How much is the fine for not carrying out a risk assessment?

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In 2026 the administrative fine for failing to carry out or commission a risk assessment is between TRY 66,725 and TRY 200,175 under Act 6331, penalty article 26/1-ç. The amount is read from the cell where the employee-count band meets the hazard class. If the breach continues, a further TRY 100,119 to TRY 300,357 applies for every month. There is no single figure Penalty article 26/1-ç of Turkish Occupational Health and Safety Act 6331 covers the offence defined in article 10: "failing to carry out or commission a risk assessment". The amount is not fixed. It is read from the cell where the workplace's employee-count band meets its hazard class. The bands are fewer than 10, 10-49, and 50 or more employees. 2026 administrative fine for a missing risk assessment (TRY) Employees Low hazard Hazardous Very hazardous Fewer than 10 66,725 83,406 100,087 10-49 66,725 100,087 133,450 50 or more 100,087 133,450 200,175 A separate fine for every month the breach continues The same penalty article sets a second amount for each month the breach persists. It does not replace the first fine; it is added on top and repeats every month until the risk assessment is completed. This is the line that actually makes the total grow. Amount applied for each month the breach continues (TRY) Employees Low hazard Hazardous Very hazardous Fewer than 10 100,119 125,148 150,178 10-49 100,119 150,178 200,238 50 or more 150,178 200,238 300,357 The second item under the same heading Article 10 requires not only the risk assessment itself but also the measurement and investigation needed to identify the risks. "Failing to carry out the necessary checks, measurements, examinations and research to identify risks" (10/4) is a separate item and ranges from TRY 33,326 to TRY 99,978 in 2026. A single inspection can produce both fines at once. Other items that arrive in the same visit An inspection of a workplace without a risk assessment rarely closes with a single item. The 2026 ranges are: Failing to identify emergencies, prepare emergency plans or appoint support staff (26/1-d): TRY 22,194 - 66,582. Failing to provide health surveillance, or to obtain health reports for hazardous and very hazardous work (26/1-f): TRY 22,194 for any workplace. Failing to meet the duty to inform workers (26/1-g): TRY 22,194 for any workplace. Failing to meet the worker training duty (26/1-ğ): TRY 8,980 for any workplace. See your own figure Confirm your hazard class from your NACE code: hazard class lookup . Select the items and get the total: administrative fine calculator . See all 82 penalty items from six acts in one list: penalty tables . Amounts are updated every year by the revaluation rate; for 2026 that rate is 25.49 percent. In Optifora the risk assessment records, review dates and the workplace hazard class sit in one place, so this item is not left open on inspection day.

Obligation	Legal basis	How the page covers it
Carrying out or having carried out a risk assessment is the employer's duty	Law no. 6331, art. 10(1) — the employer is obliged to carry out, or have carried out, a risk assessment for occupational health and safety, taking into account the situation of workers exposed to particular risks, the choice of work equipment and chemicals, the layout of the workplace and groups requiring special policy.	The duty to which the fine in the "There is no single figure" section is attached.
The penalty provision adds a second monthly amount alongside the first fine while the breach continues	Law no. 6331, art. 26(1)(ç) — an employer who does not carry out or have carried out a risk assessment under art. 10(1) is fined, and a further fine applies for each month the breach continues; the same subparagraph provides a separate amount for an employer who fails to meet the duties in art. 10(4).	The "If the breach continues, a separate fine each month" section.
Control, measurement, examination and research are a separate duty	Law no. 6331, art. 10(4) — the employer shall ensure that the necessary controls, measurements, examinations and research are carried out in relation to the working environment and to identifying the risks to which employees are exposed there.	The "The second item under the same heading" section.
The amount is read from the cell where the headcount band and hazard class intersect	Law no. 6331, art. 26(3) — administrative fines are applied with increases at the rates set for the bands of fewer than ten, ten to forty-nine and fifty or more employees, and for the less hazardous, hazardous and very hazardous classes.	The row and column layout of the two tables on the page (first fine and monthly amount).
The neighbouring items that can be issued in the same visit are separate subparagraphs	Law no. 6331, art. 26(1)(d) — breach of arts. 11 and 12 (emergencies); art. 26(1)(f) — art. 15(1) and (2) (health surveillance and health report); art. 26(1)(g) — art. 16 (informing employees); art. 26(1)(ğ) — art. 17 (training).	The "Other items that come in the same visit" list.

Obligation	Legal basis	How the page covers it
Failing to carry out a risk assessment is an offence as a contravention of the regulations	Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, reg. 3(1) — every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health and safety of his employees and of persons not in his employment affected by his undertaking; Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 33(1)(c) — it is an offence to contravene any health and safety regulations or any requirement or prohibition imposed under them.	Matches the "There is no single figure" section: the same duty, a different sanction regime.
An employer with five or more employees records the assessment	Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, reg. 3(6) — where the employer employs five or more employees, he shall record the significant findings of the assessment and any group of his employees identified by it as being especially at risk.	Matches the "There is no single figure" section: the duty to keep the evidence record.

Obligation	Legal basis	How the page covers it
The gravity of the violation and the history of previous violations set the amount	29 CFR 1903.15(b) — the proposed penalty is determined with due consideration to the size of the business, the gravity of the violation, the good faith of the employer and the history of previous violations; § 1903.15(d)(3) — the ceiling for a serious violation is stated.	Matches the "There is no single figure" section.
For an uncorrected violation the penalty repeats per day	29 CFR 1903.15(d)(5) — the penalty for a failure to correct a violation applies per day; 29 U.S.C. § 666(d) — an employer who fails to correct a violation within the period permitted may be assessed a penalty for each day.	Matches the "If the breach continues, a separate fine each month" section.

How much is the fine for not carrying out a risk assessment?

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A separate fine for every month the breach continues

The second item under the same heading

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Employees	Low hazard	Hazardous	Very hazardous
Fewer than 10	66,725	83,406	100,087
10-49	66,725	100,087	133,450
50 or more	100,087	133,450	200,175

Employees	Low hazard	Hazardous	Very hazardous
Fewer than 10	100,119	125,148	150,178
10-49	100,119	150,178	200,238
50 or more	150,178	200,238	300,357

How much is the fine for not carrying out a risk assessment?

There is no single figure

A separate fine for every month the breach continues

The second item under the same heading

Other items that arrive in the same visit

See your own figure

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Legal basis — United Kingdom

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