You supply battery storage, wind turbines, power plant or grid technology and are building your first project in Germany? SAFETEE shows you which health and safety duties apply to your company, closes the gaps before construction starts and supports you on site.
From the first assessment to operation: you decide how much we take over. Everything from one source, in German and English.
Duties and gaps before construction starts
Rules, roles, authorities
Safety specialist and company doctor
Documents for grid operators and owners
Coordination under the Construction Site Ordinance
Our HSE manager on your construction site
Evidence, reports, event analysis
Instruction in English
A foreign company that builds, installs or commissions in Germany must comply with German occupational health and safety law, including with posted workers. This covers risk assessment, instruction, coordination with other companies on site and your client's requirements. SAFETEE supports manufacturers, EPC contractors and project developers in the energy sector from the first conversation to handover.
The German Occupational Safety and Health Act applies to your employees in Germany, even when they are posted with an A1 certificate. Responsibility stays with you as the employer, but you can commission competent people.
Client, general contractor, grid operator, statutory accident insurance and authorities each have their own requirements. Whether you are the client, supplier or subcontractor determines which duties are yours.
Clients ask for risk assessment, HSE plan, proof of qualification and instruction records before the site opens. If something is missing, site access is delayed, often by weeks.
Applies to all employees in Germany, and through § 2 of the Posted Workers Act also to posted workers. Its core is the risk assessment under § 5 ArbSchG.
With an A1 certificate, posted workers stay insured in their home country for up to 24 months. Without a valid A1, German social security law applies.
Foreign employers notify posted workers, for example for construction work, in advance to German customs via the minimum wage reporting portal.
Instruction must be sufficient and appropriate (§ 12 ArbSchG). In practice this means: in a language your employees reliably understand.
Where several companies work together, they align their protective measures (§ 8 ArbSchG). Where they endanger each other, the principal appoints a coordinating person.
The client appoints a coordinator (SiGeKo) once several employers work on site and, where required, files prior notice and a health and safety plan.
Work on electrical installations follows DGUV Regulation 3 and VDE standards. Your company confirms that your electricians know these rules.
Grid operators, clients and manufacturers have their own HSE standards, permit systems and reporting duties, often stricter than the law.
You choose how far we support you: from initial orientation to HSE management on your site. Each phase can be commissioned on its own.
Clarity on where you stand and what lies ahead.
Closing the gaps before the site opens.
Safety where the work is done.
Evidence, learning and improvement.
* For companies with their own German entity or employees hired in Germany. For posted teams we provide safety support for your employer duties; what applies to your model is clarified in the initial consultation.
As the client you appoint the SiGeKo; as supplier or subcontractor you bring risk assessment, instruction and evidence. We clarify this at the start so that nothing is done twice or not at all.
Our HSE managers work under our responsibility, trained to SAFETEE standards. If someone is absent, a stand-in from our own team takes over.
SAFETEE advises on health, safety and environmental protection in your project. We do not provide legal advice, for example on contracts, employment law or postings. For that we work alongside your legal advisers.
Answer twelve questions on role, organisation, documents and site. You see your readiness level and the three biggest gaps right away. We send you the detailed report as a PDF.
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Role and legal framework · Organisation in Germany · Documents and instruction · Site and permits
Self-assessment for orientation, not legal advice.
The next step after the self-check: in-depth questions, review of your existing documents by our team, an initial consultation and a report with prioritised actions for your market entry.
Sources: pv magazine of 25 Aug 2026 based on Federal Network Agency monitoring data; BG BAU, information for foreign employers; Federal Ministry of Labour (BMAS). Accessed 6 Oct 2026.
Yes. Under § 2(1) no. 5 of the German Posted Workers Act, German rules on safety, health protection and hygiene at work also apply to employees of foreign employers working in Germany. The Occupational Safety and Health Act therefore applies, and the duties stay with the foreign employer. Source: AEntG, as of 6 Oct 2026.
It confirms that posted workers remain insured in the social security system of their home country, for up to 24 months for postings within the EU. The certificate is carried on site. Without a valid A1, the employees must be registered in Germany. Source: BG BAU, as of 6 Oct 2026.
The client, as soon as employees of several employers work on a site (§ 3 Construction Site Ordinance). This applies regardless of where the client is based. Suppliers and subcontractors take the health and safety plan into account and take their own protective measures (§ 5 BaustellV). Source: BaustellV, as of 6 Oct 2026.
Foreign employers posting workers to Germany for construction or services notify them online to German customs via the minimum wage reporting portal before work starts, depending on the sector. Records must be kept available in German. Source: German customs, as of 6 Oct 2026.
Mandatory working conditions for posted workers, no. 5 health and safety (German).
Risk assessment (§ 5), cooperation (§ 8), instruction (§ 12) (German).
Prior notice, coordinator, health and safety plan (German).
A1 certificate, insurance of posted workers (German).
Minimum wage reporting portal, duties of foreign employers (German).
573.5 GW requested, 54.2 GW approved (2025), report of 25 Aug 2026 (German).
Last updated: 6 Oct 2026
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Yes. Through § 2(1) no. 5 of the German Posted Workers Act, German rules on safety and health at work also apply to employees of foreign employers working in Germany. The duties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act lie with you as the employer. You can commission competent people to fulfil them, such as SAFETEE.
That depends on your model. With your own German entity or employees hired in Germany, support under the Occupational Safety Act and DGUV Regulation 2 applies. For purely posted teams we clarify in the initial consultation what applies and how you meet your duties reliably.
The client appoints a coordinator under § 3 of the Construction Site Ordinance as soon as several employers work on site. As supplier or subcontractor you align your protective measures with the other companies under § 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and follow the health and safety plan. If you are the client yourself, SAFETEE can take on the coordination.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act requires sufficient and appropriate instruction. What matters is that your employees reliably understand it. In practice this often means instruction in their native language or in English, supported by pictures. SAFETEE offers training via the Academy in English as well.
The self-check on this page is free. Twelve questions show your readiness level and the three biggest gaps; you receive the detailed report as a PDF. The mini-assessment with initial consultation, document review and action plan is coming soon.
With both. For manufacturers and EPC contractors we prepare organisation, documents and site and provide HSE managers on site. For project developers acting as client we also provide safety coordination under the Construction Site Ordinance. If we hold several roles in the same project, we staff them with different people.
Yes. Initial consultation, gap analysis and reports are available in English, and the SAFETEE Academy also offers training in English. Official documents and parts of the site documentation are kept in German in Germany.
At the latest when the contract and construction sequence are being negotiated. Client requirements, proof of qualification, risk assessment and HSE plan need lead time. Starting shortly before construction risks being refused site access.
Product and technology, your role in the project, location, planned start of construction and employment model: with these details we prepare the initial consultation.
