© - ATH all rights reserved - Edition 2024 64 EMPLOYER’S GUIDE 2024 RISK ASSESSMENT Risk assessment is about identifying hazards affecting the health and safety of workers in all aspects related to the company's business : choice of manufacturing processes, work equipment, layout of work premises… The results of the assessment must be recorded in the « risk assessment document » and may, where necessary, lead to the implementation of specific safety measures. (refer to Fact sheet 32) A risk assessment must take into account how the impact of exposure to the hazards concerned differs according to gender. INFORMATION AND TRAINING The employer is required to organise and provide information to employees on health and safety risks as well as the measures taken to mitigate them. This information is provided when the employee is hired and whenever necessary. The employer must also inform employees of the risks the products or manufacturing processes used may have on public health or the environment. Employees have a specific right to report such risks. Such reports are included in a special register. The prevention passport lists the certificates and diplomas gained by the employee after taking training on occupational health and safety. SAFETY MANAGER All employers must appoint one or more competent employees who assume responsibility for the company’s occupational health and safety activities. He/she is entitled to at least 5 days of training on health in the workplace. If the company does not have the resources internally, it can call on outside agencies (DREETS, CARSAT, ANACT, OPPBTP...). The appointment of a « safety officer » does not release the employer from its responsibility in relation to safety in the company. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ACCOUNT All employers must monitor employees exposed to certain « hardship » risk factors over the thresholds defined by the applicable legal clauses. The risk factors to be monitored are : night work, activities carried out in a high-pressure environment, alternating shift work, repetitive work subject to short time constraints, extreme temperatures and noise. The exposure thresholds are assessed according to intensity and duration criteria calculated over the year. 31 What you need to know : Employers are required to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of employees and protect their physical and mental well-being ; failing that, they might be found criminally and/or civilly liable in the event of a workplace accident or occupational illness. They must therefore implement safety, awareness and training measures and put in place an appropriate organisation and methods to prevent occupational hazards. PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
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