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Workplace risk assessment under the ASchG: what small businesses must do

For small businesses in Austria with up to 50 employees: what the workplace risk assessment under the Workers Protection Act (ASchG) requires, what goes into the document and who helps, with the paragraph for every statement.

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No ads, no trackingLast updated 4 October 2026German, with an English version

What you'll learn

Who must assess risks and what to cover, psychological strain included
How to identify and assess hazards and set measures with owners and deadlines
What goes into the safety and health document, and when the short form is enough
Who helps: site visits, AUVAsicher, the Unternehmermodell, the safety representative
Getting training, first aid, screen work and accidents done and on record
When the assessment must be reviewed, and what counts when the labour inspectorate visits

How does worker protection work at your business?

How much work do the assessment, training and records really take? Who looks after them, what do you keep them in, and what is most tedious? Eight short questions, about ten minutes. We're not selling anything. If you like, we'll send you the results, summarised and anonymised.

Go to the eight questionsRather talk for 20 minutes? That's what we'd like best, by phone or at your premises.

Course content

6 sections · 22 lessons · 2 h 7 min in total

Section 1: The duty at a glance4 lessons · 23 min

Section 2: Carrying out the assessment5 lessons · 32 min

Section 3: The safety and health document3 lessons · 16 min

Section 4: Who helps: the prevention services3 lessons · 18 min

Section 5: Training, first aid, screens, accidents4 lessons · 22 min

Section 6: Keeping it current3 lessons · 16 min

Requirements

No prior knowledge.
Meant for owners and office staff of small businesses with employees, for safety representatives, and for everyone who organises worker protection in a business.

Description

Every business with employees must identify and assess the hazards to their safety and health, set measures and put both in writing: the workplace risk assessment under § 4 ASchG. Since 2013 psychological strain has expressly been part of it. The labour inspectorate checks it.

This course explains the duties in short lessons, with the paragraph for every statement and the Labour Inspectorate's guidance. Every lesson has narrated slides, a checklist to tick off and a quiz question. It starts with who must carry out an assessment and ends with a year's deadlines at a glance.

Who this course is for

Owners and managers of small businesses, from trades and offices to medical practices
Office and admin staff who keep the records and deadlines
Safety representatives and first aiders
Anyone who has inherited an assessment and isn't sure it's still right

About this course

Written in Vienna as a free learning resource. The course follows the wording of the laws and regulations in RIS and the Labour Inspectorate's pages linked in every lesson, but hasn't been reviewed by an expert yet. Pointers to mistakes are very welcome: info@globalapps.top.

Not legal advice. What counts is the Workers Protection Act (ASchG) and its regulations in the Federal Legal Information System (read on 4 October 2026). Rules for areas outside the ASchG, such as agriculture and forestry or the public service, and special rules for particular substances or sectors are not covered. Not an offer of the Labour Inspectorate, the AUVA or the Chamber of Commerce.