Chapter I: Employer's obligations.

The employer shall take the necessary measures to ensure the safety and protect the physical and mental health of workers. These measures include: 1° Measures to prevent occupational risks, including those mentioned in Article L. 4161-1; 2° Information and training initiatives; 3° Setting up appropriate organisation and resources. The employer shall ensure that these measures are adapted to take account of changing circumstances and aim to improve existing situations.

The employer shall implement the measures provided for in Article L. 4121-1 on the basis of the following general principles of prevention: 1° Avoid risks ; 2° Assess the risks that cannot be avoided; 3° Combating risks at source; 4° Adapting work to people, in particular with regard to the design of workstations and the choice of work equipment and work and production methods, with a view in particular to…

The employer, taking into account the nature of the establishment’s activities, shall assess the risks to the health and safety of workers, including in the choice of manufacturing processes, work equipment, chemical substances or preparations, in the fitting out or refitting of workplaces or installations, in the organisation of work and in the definition of workstations. This risk assessment takes into account the gender-specific impact of exposure to risk. Contribute…

I.-The single occupational risk assessment document lists all the occupational risks to which workers are exposed and ensures that these exposures can be traced collectively. II – The employer shall transcribe and update in the single document the results of the assessment of risks to the health and safety of workers which it carries out in application of article L. 4121-3. III.The results of this assessment lead to: 1° For…

When assigning tasks to a worker, the employer, having regard to the nature of the establishment’s activities, shall take into consideration the ability of the person concerned to implement the necessary health and safety precautions.

Where workers from several undertakings are present in the same workplace, the employers shall cooperate in implementing the provisions relating to health and safety at work.