RISK ASSESSMENT AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR MONITORING THE SAFETY OF PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET

Abstract

The paper contains definitions of basic terms: safe, deceptive, dangerous product, danger, risk and the like. Since risk assessment is a tool that allows the identification of hazardous product characteristics, most of the work is dedicated to explaining this tool and showing the steps of the risk assessment process, as well as analyzing two of the many methods for risk assessment. A case study of risk assessment is presented on a specific example of an extension cable, which is characterized as unsafe. In addition to the negative example, it also shows companies that were awarded in 2019 for a high level of safety of their products.