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GESTIS is a joint project of the German Social Accident Insurance Institutions aimed at establishing and using a network of centralised and decentralised files on harmful substances.

This network forms the basis of an information system intended to efficiently support the preventive activities of the Social Accident Insurance and their member companies and thus promote health protection at workplaces where hazardous substances are handled.

Databases on hazardous substances (GESTIS)

At present, GESTIS comprises eight central databases operated at the German Social Accident Insurance (Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung (DGUV):

GESTIS-database on hazardous substances: The GESTIS-Substance Database contains information for the safe handling of chemical substances at work, e. g. health effects, necessary protective measures and such in case of danger (incl. First Aid).

International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC): The International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC) contain essential information for the safe handling of chemical substances at the workplace.

GESTIS - Analytical methods: This database contains validated lists of methods from various EU member states described as suitable for the analysis of chemical agents at workplaces.

GESTIS - International limit values for chemical agents: This database contains a collection of occupational limit values for hazardous substances gathered from ...

GESTIS - Wissenschaftliche Begründungen: In Germany, scientific criteria documents for the level of national workplace limit values and the body of data according to which hazardous substances are classified are not collected and published centrally....

GESTIS-DUST-EX: Important combustion and explosion characteristics of more than 4000 dust samples from virtually all sectors of industry ...

Exposure database MEGA: IFA's exposure database "Measurement data relating to workplace exposure to hazardous substances" - MEGA is a compilation of data gathered through atmospheric measurements...

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Decentralised information systems within the GESTIS-network

operated by the Berufsgenossenschaften (BG), primarily sector-oriented information such as substance or product-related draft operating instructions or instructions for use:

GISBAU - Gefahrstoff-
informationssystem bei der Berufsgenossenschaft der Bauwirtschaft
(Information system on hazardous substances operated by the BG for the building and construction sector, in German)
GisChem - Gefahrstoff-
informationssystem der Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie
(Hazardous substances information system of the BG for the raw materials and chemical industry, in German)

Further information on hazardous substances:

List of substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (KMR-List) (in German)
Workplace air limit values
Practical aids for hazardous substances