The IFA supports the German institutions for social accident insurance and their organisations in solving scientific and technical problems relating to occupational safety and health.
[2] The IFA works closely with 23 international OSH institutes and is member of PEROSH, a European research federation.
GESTIS also offers a database with a collection of international occupational limit values for hazardous substances, additionally available as a mobile app.
IFA’s exposure database MEGA provides data on hazardous chemicals gathered through atmospheric measurements and material analyses since 1972.
It is determined to support the institutions for statutory accident insurance and prevention with epidemiological issues or retrospective considerations related to occupational diseases.