiative accompanied by a worldwide publicity campaign to improve awareness of safety and create a culture of occupational health and safety.

Hirschvogel Holding GmbH

Validation of a manually operated hot press Increasing safety on hot presses. Any hand or arm reaching into the danger zone is detected by a light curtain, which stops the press from starting up.

Hymer-Leichtmetallbau GmbH & Co. KG

Safety quiz – working safely at height Online quiz for users of access equipment to broaden their knowledge of how to use ladders and mobile scaffolding safely.

Maschinenfabrik Kemper GmbH & Co. KG

Safety takes priority As soon as safety risks are identified at Kemper, eliminating them takes top priority. Any employee can submit suggestions on how to improve safety via a CIP or informally. There is a guarantee of implementation within three months. Kemper has been accident-free for 1,580,000 million working hours.

Krankenhaus vom Roten Kreuz Bad Cannstatt GmbH

“Get ready for good health!” A week of health events for employees during which they have the opportunity to take part in campaigns and training courses to boost their own health.

LEW Netzservice GmbH

Digital quality assurance on construction sites Fully IT-supported (logging app & web platform) quality assurance on construction sites, focusing on occupational health and safety, environmental protection and service quality. The app (currently available for iOS, Android and Windows) and web platform (SQL Server) can be used in a number of different languages.

Logistik-Initiative Hamburg Service GmbH

FairTruck FairTruck is a platform that delivers lasting improvements to working conditions and occupational health and safety for professional drivers.

Meyer & Meyer Holding SE & Co. KG

Better safety at work: the safety check A company-wide prevention measure with the aim of detecting potential hazards at an early stage, recording them and eliminating them, as well as systematically and continuously raising awareness among employees of potential causes of accidents.

SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG

SCHUNK Co-act JL1 gripper Intelligent gripping system for direct collaboration between humans and robots.

TenneT TSO B.V.

Improved culture of safety in the international supply chain As the first TSO (transmission system operator) in Europe, we have taken the lead in improving the culture of safety in the international supply chain.

WEVG Salzgitter GmbH & Co. KG

Mom, dad, we’re waiting for you! Actively integrating our employees in prevention work, including in their home lives.

Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Clean hands campaign

ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG

The city helmet project: for the fun side of voluntarily wearing a helmet and help for children with head injuries Wearing a helmet can reduce the risk of suffering head injuries in a bicycle accident by 69%. That’s why the Stadthelm (city helmet) prevention project aims to show the fun side of voluntarily wearing a helmet. And that’s not all. Buying a city helmet benefits children and young people with head injuries. That’s because every time a city helmet is purchased, a donation goes to Bundesverband Kinderneurologie-Hilfe e.V.

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)

Driver assistance system for avoiding obstacles and preventing collisions based on the roadside map Driver assistance system from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) based on a fundamentally new philosophy for avoiding obstacles and for optimized vehicle steering by means of precise, automatically generated environmental information via remote sensing.

Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitsrat e.V. (DVR)

German Road Safety app Mobility brings people together! The centerpiece of German Road Safety is a smartphone app. It provides audiovisual information in multiple languages regarding issues of safe mobility in Germany. As an animated compact guide, German Road Safety uses four themed sections and several quiz elements to provide a comprehensive overview of the most important rules of the road in Germany, and helps users to find their way around and do the right thing in various situations.

Geotab GmbH

Telematics and data analytics for drivers and road safety Geotab’s open-source platform telematics solution converts vehicle data into usable, dynamic insights for both company fleets and the general public. This enables driver and road safety to be improved considerably while productivity is optimized and routing made more efficient at the same time.

Dr. Hoseit-Unternehmensberatung – StopApp

StopApp – electronic seatbelt for smartphones All smartphone functions not permitted on the road (section 23 of the StVO traffic regulations) are automatically disabled during travel and automatically enabled again when the journey ends.

IVV Bautzen GbR

Initiative to improve fitness to drive in Germany IVV Bautzen has launched a large-scale initiative covering multiple institutions to improve fitness to drive on German roads. Drivers with problems meeting the requirements need to be identified early if there is to be any chance of correcting their behavior. All local traffic authorities in Germany are involved.

Kompetenzcenter Marketing NRW c/o Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH

You always have a choice – 110 Campaign promoting correct responses to dangerous situations in public transport The goal of the campaign is to show bus and rail passengers what to do in dangerous situations. The campaign has been heavily promoted in the media over a two-month period (October/November 2016) by means of testimonials from strong women such as the chief of police for North Rhine-Westphalia, and is still visible in the form of posters at train stations.

LAB-CRAFT EUROPE GmbH

Banksman maneuvering lights for commercial vehicles Lighting developed as an aid for drivers of commercial and emergency vehicles. When the vehicle is reversing, Banksman offers a better view of areas that conventional tail lights cannot reach.

ORCA Affairs GmbH

“Lieber sicher. Lieber leben.” This publicity campaign has been an established part of road safety work by Brandenburg’s state government for 20 years now. It is targeted at novice drivers and promoted at clubs and city festivals. It uses campaign ambassadors, “guardian angels,” a range of coloring books, CDs, cinema advertising in cooperation with Babelsberg Film University and a Facebook page.

Scania Deutschland GmbH

World’s first side airbag for trucks The new generation of Scania trucks can be fitted with side airbags – a unique solution unprecedented in heavy-duty commercial vehicles. The Scania side airbags significantly increase protection for the occupants in the event that the vehicle tips over – one of the most severe types of truck accident.

ThinxNet GmbH

Better road safety and efficiency with connected cars Cooperation with SV SparkassenVersicherung and HDI App development links your car to your smartphone. Objective: creating intelligent vehicles for everyone.

Vereinigung Deutscher Autohöfe e.V.; VEDA e.V.

Premium parking at rest areas: better safety, more security and greater convenience for drivers and their loads. Rest area industry association VEDA has worked with a major international logistics company to come up with a design for extra-safe truck parking. Controlled access, high-quality video surveillance and much better lighting create an organized and secure environment for breaks at rest areas.

Volvo Trucks / Volvo Group Trucks Central Europe GmbH

Volvo Trucks’ training program for better road safety Road safety training for children and young people, using interactive methods to teach them the right way to deal with trucks on the road.

wuidi GmbH

wuidi – working together to prevent accidents involving wildlife The digital wildlife warning system alerts drivers when they are driving through areas with a high risk of animals in the road, and does so for specific locations and times of day for the first time. The warning is issued either via an app or through a Bluetooth link directly via the car.

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Mehr Sicherheit für Kinder e.V.

Poster for refugee accommodation: preventing accident risks for children This project is a response to the current refugee crisis and the associated social and health-related challenges.

Meine Stadt rettet | c/o Ecorium GmbH

My city to the rescue – first-aid app to improve emergency treatment The “My city to the rescue” initiative has developed a first-aid app aimed at speeding up emergency treatment for good. To do this, when the emergency services are dispatched by the control center responsible, a network of voluntary, qualified first-aiders are alerted and directed to the scene via smartphone at the same time.

Future Shape GmbH

SensFloor® – a sensitive floor for a long and safe life at home The interconnected “intelligent” home is intended to improve safety, save time and cut energy costs. It refers to systems and services that enable elderly and disabled people to live independently within their own four walls for as long as possible and to cope with everyday life without assistance. The patented SensFloor® technology from Future Shape can be installed discreetly under all types of flooring.

Initiative ELEKTRO +

Safety, convenience and energy efficiency for electrical installations in residential buildings This initiative offers an information platform to assist developers and renovators, skilled tradespeople and planners, architects and companies in the housing industry in implementing safe and practical electrical installations in residential buildings. The ELEKTRO+ initiative provides these target groups with unbiased information for planning and executing electrical installations in new buildings and modernization projects.

DUBAI MUNICIPALITY

“FIRE OR SAFETY – YOUR CHOICE” Campaign to raise awareness of fire safety and what to do in the event of fire.

Pflasterpass gGmbH

Pflasterpass knowledge can save lives With the Pflasterpass program, our aim is to introduce four- to eight-year-olds to the issue of “first aid for children,” make them aware of dangers at home, at school and during playtime and to teach them the basic principles of first aid in an age-appropriate way.

Polizeiliche Kriminalprävention der Länder und des Bundes

K-EINBRUCH The goal is to raise public awareness of how to protect homes responsibly and effectively against burglary. The campaign is centered around the website (www.k-einbruch.de), which offers unbiased advice on products for burglary prevention and tips for making homes secure.

Z-Wave Europe GmbH

Living safely and securely in intelligent homes The largest non-proprietary wireless system for intelligent interconnectivity in houses, apartments, new buildings and existing structures.