text: Consistent with the findings in 2014, a total of 75% of establishments interviewed in the EU27 in 
  ESENER 2019 indicate that they**carry out risk assessments regularly**. As expected, there is a 
  positive correlation with establishment size. Several national studies show much fewer enterprises 
  carrying out risk assessments, for example, only 50% in Germany, and SMEs even less.412 Moreover, 
  only a small percentage of companies carry out workplace risk assessments that will not only meet the 
  essential procedural requirements but also take into consideration new and emerging risks in a 
  comprehensive manner.413 
  
  Particularly difficult is the assessment of the**quality of risk assessments**. A complete quality 
  assessment would require specific knowledge of several aspects: of the specific topic, of the — real — 
  situation at the workplaces in an enterprise, and of the expected reduction of these risks by the proposed 
  or recommended risk mitigation measures. This has rarely been done. Moreover, even inside one 
  enterprise the**quality of a risk assessment might differ depending on the topic**, for example, 
  between ‘easier’ topics as ‘correct provision of warning signals’ or ‘adequate temperatures’, and more 
  complex topics like psychosocial, musculoskeletal, or chemical and biological risks.414 