Abstract
Risk assessment is a foundation for successful management of Occupational Health and Safety, as well as an important key in order to decrease the number of work accidents. Moreover, risk assessment is an essential part of normal safety activity in work places and it includes positive factors such as: productivity, motivation and creativity. The first part of the paper focuses on a legislative background of risk assessment in Romania compared to Finland, based on the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The second part represents a comparative analysis regarding the risk assessment instruments used in Romania in comparison with those from Finland. The third part includes a current perspective regarding risk management in Finland and its impact of the situation in work life. The aim of this paper is to realize a brief review of risk assessment in Romania compared to Finland in order to take into consideration both the advantages and disadvantages regarding legislation, instruments used in the process of risk assessment in these countries.
Highlights
Risk assessment is a process that involves identifying, analyzing and estimating risk
2 Legislative background of risk assessment in Romania compared to Finland In Europe, the health and safety of the workers are protected by an approach based on risk assessment
The first part of the paper includes general theoretical aspects regarding the risk assessment process, its purpose and the role of risk assessment methods.The second part of the paper focuses on a comparison between the Romanian risk assessment legislative background and that of Finland, based on the law of safety and health at work
Summary
Risk assessment is a process that involves identifying, analyzing and estimating risk. There are numerous risk assessment methods; their purpose is to help organizations in order to assess risks for protecting the employees’ health. The complexity of the occupational risk assessment method does not depend on the size of the organization, but on the dangers associated with the activities of the organization [1]. The criteria for assessing occupational hazards must be defined according to their nature and scope in order to ensure that they are used in a systematic manner [2]. The purpose of professional risk assessment is to identify risk factors and dangers within an organization. Effective risk management contributes to the improvement of the processes and their performance, of the activities and of the efficient use of resources
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