This tool is intended for companies in the private and public sector to support them in conductiong their occupational safety and health risk assessment. A broad variety of risks is addressed including ergonimic risks due to prolonged sittings, aspects related to lighting and working with a screen and much more.

This is the updated version of the Italian office tool. The former version will still be available until end December 2020 on the webpage of the Italian authorities, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the National Institute for Workers' Compensation. New risk assessments should however only be done with this new version. All risk assessments done with the former version are also still available under each individual account when logging in.

This OiRA tool is intended for micro and small enterprises who are in the process of carrying out an assessment of the risks commonly encountered in an office environment. This OiRA tool also refers to the current legal provisions in place. This tool identifies the most common hazardous situations and assists the users to come up with control measures and an action plan to address these risks.

This tool is intended to be used in both private and public offices’ activities and is covering all workers, whose definition is established by the Article 2, decree 81/2008. It can be used by employers to carry out the final risk assessment document, including the related prevention measures as well. The tool can be particularly useful for micro, small and medium sized enterprises. As established by the Article 29, paragraph 6 quater, decree 81/2008, a national tripartite group realized a tool strictly addressed to risk assessment in offices, using the OiRA software. The tool deals with the most common office tasks: the use of computers, secretary activities, relation with customers and providers and archiving of documents. Some jobs are excluded from the tool such as archivist and warehouse worker. In case of any risks and/or tasks not strictly related to the common office activities, the employer needs to incorporate the missing information in the risk assessment document.

O trabalho em escritórios tem uma grande abrangência, podendo ser realizado em empresas do sector terciário, bem como noutras do setor secundário e mesmo do setor primário. Esta ferramenta Oira aborda os principais perigos/riscos existentes nas diversas áreas de trabalho, desde posturas em pé, a posturas sentado, à utilização de computadores, impressoras/fotocopiadoras, guilhotinas, entre outros. Aborda ainda os riscos psicossociais e de stresse a que os trabalhadores podem estar sujeitos, a problemática associada às emergências, bem como os perigos/riscos estruturais, ambientais e de gestão da segurança e saúde no trabalho. A ferramenta permite efetuar uma avaliação dos riscos existentes, sugere medidas a implementar para o controlo desses riscos e produz um plano de ação, que o utilizador poderá adotar na gestão da segurança e saúde no escritório.

This OiRA tool is intended for micro and small enterprises who are in the process of carrying out an assessment of the risks commonly encountered in an office environment. This OiRA tool also refers to the current legal provisions in place. The tool identifies the most common hazardous situations and assists the users to come up with control measures and an action plan to address these risks.