Section 2: Joint preliminary inspection.

Before an operation is carried out by an external company, a joint inspection is carried out of the workplace, the installations there and any equipment made available to the external companies.

During the joint preliminary inspection, the head of the user undertaking: 1° Delimits the area in which the outside undertakings will be working; 2° Marks out the areas in this area which may present hazards for the workers; 3° Indicates the traffic routes which these workers and the vehicles and machinery of all kinds belonging to the outside undertakings may use; 4° Defines the access routes for these workers to…

The head of the user company shall inform the heads of the external companies of his safety instructions applicable to the workers carrying out the operation, including during their movements.

Employers provide each other with all the information needed to prevent risks, in particular a description of the work to be carried out, the equipment used and the operating procedures whenever these have an impact on health and safety.