Book V: Prevention of risks associated with certain activities or operations

Subject to compliance with the corresponding provisions of this section, the obligations relating to: 1° Sanitary facilities, as set out in articles R. 4228-2 to R. 4228-7 and R. 4228-10 to R. 4228-18; 2° Catering, as set out in articles R. 4228-22 to R. 4228-25, may be waived for work sites lasting no more than four months.

Enclosed workplaces owned, rented or managed by the companies responsible for the work, as well as those made available to these companies on sites subject to the obligation to coordinate safety and health protection, comply with the following provisions: 1° Ventilation and sanitation rules provided for in articles R. 4222-1 to R. 4222-17 and R. 4222-20 to R. 4222-22 ; 2° Rules relating to the thermal environment, cold and bad…

The employer shall provide workers with a changing room: 1° Suitably ventilated and lit, and sufficiently heated; 2° Cleaned at least once a day and kept in a constant state of cleanliness; 3° Provided with a sufficient number of seats. It is forbidden to store dangerous or dirty products or equipment or materials there. Where the small size of the worksite means that the room cannot be equipped with a…

When the facilities provided for in article R. 4534-139 are not suited to the nature of the work site, specially equipped work vehicles may be used to enable workers to ensure their personal cleanliness, and to have access to toilets, changing rooms and, if possible, showers sheltered from the weather. The use of a basement room is exceptional and will only be tolerated if it can be kept in a…

Employers shall provide workers with a sufficient quantity of drinking water to ensure their personal cleanliness. Where it is impossible to install running water, a drinking water tank of sufficient capacity shall be connected to the washbasins to enable them to be supplied. On the sites mentioned in Article R. 4534-137, washbasins or handrails are installed, if possible with adjustable temperature, at the rate of one opening for every ten…

When workers take their meals on site, a refectory is provided for them. This room must meet the following requirements: 1° It must have a sufficient number of tables and chairs: 2° It must have at least one appliance for reheating or cooking food and a pantry of sufficient capacity to protect the food and, if possible, a refrigerator; 3° It must be kept in a perfectly clean condition.

Workers are provided either with premises where they can be accommodated in conditions that protect their health and safety in the event of weather conditions likely to affect them, or with worksite facilities that guarantee them equivalent conditions.

The employer shall provide workers with at least three litres of fresh drinking water per day per worker. National collective agreements specify the work situations, particularly climatic, in which hot non-alcoholic beverages are made available to workers free of charge.

On construction sites, toilets complying with the provisions of articles R. 4228-11 to R. 4228-15 are made available to workers.