ABSTRACT
Every year, millions of people in the European Union are injured at work or have their health seriously harmed in the workplace. With this in mind, we can understand why risk assessment is so important and is considered the key to healthy workplaces. Risk assessment is a dynamic process that allows enterprises and organizations to put in place a proactive policy of managing workplace risks. Risk assessment is the cornerstone of the European approach to prevent occupational accidents and ill health (EU-OSHA, 2009).
