Table 1.

Company characteristics according to company size (source: [4]).

Company Size	10–50 Employees	51–100 Employees	101–200 Employees	201–500 Employees	>500 Employees
Number of companies addressed	n = 570	n = 159	n = 89	n = 62	n = 26
Response (%/n)	22.3% n = 127	25.8% n = 41	31.5% n = 28	32.3% n = 20	23.1% n = 6
Occupational health physician available (%/n) *	29.1% n = 37	63.4% n = 26	78.6% n = 22	85.0% n = 17	83.3% n = 5
Occupational safety engineer available (%/n) ‡	63.0% n = 80	85.4% n = 35	100.0% n = 28	100.0% n = 20	100.0% n = 6

* According to regulation [72], an occupational health physician has to be available in all enterprises with more than 50 employees (in some branches, this limit is lower) and in the smaller enterprises in the case that the employer feels the need for occupational health counselling (so called “alternative, demand-based supervision”). ^‡ An occupational safety engineer has to be available in all enterprises with more than 50 employees (in some branches, this limit is lower) and in the smaller enterprises in case the employer feels the need for occupational health counselling (so called “alternative, demand-based supervision”). In small enterprises (max. 50 employees), the employer can receive special training with regard to occupational health and safety by statutory accident insurance in order to reduce the need for support by occupational safety engineers [72].