Risk inventory and evaluation

If you own a business in the Netherlands and you employ staff, you are obliged to conduct a risk inventory and evaluation (RI&E). You must make the RI&E available for perusal at a location accessible by employees.

The RI&E must be performed before the official start of your business. When carrying out an RI&E, you must check:

• which risks you and your employees encounter;
• what measures you have taken in order to prevent harm to your own health and that of your employees;
• what measures you are planning to take (Plan van Aanpak).

Drawing up a RI&E

More than 25 employees

You must be assisted by a prevention employee when drawing up the RI&E. A certified working conditions expert must test the RI&E.

At most 25 employees

You do not have to have the RI&E assessed by a working conditions expert if you use a recognised RI&E-instrument for drawing up the RI&E that has been developed by your branch organisation. You can find a summary of recognised RI&E instruments on Rie.nl.