Title IV: Other activities and operations

The work referred to in article R. 4543-1 may not be carried out on equipment which has not been the subject of a specific safety study, carried out by the company responsible for the work, referred to as the “intervening company”. This study is carried out within six weeks of the company taking charge of the equipment.

The study shall be entrusted to a person competent in the field of risk prevention and familiar with the provisions applicable to the work referred to in Article R. 4543-1 as well as the regulatory provisions applicable to the equipment concerned.

The specific safety study is updated within six weeks of the occurrence of any event likely to affect the risk assessment, in particular: 1° In the event of a major conversion; 2° On receipt of the inspection report from the technical inspector in the case of lifts; 3° After the implementation of measures following the notification of a situation of serious and imminent danger under the conditions of article L….

The technical inspection report defined in article R. 134-11 du code de la construction et de l’habitation is deemed to constitute the safety study of the contractor carrying out the inspection. For this company, it constitutes the safety study prior to the checks it subsequently carries out on the same equipment.

Except in the case provided for in article R. 4543-5, the specific safety study remains the property of the contractor. A copy is given to the owner of the equipment.

The head of the company carrying out the work shall make the safety study available to the Labour Inspectorate’s inspection officer, to officers of the prevention departments of the social security bodies, to the occupational physician and to the members of the social and economic committee.

When the maintenance file drawn up in application of article R. 4211-3 of the French Labour Code exists, the holder must make available to the contractor those parts of the file which specify the conditions of access to the equipment.

For each piece of equipment used in the course of the work referred to in Article R. 4543-1, the specific safety study supplements the single risk assessment document of the company carrying out the work, taking into account the particular characteristics of the equipment and the risks of falling or being crushed.

The safety study includes all the information required to enable the head of the company carrying out the work to define and implement the necessary preventive measures to ensure the safety and protect the health of the people carrying out the work. To this end, it includes in particular: 1° A description of the equipment; 2° The conditions of access to the various parts of the equipment, and in particular…

An information sheet appended to the specific safety study summarises all the risks identified. This summary may be produced using pictograms. Where the nature of the risk requires special preventive measures to be taken, the material safety data sheet refers, by any appropriate means, to consultation of the safety study for the implementation of these measures.