Preventing an occupational disease in agriculture or avoiding the aggravation of an occupational disease

If you are exposed to a hazard at work that can cause an occupational disease, you will receive preventive measures under certain conditions.

The Landwirtschaftliche Berufsgenossenschaft (LBG) can use all suitable means to counteract occupational hazards that could lead to the development, recurrence or aggravation of an occupational disease with preventive individual measures, so-called individual prevention.

If you have health problems as a result of your work that could become an occupational disease or if you already have an occupational disease and notice an aggravation, you may be entitled to individual prevention measures from the LBG.

The aim of individual prevention measures is to enable you to continue your previous activities at work in a suitable manner without this leading to a further deterioration of your health.

The individual preventive measures are developed and offered to you by LBG on the basis of your illness and taking into account the working conditions at your workplace.

Depending on the occupational hazards and health complaints, these may include

• technical measures at the workplace, such as the installation of technical extraction equipment or structural changes
• organizational measures at the workplace, such as the reorganization of work processes, the transfer of other activities or the temporal limitation of hazardous activities
• Optimization of protective measures, such as breathing masks, protective gloves or ear muffs
• Health education seminars, such as a skin protection seminar or back training course, to build up skills in hazardous activities with outpatient or inpatient measures
• intensive, personal consultations, such as a consultation as part of an occupational disease consultation or activity-related support or on-site consultation with the involvement of the company doctor
• medical treatment measures, such as a treatment order or the assumption of costs for special therapies

You do not need to submit any documents.

• You are exposed to a risk during your occupational activity that may lead to the development, aggravation or recurrence of an occupational disease or you already have initial health impairments.

• Objection
  Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the decision of the Agricultural Employers' Liability Insurance Association
• Legal action before the social court

You do not have to submit an application to receive preventive measures against an occupational disease. Instead, you can inform the LBG of your need or the LBG will contact you.

• The LBG will contact you if, for example, it has been informed by your employer, your company doctor, other doctors treating you or your health insurance fund about a suspected occupational illness.
• Alternatively, you can also notify the LBG yourself informally, for example by telephone, if you are exposed to an occupational hazard that contributes to the development, recurrence or aggravation of an occupational disease and have initial health complaints.
• The LBG then examines ex officio which specific offers are suitable for your individual case and contacts you and the necessary persons, such as your employer, your company doctor or other doctors providing treatment.
• Finally, the necessary measures will be taken in consultation with all those involved.

You do not have to meet any deadlines.

Depending on the individual measure.

There are no costs for you.

There are no indications or special features.