Occupational safety for banks and savings banks
The duties are the same for every office and administrative business. What differs for banks and savings banks is where the risk assessment puts its focus.
- Banks & savings banks
What is different here
A branch is a workplace with open public access and a cash connection. That makes robbery prevention and aftercare following an incident part of occupational safety, not only of the security organisation.
The four points that matter
- Robbery prevention. Sight lines, raising the alarm, a way to withdraw and how to behave during an incident are protective measures. They belong in the assessment and in the training, not only in a security instruction.
- Aftercare following an incident. After a robbery, the mental stress on those involved is the real harm. A defined route to support and aftercare has to exist beforehand, not be looked for afterwards.
- Lone working and fringe hours. Small branches, opening with few staff and self-service zones with long access hours lead to lone working. An arrangement is needed for how an emergency is noticed.
- Advisory positions and counter areas. Fixed advisory desks are screen workstations with public access: viewing distance and glare as everywhere, plus screening from view and a clear route to the rear.
What a walkthrough typically turns up
In the head office the usual picture of large screen estates applies. In the branches, other points are added: advisory desks with no clear route to the rear, escape routes blocked behind customer zones, and self-service areas whose lighting and visibility were never assessed. On paper, a defined aftercare procedure is often missing.
What that means for safety training
A branch block comes on top of the screen-work part: how to behave during an incident, raising the alarm, handling tense customer conversations, rules for opening and closing, and the route to aftercare. This block needs regular repetition, because in an emergency it has to be available from memory, not looked up.
Related
- External occupational safety specialist: the scope under section 6 ASiG, the three support models compared and how the number of hours is calculated.
- Regions: an occupational safety specialist on site in eight regions across Germany, with the responsible VBG district office for each.
- Occupational safety by sector: what sets law firms, IT, agencies, real estate, associations, financial services and other business types apart.
- Duties quick-check: which duties apply at your headcount, from the occupational safety committee through safety officers to the end of the Unternehmermodell.
- Support-hours calculator: your support hours under DGUV Regulation 2, including the split between specialist and physician. The cost logic is explained in What does a safety specialist cost?
- Risk assessment in the office and safety training in the office: the two duties that apply to every office business from the first employee.
- Services overview: the complete scope required by the ASiG and DGUV Regulation 2 in one contract, with every sector and location we cover.
Frequently asked questions
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What does support cost for a business our size?
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