10th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work 2019

1. OiRA online and interactive risk assessment
WOS 2019, Vienna 24.9.2019
Michaela Seifert, Prevention and Research Unit EU-OSHA

2. Risk Assessment
Directive
89/391/EEC - OSH
'Framework
Directive'
All hazards and risks, workers,
workplaces, employers

3. Risk Assessment
The hierarchy of prevention
 Avoid & eliminate risks
 Reduce and minimise hazards AND separate from the
workers
 by technical measures;
 by organisational measures;
 by personal measures.
 Improve safety behaviour

4. OiRA background and figures
Source: EU-OSHA ESENER survey
Reasons for not carrying out risk assessments regularly

5. Interactive tools
The world is
going digital
and there is
no escape
OiRA background

6. http://www.rie.nl Open source
The RIE tool
OiRA background

7. The OiRA philosophy – how we work with our
partners
Free!
4x
join
use
copy
develop
anonymous
Do good work and
share it with people
Software +

8. Political background for OiRA project
• In 2017, SMEs in the EU-28 non-financial business sector
accounted for almost all enterprises (99.8 %; micro -
93.1%); two-thirds of total employment (66.4 %; micro –
29.4%)
• European Pillar of Social Rights
Principle 10: Healthy, safe and well-adapted work
environment‘…not only apply the rules, but also establish ever-
improving health and safety policies with help of tools such as
web-based tools to facilitate risk assessment, dialogue with
workers and workplace suppliers…’

9. Political background for OiRA project
EU OSH Strategic Framework 2014-2020
Challenge: Improve the implementation record of MS, in
particular by enhancing the capacity of micro and small
enterprises to put in place effective and efficient risk
prevention measures
Action:
financial and technical support on implementing OiRA and
other IT-based tools in MS, focusing on priority sectors (MS,
with support from EU-OSHA) with a view to facilitate
compliance with OSH legislation

10. Development of the tool: structure
A tool consists of:
- Introduction
- Risk identification structured by:
• Modules and risk statements
- Action plan development
• Solutions (proposed measures)
- Documentation possibilities
• Different reports

11. www.oiraproject.eu

12. OiRA in figures – July 2019
• 171 OiRA tools have been published in total and more than
80 are under development
• The OiRA community is made of 16 OiRA national partners
and 17 EU sectoral partners.
OiRA background and figures

13. EU Partners
• Audiovisual
• Cleaning
• Education
• Hairdressers
• HORECA
• Leather and tanning
• Live Performance
• Private Security
• Sport
• Maritime transport
• Shipsan joint action

14. OiRA partners at national level
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Greece
Iceland
 Italy
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Malta
 Portugal
 Slovenia
 Spain

15. EU-OSHA
National OiRA
Partners
Small & micro
enterprises
OiRA tools
generator
tools
OiRA target groups – national approach
Available in
17
languages
How we work with our partners

16. EU-OSHA
EU
Social Dialogue
National
Social Partners or
OiRA Partners
OiRA
software
General
EU tool
Available in 17
languages
OiRA target groups – EU level
national tools
How we work with our partners

17. Promotion: website
 Managed by EU-OSHA
 Available in 25 languages
 All OiRA tools by country,
language and sector
 Promotional resources
 Monthly OiRA update.
 News items
 OSHmail OiRA section.
 OiRA community - Private zone
 National Partners / IRAT Network
 EU Sectoral Social Partners
OiRA website

18. www.oiraproject.eu

19. EU-OSHA
One of more than 40 EU Agencies
Governed by European law
Founded in 1996
Mostly financed from the general EU budget
Independent in the execution of its mission/tasks
A tripartite network organisation, closely linked to EU actors
and national networks through the national focal points
Who we are

20. Use the OiRA and promote it!
Thank you!
See more on OiRA
www.oiraproject.eu
Contact:
seifert@osha.europa.eu