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Article R4534-6 of the French Labour Code

Openings in shafts, galleries with an incline of more than 45°, and openings such as those provided for the passage of lifts, or such as chimney shafts or trap doors, which may exist in the floors of a building as well as in the floors of scaffolding, gangways or any other installations, must be enclosed or closed off :
1° Either by a guardrail placed at a height of 90 cm and a plinth at least 15 cm high;
2° Or by a temporary jointed floor suitably fixed;
3° Or by any other equivalent device.

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Article R4534-6


Les orifices des puits, des galeries d’une inclinaison de plus de 45°, et les ouvertures, telles que celles qui sont prévues pour le passage des ascenseurs, ou telles que les trémies de cheminées ou les trappes, pouvant exister dans les planchers d’une construction ainsi que dans les planchers des échafaudages, passerelles ou toutes autres installations, sont clôturés ou obturés :
1° Soit par un garde-corps placé à une hauteur de 90 cm et une plinthe d’une hauteur minimale de 15 cm ;
2° Soit par un plancher provisoire jointif convenablement fixé ;
3° Soit par tout autre dispositif équivalent.

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