BAuA is advised on fundamental matters and quality assurance issues by three bodies concerned with different aspects of its operations.

Board of Trustees (Curatorium)

The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is advised on fundamental matters and its long-term professional and scientific strategy by its Board of Trustees (Kuratorium). This body consists of sixteen members representing employers, the trade unions, and institutions active in BAuA’s area of responsibility. Its members are appointed by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, BMAS) for a term of four years and work in a voluntary capacity.

Members of the Board of Trustees:

Employer representatives:

• Alexander Gunkel, Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) (chairman of the Board of Trustees)
• Dr. Bettina Wester, BASF SE
• Ines Reinhardt, Mercedes-Benz Group AG
• Carsten Rogge-Strang, Employers’ Association of the Private Banking Industry

Employee representatives:

• Anja Piel, German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
• Rebecca Liebig, United Services Union (ver.di)
• Prof. Dr. habil. Hans-Jürgen Urban, IG Metall (deputy chairman of the Board of Trustees)
• Birgit Biermann, Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union (IG BCE)

Supreme occupational safety and health authorities of the federal states:

• Margrit Zauner, Department for Labour, Social Services, Gender Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination, Senate of Berlin
• Steffen Röddecke, Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs NRW

German Statutory Accident Insurance (DGUV):

• Dr. Stefan Hussy, German Statutory Accident Insurance (DGUV)
• Dr. Britta Weber, Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (IFA)

Health/pension insurance funds:

• Jens Hupfeld, National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds
• Brigitte Gross, German Federal Pension Insurance

Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board:Prof. Dr.-Ing. 

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralph Bruder, University of Oldenburg

Chairman of the DASA Advisory Board:

• Prof. Dr. Hartwig Lüdtke, TECHNOSEUM - State Museum of Technology and Work, Mannheim

Scientific Advisory Board

The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has a Scientific Advisory Board for specialist advice. The Scientific Advisory Board’s primary functions consist of assuring the quality of BAuA’s research and development activities as well as of networking with the scientific community.

Members of the Scientific Advisory Board:

• Prof. Dr. Conny H. Antoni, University of Trier
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralph Bruder, University of Oldenburg (chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board)
• Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Brüning, Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance
• Prof. Dr. Evangelia Demerouti, Eindhoven University of Technology
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Barbara Deml, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• Prof. Dr. Antje Ducki, Berliner Hochschule für Technik
• Prof. Dr. Gudela Grote, ETH Zürich
• Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Hensel, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
• Prof. Dr. Katharina Hölzle, IAT University of Stuttgart Institute of Human Factors and Technology Management and Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering
• Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Kraus, Aachen University Hospital
• Prof. Dr. med. Stephan Letzel, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
• Prof. Dr. med. Monika Rieger, Tübingen University Hospital
• Dr. Natalie von Götz, Federal Office of Public Health Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Ulrich Walwei, Institute for Employment Research

DASA Advisory Board

The DASA Advisory Board advises the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on specific technical issues relating to the German Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition (Deutsche Arbeitsschutzausstellung, DASA).

Members of the DASA Advisory Board:

• Prof. Dr. Hartwig Lüdtke, TECHNOSEUM - State Museum of Technology and Work, Mannheim (chairman of the DASA Advisory Board)
• Prof. Dr. Nicole Burzan, TU Dortmund University
• Prof. Dr. Alexandra Busch, Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie
• Dr. Helmut Gold, Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunication
• Marion Grether, Deutsches Museum Nürnberg
• Prof. Dr. Christina Haak, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Prof. Ulrich Nether, OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts
• Dr. Patricia Rahemipour, Institute for Museum Research
• Dr. Jochen Viehoff, Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum GmbH
• apl. Prof. Dr. Anette Weisbecker, Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and University of Stuttgart Institute of Human Factors and Technology Management
• Prof. Dr. Dirk Windemuth, Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA)
• Prof. Holger Wormer, TU Dortmund University