Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, employers are responsible for identifying and assessing the hazards and risks in the workplace. The company must ensure that
risk factors affecting the safety and well-being of workers are controlled.
The aim of the work and work environment risk assessment is to identify the hazards associated with work, the working environment and working conditions and to find the best solutions to manage them. The assessment covers machine risks, chemical risks and occupational risks for each workplace and process, so that the overall picture of the company's risk factors is as accurate and practical as possible.
Well implemented risk management:
improve safety and well-being at work
reduce accidents and sick leave
brings savings and has a positive impact on premiums
improve efficiency and support business growth
Risk assessment is a systematic and recurring process that is carried out whenever working conditions, working methods or equipment change. However, the assessment must be updated at least every three years, even if there have been no changes.
The evaluation process includes:
Planning the evaluation: identifying the groups of employees to be evaluated and forming an evaluation team.
Identifying hazards and risks: identifying risk factors in the workplace through observation, interviews and checklists.
Assessing the significance of risks: determining the likelihood of risks and the severity of the consequences.
Design and implementation of measures: agreeing how to manage or eliminate risks.
Monitoring and updating: assess the effectiveness of the measures and keep the evaluation up to date.
The assessment is documented and serves as the basis for a workplace survey to be drawn up with occupational health, for example.
Check out Protect's guide to quality risk assessment to help you succeed in a systematic risk assessment.
Risk assessment is not just about following the rules - at its best, it promotes an effective and proactive working culture. When work is carefully planned and responsibilities are clear, unnecessary delays are avoided and work flows better and more efficiently. Overall, risk management supports the company's strategy and objectives.
Work risks should also be assessed for remote, travelling and office work.
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With Protect's experts and the PRO24 system, risk assessment is clear, electronic and efficient. The information obtained is filtered into the right format and used for decision-making. When risk data is readily available, insights are generated - and with them concrete improvements.
The PRO24 Performance Assessment module allows you to:
digital assessment of risks and opportunities
documentation to support continuous improvement
sharing assessments with, for example, occupational health or employees
Contact our experts to make sure your business risk assessment is up to date.
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