Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitssicherheitsvorschriften

English translation: Occupational health and safety policies/regulations

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German term or phrase:	Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitssicherheitsvorschriften
English translation:	Occupational health and safety policies/regulations
Entered by:	Sebastian Witte

20:30 Feb 1, 2022

German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitssicherheitsvorschriften

Hello,

This is from a corporate Code of Conduct.

DE:
Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz
Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz haben bei der Z GmbH höchste Priorität.
Um Gesundheitsgefährdungen zu vermeiden, sind ***Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitssicherheitsvorschriften*** zu jeder Zeit zu beachten.
Arbeitsschutz ist eine verpflichtende Aufgabe jedes Einzelnen.
Den Führungskräften kommt hierbei eine wichtige Vorbildfunktion zu.
Die Planung der Produktionsprozesse erfolgt stets unter strenger Beachtung aller Sicherheitsvorschriften.
So wird die Verringerung von Unfallrisiken erzielt und es erfolgt die Sicherung eines störungsfreien Betriebs der Produktionsabläufe.
Die zuständigen Führungskräfte nehmen ihre Verantwortung und Verpflichtungen wahr und stellen sicher, dass ihre Mitarbeiter sorgfältig ausgewählt und auf aktuellem Sicherheitsstandard geschult sind.
Die ganzheitliche Umsetzung des Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutzes hat einen hohen Stellenwert bei der Z GmbH und etwaige Missstände werden unverzüglich abgestellt.

Receiving any takes in EN-UK would be great, if possible.
I have not fiddled around with the hyphenation and punctuation one bit and am also enquiring about the terminological differences here.

Best regards,

Sebastian Witte KudoZ activity Questions: 1501 (none open) (73 closed without grading) Answers: 1077 Germany
Local time: 18:44

Health and safety policies/regulations

Selected response from:

Sarah Lewis-Morgan
Germany
Local time: 18:44

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +4

Occupational Safety and Health Regulations

TechLawDC

4 +3

Health and safety policies/regulations

Sarah Lewis-Morgan

3 +3

Health and safety policies and procedures

Moritz von Freyhold

Workplace safety, (and) workplace safety rules

Michael Martin, MA

Discussion entries: 9

Michael Martin, MA

United States

I think you got it backwards

01:39 Feb 3, 2022

If the context were existing law, the author would specifically say so. (E.g. die "gesetzlichen" Arbeitssicherheits- und Gesundheitsvorschriften").

TechLawDC

United States

The word "Occupational" or a similar term is neede

21:27 Feb 2, 2022

The word "Occupational" or a similar term is absolutely required. Omitting it is very unidiomatic, and fails to translate the author, who wrote "Arbeitsschutz" etc. Even in the far out case where the author might be referring to the governmental OSH regulations as interpreted by the Company, "occupational" would be required -- indeed desirable so as to distinguish from an insurance context or the like.

TechLawDC

United States

In-house doesn't correspond to reality.

21:24 Feb 2, 2022

I have translated hundreds of documents with OSH content, and I have never worked for nor have I hardly ever heard of a company that had or discussed in-house OSH rules and policies. If the context were in-house, the author would specifically say so. (E.g. "die Arbeitssicherheits- und Gesundheitsvorschriften und -richtlinien des Unternehmens".) Moreover, the context would not be general but narrow, e.g. w.r.t. privacy, or Covid-19, etc. Otherwise the likelihood is 100% that the legal constraints are the subject.

Michael Martin, MA

United States

Hyphen?

14:31 Feb 2, 2022

I assumed Vorschriften doesn't qualify Arbeitsschutz, but if there's a hyphen, that would change things.

Steffen Walter

Germany

Hyphen

13:23 Feb 2, 2022

In the source text, there seems to be a hyphen missing after "Arbeitsschutz".

Michael Martin, MA

United States

With @Steffen

12:59 Feb 2, 2022

This does in fact look like in-house rules to me.

Steffen Walter

Germany

This is by no means clear-cut ...

10:58 Feb 2, 2022

... because "-vorschriften" might also encompass (more specific) in-house H&S policies and procedures, which you seem to refer to as "regulations", that complement applicable legislation. If it were to include both aspects, I wouldn't use just "regulations" in a translation targeting a UK audience.

TechLawDC

United States

"Vorschriften" is quite broad.

10:55 Feb 2, 2022

"Vorschriften" is quite broad. It means not just "The regulations according to applicable law" but also "The provisions of applicable law" itself.
It is common for authors in English to abbreviate this by writing just "Regulations". But more rigorously, Arbeitsschutz- und Arbeitssicherheitsvorschriften means "the occupational safety and health provisions of applicable law, and the regulations according to such applicable law".

Steffen Walter

Germany

Does this refer ...

10:42 Feb 2, 2022

... specifically to the company's own health and safety policies and guidelines or (also) to applicable government regulations/legislation?

Answers

53 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Health and safety policies/regulations

Explanation:
The standard UK wording is either "Health and safety at work" or "Occupational health and safety. Together with "Policy" or "Regulation", depending on whether this refers to the company's own policy or government regulations.

https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/policy/index.htm
https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/policy/index.htm

Sarah Lewis-Morgan
Germany
Local time: 18:44
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Occupational Safety and Health Regulations

Explanation:
This is the USA term of art.

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-02-01 21:37:55 GMT)
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Apparently it is the same in the UK.
Ref:
United Kingdom - Occupational Safety and Health ... - ILOhttp://www.ilo.org › dyn › natlex › natlex4.detail
Name: Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 2009 (BR 65/2009). Country: United Kingdom - Bermuda. Subject(s):, Occupational safety and health.

TechLawDC
United States
Local time: 12:44
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)

11 mins

agree

writeaway: Standard terminology in both German and English

1 hr

neutral

Lancashireman: Asker: "Receiving any takes in EN-UK would be great..." --- TechLaw "This is the USA term of art" // UK order of elements is always 'Health and Safety', not 'Safety and Health'. I have no idea why your late version at 1hr attracted the first two votes.

5 hrs

-> Thank you for the detail, which apparently I did not take the trouble to read. On the other hand, 2 minutes later I disposed of the UK question spontaneously (see my added Note, which perhaps you neglected to read).

agree

Cillie Swart: seems plausible

7 hrs

agree

Edith Kelly

7 hrs

neutral

Steffen Walter: "Regulations" appears to refer to government regulations/laws, which wouldn't fit if we were talking about the company's own health and safety policies./I've also translated such materials for years (EN-DE). It's at least ambiguous in the case at hand.

12 hrs

-> I read the entire context differently from you. Also I rely on very extensive experience in translating such materials. To me, Vorschriften here are the provisions of applicable law, and the regulations according to such applicable law.

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Health and safety policies and procedures

Explanation:
Arbeitssicherheit = Geschütztsein vor Gefahr oder Schaden während der Arbeit (https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Arbeitssicherheit)

Arbeitsschutz =
[gesetzlicher] Schutz der Arbeitnehmer[innen] gegen Gefährdungen, die bei ihrer beruflichen Tätigkeit auftreten können (https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Arbeitsschutz).

Therefore Arbeitssicherheit and Arbeitsschutz are similar in German, both are covered by Health and safety in English.

Where the ST terms differ is in the added “-vorschriften” for the second term (Arbeitssicherheitsvorschriften), which puts the emphasis on regulations or procedures, whereas Arbeitsschutz without “-vorschriften” is perhaps meant more in a sense of policies.

I like this solution: Health & safety policy & procedures
(https://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/topic/health-and-safet...

The phrase “policies and procedures“ is also used in this document:

“Follow our guide to workplace health and safety legislation in the UK for a summary of the key policies and procedures and understand what you need to do to keep your work environment healthy, safe and compliant.“ (https://www.britsafe.org/training-and-learning/find-the-righ...

Example sentence(s):

Follow our guide to workplace health and safety legislation in the UK for a summary of the key policies and procedures and understand what you need to do to keep your work environment healthy, safe and compliant.

https://www.britsafe.org/training-and-learning/find-the-right-course-for-you/informational-resources/health-and-safety-legislation-what-you-

Moritz von Freyhold
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:44
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

German

2 hrs confidence:

Workplace safety, (and) workplace safety rules

Explanation:
The way I read it we have two terms here:
1. Arbeitsschutz
2. Arbeitssicherheitsvorschriften

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 12:44
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 113

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