Article R4533-3 of the French Labour Code
The connection to a drinking water distribution network must be made in such a way as to ensure an adequate supply to the various water points provided in the workers’ quarters.
The connection to a drinking water distribution network must be made in such a way as to ensure an adequate supply to the various water points provided in the workers’ quarters.
Connection to an electricity distribution network provides sufficient power to supply the various equipment and installations in the workers’ premises.
Waste is disposed of in accordance with current sanitary regulations.
The Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment may, at the request of the project owner, exceptionally grant exemptions from: 1° The access rules provided for in article R. 4533-2 when the configuration of the worksite or its isolation prevents either the construction of all or part of the roads provided for in that article, or compliance with the conditions laid down therein; 2° To the connection rules…
Exemptions granted by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment are subject to the implementation of compensatory health and safety measures. They are issued after consultation with the Organisme professionnel de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics. They set the duration of their application.
The provisions of this chapter apply to building and public works employers whose workers carry out, even on an occasional basis, earthworks, construction, installation, demolition, maintenance, repair, cleaning, all ancillary operations and all other work provided for in this chapter, on buildings by nature or by destination. They also apply to other employers whose workers carry out the same work.
The provisions of this chapter do not apply to dismantling, servicing or maintenance work on buildings by destination, including those mentioned in Article 524 of the Civil Code, provided that they are subject to the conditions for the installation of work equipment set out in Articles R. 4323-7 to R. 4323-12.
Those parts of a building which are not available for site service and access to which is dangerous to people are clearly demarcated and visibly signposted. Access to them is prevented by physical means.
Once the structural work of a storey has been completed, openings in a building overlooking the void, such as bays, must be fitted with guardrails placed 90 cm from the floors and with skirting boards at least 15 cm high, unless these openings are fitted with protective devices of at least equivalent effectiveness or unless access to them has been prohibited in application of the provisions of article R. 4534-3.
When, in order to carry out work inside a building, platforms are installed which intersect the openings at the edge of the void in their height, at a vertical distance of more than 90 cm from the upper part of the openings, a guardrail and a plinth are installed at the right of these openings.
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