La valutazione dei rischi lavorativi: problematiche e possibili soluzioni. Proposte di linee guida del gruppo di lavoro "Prevenzione e sicurezza sui luoghi di lavoro"

The legislation on the healt and safety protection at work has introduced the risk assessment as the essential aim of prevention and protection of workers. However, the practical implementation of risk assessment presents diffculties due in large part to the com- plexity of the matter, that requires multidisciplinary abilities and a general mastery of the methodology for risk analysis. From these requirements comes the proposal of the work group for the drafting of guidelines for the occu- pational risk assessment. After a general overview, the study will describe the main methods of assessment and perform the compa- rative analysis of the international and national guidelines. It will show the skills necessary to apply different methods, depending on the different occupational fgures involved. For the various types of risk (physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, accidental and psycho- social), it will examine specifc aspects, problems and possible solutions, and formulate synthetic guide and examples of good practice.