OiRA – Online interactive Risk Assessment – is a web platform that enables the creation of sectoral risk assessment tools in any language in an easy and standardised way. It is developed and maintained by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and it is based on the Netherlands risk assessment instrument RI&E. Proper risk assessment is the key to healthy workplaces. However, carrying out risk assessments can be quite challenging, particularly for micro and small enterprises (MSEs), which may lack the resources or the occupational safety and health (OSH) know-how to do so effectively. OiRA aims to overcome this. It is the first initiative at EU level to encourage European MSEs to assess their risks (mainly via Member States and social partners — employers’ and employees’ organisations — at EU and Member State levels). OiRA is an online platform that consists of the OiRA tool generator (where developers can create sectoral tools) and OiRA sectoral tools, which are accessible through an interactive website. The OiRA tool generator is provided free of charge to sectoral partners at EU and national levels, and to EU and national authorities. Sectoral partners at EU or national level and EU or national authorities (the developers of the tools) can use the OiRA tool generator to create risk assessment tools for different sectors, for example the hairdressing sector. These tools — OiRA sectoral tools — are then made available for MSEs to use to carry out risk assessments.
Level of Education: Continuing vocational education and training
