Article R4323-51 of the French Labour Code
November 3, 2023
When mobile work equipment is used in a work area, the employer must draw up appropriate traffic rules and ensure that they are properly applied.
When mobile work equipment is used in a work area, the employer must draw up appropriate traffic rules and ensure that they are properly applied.
Organisational measures are taken to prevent workers on foot from being in the area where mobile work equipment is in use. Where the presence of workers on foot is nevertheless required for the proper performance of the work, measures are taken to prevent them being injured by this equipment.
Mobile work equipment with a combustion engine may only be brought into and used in work areas if sufficient air is guaranteed in these areas that does not present a risk to the health and safety of workers.
Workers may only be present on mechanically powered mobile work equipment in safe, specially equipped areas. If work has to be carried out while the equipment is in motion, the speed must be adapted.
The driving of self-propelled mobile work equipment and work equipment used for lifting is reserved for workers who have received appropriate training. This training is completed and updated as necessary.
The operation of certain equipment presenting particular risks, due to its characteristics or purpose, is subject to obtaining a driving licence issued by the employer. The authorisation to operate must be made available to the Labour Inspectorate and to agents of the prevention department of social security organisations. Workers holding this driving licence benefit from the enhanced individual monitoring provided for in articles R. 4624-22 to R. 4624-28 in application…
Orders issued by the ministers responsible for labour or agriculture determine: 1° The conditions of the training required under article R. 4323-55; 2° The categories of work equipment requiring a driving licence to operate; 3° The conditions under which the employer ensures that the worker has the necessary skills and aptitude to operate the work equipment in complete safety; 4° The date from which, depending on the category of equipment,…
Temporary work at height is carried out from a work surface designed, installed or equipped in such a way as to protect workers’ health and safety. The workstation must be such that it allows the work to be carried out under ergonomic conditions.
Falls from a work surface must be prevented by: 1° Integrated or securely fixed rigid guardrails of appropriate strength, placed at a height of between one metre and 1.10 m and comprising at least : a) A stop plinth of 10 to 15 cm, depending on the height chosen for the guardrails; b) A handrail; c) An intermediate rail at mid-height; 2° Or by any other means ensuring equivalent safety.
Where the provisions of article R. 4323-59 cannot be implemented, flexible collection devices are installed and positioned in such a way as to prevent a fall of more than three metres.
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