Occupational safety for broadcasting, film and TV
The Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Occupational Safety Act and DGUV Regulation 2 apply to every business. What differs for broadcasting, film and TV is where the risk assessment puts its focus.
- Broadcasting, film & TV
Important: Editorial and administration are an office operation; studio, technical areas and location work are not. The support group does not apply to the whole building as a block, and production sites for scenic performance are also covered by separate DGUV accident prevention rules.
What is different here
The production decides the place of work. Filming happens in the studio, on the street, in other people's buildings and outdoors, with changing crews and a schedule that leaves little slack.
The four points that matter
- Studio and technical areas. Trusses, lighting, cable routing and loads above people. Access has to be regulated, and anyone working there is trained separately.
- Location work. Every location is a new workplace with its own hazards: traffic, weather, other people's buildings, power from other people's supplies. An assessment per production is the practical route here.
- Changing crews and freelancers. On every production there are people who do not know the building. The training obligation attaches to the engagement, not to its duration.
- Working hours. Shooting days, night work and short-notice changes affect rest periods and belong in the assessment of mental stress.
What a walkthrough typically turns up
The editorial floors are usually unremarkable apart from acoustics and cabling. The studio and technical areas are where things surface: unregulated access, cables across traffic routes, equipment stored above head height. For location work there is regularly no assessment at all, even though the higher hazards are there.
What that means for safety training
What works in practice is a short, always identical basic briefing for everyone entering the building, plus training per production covering the specific location. Freelancers and short-notice crew are trained before work begins, not at the next group session. The reporting route after an accident on location belongs in it explicitly.
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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