Guidelines for risk assessment and risk reduction

This brochure is addressed to employers in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to qualified persons who support the employers in the assessment of working conditions. With the Health and Safety at Work Act European Framework Directive 89/391/ EEC(national implementation of the EU Framework Directive 89/391/EEC of 1989) a comprehensive legal basis for the purpose of occupational safety at the workplaces in all member states of the European UnionGermany was drawn up. This Directive aims at securing and improving health and safety protection of the workers at the workplace through occupational safety measures. Health and safety protection should be conducted in an anticipatory and precautionary manner, before any specific hazards arise.