EU-OSHA Launches Risk Assessment Project

The Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) project developed by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) is a new online free web application designed to help Europe’s 20 million micro and small enterprises improve worker safety and health by assessing risks. In launching OiRA, Jukka Takala, director of EU-OSHA, acknowledged the challenges that small employers face in conducting risk assessments, who often cite lack of expertise, costs and time as primary reasons they don’t conduct the assessments. According EU-OSHA, the tool provides a step-by-step risk assessment process that starts with identifying and evaluating workplace risks, moves into decision making on preventive action and identification of adequate measures, to covers continued monitoring and reporting. Learn more about the project here.