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Belgium · Overview

Workplace safety in Belgium: employer guide

Find the safety regulator, employer duties and training topics for Belgium, with government and legal sources.

Checked: · Official sources: emploi.belgique.be

English

Short answer

In Belgium, use the Labour Inspectorate, Directorate-General for Supervision of Well-being at Work and Act of 4 August 1996 and Code on Well-being at Work to plan workplace safety and instruction.

Who oversees safety at work?

Start with the tasks and hazards at your site. This page points to the regulator and legal framework; check their current guidance before making a workplace decision. The relevant public body is Labour Inspectorate, Directorate-General for Supervision of Well-being at Work. Also see Belgian prevention-policy guidance.

A labour inspector talks with a site manager at a Belgian building site

What should an employer do first?

Employers develop a prevention policy based on risk analysis and adapt protective measures to activities and workers. Act of 4 August 1996 and Code on Well-being at Work For each task, write down the hazard, the control and the instruction workers need. Electrical tasks and site access call for task-specific checks; a generic introduction is only a starting point.

Check that the instruction matches the work and its risks; a course title cannot describe every site's controls. Act of 4 August 1996 and Code on Well-being at Work

Five training topics to check

Choose from these topics using the job's risks; this is not a universal course list. Act of 4 August 1996 and Code on Well-being at Work

1. Workplace induction — explain local hazards and the reporting route. 2. Electrical risk — demonstrate the safe method for this task. 3. Manual handling — demonstrate the safe method for this task. 4. Work at height — show the fall-prevention method for this task. 5. Emergency response — agree what to do and whom to contact.

Workers in high-visibility vests attend a short safety briefing in a Belgian workshop
Who checks workplace safety?

Start with the regulator's site for inspection information.

How should we choose instruction?

Match the topic to the task and the risk assessment under the linked rules.

Does a course replace site controls?

No. Apply the employer's prevention duties at the workplace. Read the source.

Where can workers read the rules?

For readers looking for a related course: BA4 awareness course (Safety Courses, in Dutch). Match any course to the employer’s own risk assessment and workplace instruction.

Official sources

  2. Act of 4 August 1996 and Code on Well-being at Workemploi.belgique.be · Checked 2026-10-13
  3. Belgian prevention-policy guidanceemploi.belgique.be · Checked 2026-10-13

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