S.L. 646.4 Art. 3Risk assessment.

(1) Before engaging or offering work to any young person, an employer shall carry out an assessment of the occupational health and safety hazards which may be involved at the place of work, and such assessment shall be repeated whenever there is any major change in working conditions.

(2) In carrying out such an assessment, an employer shall take into consideration, as the case may be:

(a) the fitting-out and layout of the workplace and the workstation;

(b) the nature, degree and duration of exposure to physical, chemical and biological agents;

(c) the form, nature, range and use of work equipment, including any machine, apparatus, tool or device used at work, and the way in which they are handled;

(d) the arrangement of work processes and operations, and the way in which these are combined (organization of work); and

(e) the level of training and instruction given to the young person.

(3) Where the assessment reveals a risk to a young person’s health or safety, the young person shall be referred for examination by a medical practitioner, and such young person shall not be liable for any expenses incurred:

Provided that the employer shall inform the practitioner, before the medical examination is carried out, of the results of the risk assessment: Provided further that such examinations shall be repeated as often as necessary, and as indicated by the nature of the risks to health and safety.

(4) An employer shall inform the young person to whom work is to be assigned of the results of the assessments and of all the measures taken, or that are to be taken, concerning the protection of health and safety at work: Provided that where work is to be assigned to a child, the employer shall also inform the parents of the child concerned of the results of the assessments and of all the measures taken, or that are to be taken concerning the protection of health and safety at work.