Lesson 6.3 · 5 min

A year's deadlines at a glance

Open in the coursewith narrated slides, a checklist to tick off and a quiz

At a glance

On every occasion. Training before the first working day and with changes, reviewing the assessment after accidents and with new things, recording every accident with more than three days off.
Site visit from 11 workers. In workplaces with 11 to 50 workers, the safety specialist and the occupational physician come at least once a calendar year.
Small workplaces and screens. Site visit with 1 to 10 workers every two calendar years, for pure offices every three; offer the eye test for screen work every three years.
First aiders and safety representative. First-aid refresher at most every four years, or in parts every two; the safety representative's appointment runs for four years.
Keep accident records. Records of accidents at work must be kept for at least five years. Under the Unternehmermodell: refresher training at most every three years.

In detail

The deadlines

When	What	Basis
before the first working day	training; information on hazards and measures	§ 14(2) no. 1, § 12(2) ASchG
before screen work starts	offer the eye test	§ 11(1) BS-V
on a trigger	review the assessment: after accidents, illnesses, stressful incidents, with new equipment, substances, methods	§ 4(5) ASchG
on a trigger	training on transfer, with new equipment, substances, methods and after accidents	§ 14(2) ASchG
after an accident with more than three calendar days off	record it	§ 16(1) ASchG
every calendar year	site visit with 11 to 50 workers	§ 77a(2) no. 2 ASchG
every two calendar years	site visit with 1 to 10 workers	§ 77a(2) no. 1 ASchG
every three calendar years	site visit with 1 to 10 workers and only office workstations	§ 77a(2) no. 1a ASchG
every three years	offer the eye test for screen work	§ 11(1) BS-V
at most every three years	refresher training under the Unternehmermodell, at least 14 lessons	§ 78b(3) ASchG
at most every four years	first-aid refresher, at least 8 hours, or 4 hours every two years	§ 40(3) AStV
every four years	the safety representative's appointment ends	§ 10(5) ASchG
at least five years	keep accident records	§ 16(2) ASchG

What this means day to day

Each deadline on its own is manageable. It gets tedious because they all run differently: per person, per workstation, per workplace. The Labour Inspectorate recommends using the assessment as a tool, not as a folder for the inspection (Labour Inspectorate).

How you handle this, and what takes the most time, is what we'd like to hear from you: in eight short questions, or rather in a conversation of about 20 minutes. We're not selling anything.

Checklist

We have all the deadlines from this lesson in one place.
For every deadline it's clear who keeps track of it.
We know when the next site visit is due.
We know when which first aiders need a refresher.
We know when the safety representative's appointment ends.

Quiz

How long must records of accidents at work be kept at least?

Three years
One year
Five years
Ten years

Show the answer

The answer is C: Five years. § 16(2) ASchG: at least five years.

Sources

This lesson's statements rest on:

Not legal advice. What counts is the Workers Protection Act (ASchG) and its regulations in the Federal Legal Information System (read on 4 October 2026). Rules for areas outside the ASchG, such as agriculture and forestry or the public service, and special rules for particular substances or sectors are not covered. Not an offer of the Labour Inspectorate, the AUVA or the Chamber of Commerce.