Until the necessary examinations and repairs have been carried out, any equipment, machinery, installation or protective device found to be defective is withdrawn from service. Repaired equipment, machinery, installations or devices are permanently withdrawn from service.
The employer shall arrange for the examinations to be carried out by a competent person appointed for this purpose. The name and position of this person shall be recorded in a safety register. This register is kept at the worksite or, if this is not possible, at the establishment’s head office.
A register of observations is made available to employees and members of the social and economic committee. The latter shall record their observations concerning the condition of the equipment and installations, the existence of causes likely to compromise their solidity and the application of the provisions of this chapter. The employer may also record his observations.
The register of observations is kept at the disposal of the Labour Inspectorate, the Occupational Physician, agents of the Organisme Professionnel de Prévention du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics, the prevention department of social security organisations and members of the inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions. It is kept on the worksite or, if this is not possible, at the establishment’s head office.
Receipts are arranged in such a way that workers responsible for loading or unloading operations are not obliged to lean over the empty space in order to pull the load. However, for the loading or unloading of materials or objects weighing 50 kilograms or less, workers may be provided with hooks of sufficient length to bring the loads level with the floor of the loading bay, or any other equivalent…
In order to take the appropriate safety measures, if necessary, and before starting any earthworks, the employer must obtain information from the relevant road authority in the case of work on public property, or from the owner in the case of work on private property: 1° The possible existence of soil deposits; 2° The location and nature of any underground pipes or cables that may be in the area where…
Trees, boulders, equipment, materials and objects of any kind in the vicinity of the site where excavations are being undertaken must be removed or securely held when it appears that their equilibrium may be compromised during the execution of the work.
Trenches more than 1.30 metres deep and no more than two-thirds the width of the trench must be shored, braced or propped if their walls are vertical or substantially vertical. The walls of other trenches, as well as those of excavations or mounds, must be designed to prevent landslides, taking into account the nature and condition of the soil. If this is not possible, shoring, struts or props appropriate to…
In determining the inclination to be given to the walls or in establishing the shoring, struts and props of trench excavations or excavations, account shall be taken of overloads due to constructions or deposits of any kind, such as miscellaneous materials, spoil, equipment, existing in the vicinity, as well as overloads and foreseeable shaking due to traffic on carriageways, tracks and railways in the vicinity of the excavations.
Underpinning of foundations may only be carried out in small sections and as and when the shoring, struts or props put in place ensure sufficient safety. However, this requirement does not preclude the use of special procedures that provide workers with at least equivalent safety.
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