Electrical installation risk assessment
Prevent risks such as electrocution, fire and explosions. Our experts come and assess the electrical installation and its immediate environment.
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Why choose an electrical installation risk assessment?
- You prevent risks such as electrocution, fire and explosions.
- You meet legal requirements regarding electrical installations.
- You gain a clear picture of the condition and safety of your installation.
- You ensure a safe working environment for your employees.
What is an electrical installation risk assessment?
You are legally required to check that the electrical installations in your workplace are safe. Our experts will come and assess your installation: from the wiring to the space in which it is located. We also scrutinise new systems.
Among other points, we check that:
all necessary safety measures are in place
the installation is properly maintained
the correct documents and official inspection reports are available
the installation is suitable for its environment
After our checks, you will receive an overview of specific measures, clearly prioritised by risk factor.
How does Mensura help in practice?
Assessment by specialists: our experts visit your site and check the entire installation together with your installation manager, electrician or technician.
Risk identification: we examine the legally specified risks using a checklist and formulate the appropriate measures.
Clear report: you will receive a clear report with recommendations.
Clear action plan: we draw up a list of external factors that affect the safety and reliability of your electrical installations. These might include extreme temperatures, damp, dust, corrosive substances or fumes, shocks, animals or vermin, or the proximity of explosive or flammable materials. Based on these factors, we tell you if any adjustments need to be made to ensure a safe, approved installation.
Frequently asked questions
Does the installation need to be taken offline during the risk assessment?
No. The experts will only perform a visual check during their visit.
Do I need to have the risk assessment performed on the electrical installations before they are officially inspected?
Has an official inspection already been carried out?
If so, we will take these results into account in the risk assessment.
Has an official inspection not yet been carried out?
You can have a risk assessment performed before the legally required inspection by the approved body takes place.
Do all guards need to be removed for the risk assessment to be performed?
During an official inspection by an approved body or during a thermographic check, guards must be removed so that the check can be performed correctly.
This is not necessary during the risk assessment, which looks at the risks to your employees when they use, maintain or work near the installation.
Can I also use this risk assessment to demonstrate compliance if the labour inspectorate performs a check?
Yes, a risk assessment of the electrical installation is a legal requirement. As an employer, it also shows that the safety of both your team and third parties is your top priority.
In the event of a check by the labour inspectorate or during an insurance audit, the risk assessment can serve as evidence that …
you have systematically identified the risks associated with the electrical installation;
you have taken or planned measures to mitigate these risks;
you are taking a proactive approach to safety and risk prevention.
The risk assessment must be up to date and adapted to the actual situation in your company. Regularly updating your risk assessment is essential.
Can Mensura also help with training courses on electrical safety or procedures for electrical incidents?
Yes, Mensura also offers the BA4-BA5 training courses.
I lease the building where my company is located. Do I need to have an electrical installation risk assessment performed?
Yes, the employer must have a risk assessment performed for every electrical installation in all company buildings to which employees or third parties (such as an external electrician) have access. This applies to both low- and high-voltage installations. Leased workplaces are also subject to this requirement.
The electrical installation’s risk assessment only needs to be performed once to comply with the AREI (General Regulations on Electrical Installations) legislation.
What happens after the risk assessment has been performed?
You must address the risks that are present in order to make the installations safer.
Who is allowed to draw up an electrical installation risk assessment?
As an employer, you are required to perform a risk assessment, but you will usually entrust this task to your internal risk prevention advisor.
However, a thorough and comprehensive assessment requires several experts. As well as the internal risk prevention advisor, the electrical engineer or electrician also plays a key role. Experience and technical expertise are essential in this complex area.
The installation manager and operations manager, if any, are also closely involved in the operational use of the installation and the performance of work.
External risk prevention services can use their experience of risk assessments, and specifically of electrical risks, to support you.
Your external technical inspection service may have suggested that such a risk assessment should be conducted. If your internal risk prevention advisor lacks the expertise, this task falls by law to your external occupational health and safety service.
In their reports, external technical inspection services often include an ‘electrical installations risk inventory’ in order to protect themselves legally. Note that such a report does not constitute a comprehensive risk assessment of electrical installations.
Does the risk assessment need to be repeated?
Yes, typically every five years. For purposes such as recertification of a quality, safety and environmental assurance system or a VCA system, the interval is every three years.
If an electrical installation is enlarged or changed, or if the law changes, you must also have the risk assessment performed again.
Does the installation need to be taken offline during the risk assessment?
No. The experts will only perform a visual check during their visit.
Do I need to have the risk assessment performed on the electrical installations before they are officially inspected?
Has an official inspection already been carried out?
If so, we will take these results into account in the risk assessment.
Has an official inspection not yet been carried out?
You can have a risk assessment performed before the legally required inspection by the approved body takes place.
Do all guards need to be removed for the risk assessment to be performed?
During an official inspection by an approved body or during a thermographic check, guards must be removed so that the check can be performed correctly.
This is not necessary during the risk assessment, which looks at the risks to your employees when they use, maintain or work near the installation.
Can I also use this risk assessment to demonstrate compliance if the labour inspectorate performs a check?
Yes, a risk assessment of the electrical installation is a legal requirement. As an employer, it also shows that the safety of both your team and third parties is your top priority.
In the event of a check by the labour inspectorate or during an insurance audit, the risk assessment can serve as evidence that …
you have systematically identified the risks associated with the electrical installation;
you have taken or planned measures to mitigate these risks;
you are taking a proactive approach to safety and risk prevention.
The risk assessment must be up to date and adapted to the actual situation in your company. Regularly updating your risk assessment is essential.
Can Mensura also help with training courses on electrical safety or procedures for electrical incidents?
Yes, Mensura also offers the BA4-BA5 training courses.
I lease the building where my company is located. Do I need to have an electrical installation risk assessment performed?
Yes, the employer must have a risk assessment performed for every electrical installation in all company buildings to which employees or third parties (such as an external electrician) have access. This applies to both low- and high-voltage installations. Leased workplaces are also subject to this requirement.
The electrical installation’s risk assessment only needs to be performed once to comply with the AREI (General Regulations on Electrical Installations) legislation.
What happens after the risk assessment has been performed?
You must address the risks that are present in order to make the installations safer.
Who is allowed to draw up an electrical installation risk assessment?
As an employer, you are required to perform a risk assessment, but you will usually entrust this task to your internal risk prevention advisor.
However, a thorough and comprehensive assessment requires several experts. As well as the internal risk prevention advisor, the electrical engineer or electrician also plays a key role. Experience and technical expertise are essential in this complex area.
The installation manager and operations manager, if any, are also closely involved in the operational use of the installation and the performance of work.
External risk prevention services can use their experience of risk assessments, and specifically of electrical risks, to support you.
Your external technical inspection service may have suggested that such a risk assessment should be conducted. If your internal risk prevention advisor lacks the expertise, this task falls by law to your external occupational health and safety service.
In their reports, external technical inspection services often include an ‘electrical installations risk inventory’ in order to protect themselves legally. Note that such a report does not constitute a comprehensive risk assessment of electrical installations.
Does the risk assessment need to be repeated?
Yes, typically every five years. For purposes such as recertification of a quality, safety and environmental assurance system or a VCA system, the interval is every three years.
If an electrical installation is enlarged or changed, or if the law changes, you must also have the risk assessment performed again.
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