@article{ref1,
title="Some observations on the troublesome implementation of risk-based inspections in the Netherlands",
journal="Safety science",
year="2020",
author="Helsloot, Ira and Scholtens, Astrid and Haen, Jasper",
volume="122",
number="",
pages="e104507-e104507",
abstract="For more almost 15 years now the official inspection creed in the Netherlands has been that inspection should be risk based. In this article we have a first look into what has been implemented. We observe (a) that the national policy formulated in 2005 that inspections should be risk-based, step by step has been altered into a focus on indepence of inspections and stronger sanctions, (b) that only a few inspectorates claim to have implemented risk-based inspection and (c) that those inspectorates do not operate in line with their own claims. Organising risk-based inspection is clearly a challenge for Dutch inspectorates. Some barriers hindering the implementation of risk-based inspection in the Netherlands are identified. The first being that there is no consensus as to what risk actually is. A second that inspectorates actually have no incentive to implement risk-based inspection. We conclude that this line of research is necessary to better understand the implementation process of risk-based inspections in order to better use public resources.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0925-7535",
doi="10.1016/j.ssci.2019.09.030",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.09.030"
}