Article R4412-144 of the French Labour Code
November 3, 2023
The provisions of this sub-section apply to the work mentioned in 2° of Article R. 4412-94.
The provisions of this sub-section apply to the work mentioned in 2° of Article R. 4412-94.
On the basis of the results of the initial risk assessment provided for in subsection 2, for each process implemented, the employer shall draw up operating instructions specifying in particular: 1° The nature of the work ; 2° The materials involved; 3° The frequency and procedures for checking the level of dust in the process used and compliance with the occupational exposure limit value; 4° A description of the working…
When the operating procedure is drawn up or modified, it is subject to the opinion of the occupational physician and the social and economic committee.
The operating procedure is sent to the Labour Inspectorate control officer and to the agents of the prevention departments of the social security bodies within whose territorial jurisdiction the establishment is located and, where appropriate, to the professional prevention body for the building and public works sector. A new transmission is made when it is updated. Before the operating procedure is implemented for the first time, it is sent to…
When the foreseeable duration of the work is more than five days, the employer shall also send the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer and the prevention department of the social security body in the place where the work is to be carried out and, where applicable, the Office Professionnel de Prévention du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics (Occupational Prevention Office for Building and Public Works): 1° The place, starting date and…
The concentrations of the chemical agents present in the atmosphere of the workplaces listed in the following table must not exceed, in the workers’ breathing zone, the occupational exposure limit values defined below: Name Number EC (1) Number CAS (2) Occupational exposure limit value Occupational exposure limit value Comments Transitional measures 8h (3) short term (4) mg/ m3 (5) ppm (6) fibres per cm3 mg/ m3 ppm fibres per cm3…
Indicative occupational exposure limit values, constituting prevention objectives, may be set by joint order of the Ministers of Labour and Agriculture.
The sampling procedures, methods and means to be used to measure concentrations of hazardous chemical agents in the air, as well as the characteristics and conditions of use of personal protective equipment against these agents, are laid down by joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and agriculture.
For workers exposed to lead and its compounds, the biological limit values not to be exceeded are set at : 1° 400 micrograms of lead per litre of blood for men; 2° 300 micrograms of lead per litre of blood for women.
Where the risk assessment identifies the simultaneous presence of respirable dusts containing crystalline silica and other non-silicogenic respirable dusts, the occupational exposure limit value for the mixture shall be determined by the following formula: Cns/5 + Cq/0.1 + Cc/0.05 + Ct/0.05 less than or equal to 1
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