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Article R4451-80 of the French Labour Code

I.-When a worker’s exposure exceeds one of the limit values laid down in articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8, the employer shall immediately take steps to: 1° Stop the exposure; 2° Determine as soon as possible the reasons why the limit values were exceeded; 3° Assess the effective and equivalent doses received by the worker and their distribution in the body; 4° Adapt the preventive measures accordingly in…

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Article R4451-81 of the French Labour Code

Any worker whose health status exceeds one of the limit values set out in articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8 will benefit from the health monitoring applicable to workers classified in category A for a period of twelve months following the date on which the limit was exceeded.

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Article R4451-82 of the French Labour Code

Reinforced individual monitoring of workers classified within the meaning of Article R. 4451-57 or of workers subject to individual monitoring of radon exposure as provided for in Article R. 4451-65 is carried out under the conditions provided for in Articles R. 4624-22 to R. 4624-28. For a worker classified in category A, the medical examination referred to in article R. 4624-28 is repeated every year. The intermediate check-up mentioned in…

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Article R4451-83 of the French Labour Code

I.-The occupational health medical file referred to in Article L. 4624-8 for each worker is completed by : 1° The individual assessment of exposure to ionising radiation provided by the employer under Article R. 4451-53 ; 2° The results of individual dosimetric monitoring, together with the effective dose; 3° Where applicable, the exposures that led to the limit values set in articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8 being…

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Article R4451-84 of the French Labour Code

I – The occupational physician may obtain the results of the checks provided for in section 6 of this chapter which he deems necessary to assess the state of health of workers. II – An occupational health physician who finds that a worker is contaminated by one or more radionuclides when he receives the results of one of his prescriptions shall inform the employer and the radiation protection advisor.

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Article R4451-85 of the French Labour Code

I.-The occupational physician responsible for the individual monitoring of the state of health of workers classified within the meaning of article R. 4451-57 carrying out or participating in the carrying out of an operation in an establishment comprising a basic nuclear installation shall first receive specific training adapted to the risks associated with ionising radiation. II – A joint order by the ministers for labour and agriculture determines: 1° The…

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Article R4451-86 of the French Labour Code

I.-The approval of the occupational health service provided for in article D. 4622-48 takes into account the number of occupational health physicians who have received the training mentioned in article R. 4451-85. II -The regional director of companies, competition, consumption, work and employment, after consulting the occupational health inspector, may decide to derogate from the provisions of articles D. 4622-25 to D. 4622-27 when this is justified by the geographical…

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Article R4451-87 of the French Labour Code

I.-In the event that the occupational health service of the external company or the occupational health service to which this company belongs is not approved to ensure individual monitoring of the state of health of workers exposed to ionising radiation, this is carried out by the occupational health service of the establishment on behalf of which this company intervenes. II – The details of the individual monitoring referred to in…

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Article R4451-88 of the French Labour Code

In application of the provisions of the last paragraph of article L. 1251-22, the reinforced individual monitoring provided for in article R. 4451-82 is carried out, with regard to the temporary employee, by the user undertaking defined in 1° of article L. 1251-1. The occupational physician of the temporary employment undertaking is informed of the results of this monitoring.

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Article R4451-89 of the French Labour Code

I.-In exceptional circumstances, when collective and individual protection measures are unable to guarantee that workers’ exposure remains below the exposure limit values provided for in Article R. 4451-6, the employer shall request authorisation to exceed them from the labour inspection officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1. II.-The employer shall demonstrate that there is no possible alternative to exceeding the values referred to in I, given the exceptional nature of…

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