Nowadays, risk is considered to be a serious economic, public and political problem. Professional risk and work-related stress have the potential to negatively affect an individual psychological and physical health, as well as an organisational effectiveness. Psychosocial risks as a likelihood that work-related psychosocial hazards will have a negative impact on employees’ health and safety through their perceptions and experience have been identified as one of the major contemporary challenges for occupational safety and health. Psychosocial risk management is based on the principles of prevention and aims at risk elimination or reduction. Key words: psychosocial risk, management, preventive measures, risk assessment, stress