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BGW is the statutory accident insurance carrier (Berufsgenossenschaft) for the health and social care sectors in Germany. It offers occupational safety and health services, including risk assessment tools, occupational safety support, first aid organisation, seminars, e-learning and a back consultation service, and handles compensation and rehabilitation after work accidents and occupational diseases.

Its customers are employers and employees in hospitals, medical, dental and therapy practices, care homes, outpatient nursing services, pharmacies, midwifery, kindergartens, schools, pest control, tattoo and piercing studios, hairdressing and cosmetics businesses, and welfare organisations. The BGW is governed by volunteer self-administration, whose members are elected by insured persons and employers in social elections every six years.

The BGW has its head office in Hamburg, where it has been based since 1947, and operates at 12 locations across Germany. It is responsible for more than 9.6 million insured persons in over 690,000 companies and is a member of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV). Current job postings include a consultant for occupational safety and health organisational advisory in Dresden and Berlin.

Product: Statutory accident insurance with occupational safety and health services, prevention tools, seminars and e-learning for the health and social care sectors.