Welding, riveting and sandblasting work may only be carried out by competent workers. Personal protective equipment, such as gloves, gaiters or leggings, aprons or protective waistcoats, “pile support” harnesses, masks or bonnets and safety goggles, are provided for these workers and their assistants, to protect them against the risks of burning or splashing of materials.
Breathing equipment preventing the inhalation of noxious vapours or dusts is made available to workers who carry out welding, riveting or cutting work on components coated with lead-based paint, as well as to workers who carry out metallization or sandblasting work. This equipment is maintained in good working order and disinfected before being allocated to a new owner.
When arc welding work is being carried out on a site, screens are used to mask the arcs from people other than the welders or their assistants, in order to eliminate the risks of dazzle and the dangers of ultra-violet radiation. In the absence of protective screens, danger zones are marked out and appropriately signposted.
Measures are taken to prevent workers being injured by splashes of concrete, mortar or cement applied by mechanical or pneumatic means.
Safety goggles must be worn when working on hard materials likely to produce splinters.
Where workers are exposed to the risk of drowning, the employer shall, in addition to the safety measures prescribed by this chapter, take the following special protection measures: 1° Workers exposed to the risk shall be provided with lifejackets; 2° An alarm signal shall be provided; 3° Where appropriate, at least one boat, manned by seamen who know how to swim and dive, shall be permanently placed near the most…
Subject to compliance with the corresponding provisions of this section, the obligations relating to: 1° Sanitary facilities, as set out in articles R. 4228-2 to R. 4228-7 and R. 4228-10 to R. 4228-18; 2° Catering, as set out in articles R. 4228-22 to R. 4228-25, may be waived for work sites lasting no more than four months.
Enclosed workplaces owned, rented or managed by the companies responsible for the work, as well as those made available to these companies on sites subject to the obligation to coordinate safety and health protection, comply with the following provisions: 1° Ventilation and sanitation rules provided for in articles R. 4222-1 to R. 4222-17 and R. 4222-20 to R. 4222-22 ; 2° Rules relating to the thermal environment, cold and bad…
The employer shall provide workers with a changing room: 1° Suitably ventilated and lit, and sufficiently heated; 2° Cleaned at least once a day and kept in a constant state of cleanliness; 3° Provided with a sufficient number of seats. It is forbidden to store dangerous or dirty products or equipment or materials there. Where the small size of the worksite means that the room cannot be equipped with a…
When the facilities provided for in article R. 4534-139 are not suited to the nature of the work site, specially equipped work vehicles may be used to enable workers to ensure their personal cleanliness, and to have access to toilets, changing rooms and, if possible, showers sheltered from the weather. The use of a basement room is exceptional and will only be tolerated if it can be kept in a…
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