A brief review of the risk assessment in Romania compared to Finland

Abstract

Risk assessment is a foundation for successful management of Occupational Health and Safety, as well as an important key in order to decrease the number of work accidents. Moreover, risk assessment is an essential part of normal safety activity in work places and it includes positive factors such as: productivity, motivation and creativity. The first part of the paper focuses on a legislative background of risk assessment in Romania compared to Finland, based on the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The second part represents a comparative analysis regarding the risk assessment instruments used in Romania in comparison with those from Finland. The third part includes a current perspective regarding risk management in Finland and its impact of the situation in work life. The aim of this paper is to realize a brief review of risk assessment in Romania compared to Finland in order to take into consideration both the advantages and disadvantages regarding legislation, instruments used in the process of risk assessment in these countries.