not conclude anything about the quality of these risk assessments in principle,  in some countries there 
may be a legal obligation to contract OSH services for such tasks, and under the assumption that those 
in charge of the work are in the best position to control the risks, all enterprises should be able to carry 
out a basic risk assessment with their own staff only.  
A clear majority of team leaders and line managers in the EU27 receive training on OSH, although 
the trend has not advanced much (slightly over 70% of workplaces in the EU27). Moreover, there are 
notable differences in the extent of this practice between countries, suggesting different levels of 
prioritisation in mandating training for persons with OSH responsibilities. Unfortunately, the share of 
respondents in the ESENER 2019 survey who have undergone OSH training declined slightly, from 71% 
in 2014 to 65% in 2019. ESENER is designed to collect information from the ‘persons most knowledge-
able about OSH in the establishment’ , suggesting that training for persons with key responsibilities is 
decreasing slightly.