Chapter II: Chemical risk prevention measures

I. – The client, the project manager or the owner of buildings by nature or by destination, equipment, materials or articles who decides on an operation involving risks of exposure of workers to asbestos shall have the search for asbestos mentioned in article L. 4412-2 carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in this paragraph. These risks, assessed by the person mentioned in the previous paragraph, may in…

The location surveyor has the qualifications and resources required to carry out this task, as specified for each field of activity by the decrees referred to in II of article R. 4412-97. It carries out its work in complete independence and may not have any links of interest likely to affect its impartiality, in particular with a natural or legal person involved in the same work operation. The body carrying…

The persons referred to in the first paragraph of I of article R. 4412-97 shall provide the operators responsible for the location survey with any information in their possession that may be useful in carrying out the survey. They shall respect their independence and impartiality in carrying out their spotting assignment, including when their employees are involved.

I. – When, for one of the following reasons, the person mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article R. 4412-97 finds that the location cannot be carried out, the safety of workers is ensured under the conditions laid down in II of this article: 1° In the event of an emergency caused by a disaster presenting a serious risk to public health or safety or to the protection…

When the location cannot be dissociated from the undertaking of the operation itself for technical reasons communicated by the location operator to the person mentioned in the first paragraph of I of Article R. 4412-97, the latter has the location carried out as the operation progresses under conditions specified, for each field of activity, by the orders mentioned in II of the same article. When it becomes apparent during the…

The survey report concludes either that asbestos-containing materials or products are not present or are present, and in the latter case specifies their nature, location and estimated quantity. The content of this report is defined for each field of activity by the decrees mentioned in II of article R. 4412-97. The technical files referred to in articles R. 1334-29-4 to R. 1334-29-6 of the Public Health Code andarticle R. 126-10…

The location report completes the traceability and mapping documents relating to the furniture and buildings within its scope. The person referred to in the first paragraph of I of article R. 4412-97 on whose behalf the report was drawn up or, where applicable, the owner of the item of furniture or building when the report has been given to him, must make it available to any new client or project…

For the risk assessment, the employer estimates the level of dust corresponding to each work process and classifies them according to the following three levels: a) First level: dust with a value of less than 100 fibres per litre ; b) Second level: dust with a value greater than or equal to 100 fibres per litre and less than 6,000 fibres per litre; c) Third level: dust with a value…

The employer must transcribe the results of its risk assessment for each process in the single risk assessment document. The document is updated whenever a process is modified, resulting in a change in dust levels, or when new processes are introduced.