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Article R4412-17 of the French Labour Code

The employer shall take the appropriate technical measures and define the appropriate work organisation measures to ensure the protection of workers against the hazards arising from the chemical and physico-chemical properties of chemical agents.
These measures shall cover, in particular, the storage, handling and isolation of incompatible chemical agents.
To this end, the employer shall take appropriate measures to prevent:
1° The presence in the workplace of dangerous concentrations of flammable substances or dangerous quantities of unstable chemical substances;
2° The risk of overflowing or splashing, as well as spillage by rupture of the walls of vats, basins, tanks and containers of any kind containing products likely to cause thermal or chemical burns.

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Article R4412-17


L’employeur prend les mesures techniques et définit les mesures d’organisation du travail appropriées pour assurer la protection des travailleurs contre les dangers découlant des propriétés chimiques et physico-chimiques des agents chimiques.
Ces mesures portent, notamment, sur le stockage, la manutention et l’isolement des agents chimiques incompatibles.
A cet effet, l’employeur prend les mesures appropriées pour empêcher :
1° La présence sur le lieu de travail de concentrations dangereuses de substances inflammables ou de quantités dangereuses de substances chimiques instables ;
2° Les risques de débordement ou d’éclaboussures, ainsi que de déversement par rupture des parois des cuves, bassins, réservoirs et récipients de toute nature contenant des produits susceptibles de provoquer des brûlures d’origine thermique ou chimique.

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