The head of the company carrying out the work shall make the safety study available to the Labour Inspectorate’s inspection officer, to officers of the prevention departments of the social security bodies, to the occupational physician and to the members of the social and economic committee.
When the maintenance file drawn up in application of article R. 4211-3 of the French Labour Code exists, the holder must make available to the contractor those parts of the file which specify the conditions of access to the equipment.
For each piece of equipment used in the course of the work referred to in Article R. 4543-1, the specific safety study supplements the single risk assessment document of the company carrying out the work, taking into account the particular characteristics of the equipment and the risks of falling or being crushed.
The safety study includes all the information required to enable the head of the company carrying out the work to define and implement the necessary preventive measures to ensure the safety and protect the health of the people carrying out the work. To this end, it includes in particular: 1° A description of the equipment; 2° The conditions of access to the various parts of the equipment, and in particular…
An information sheet appended to the specific safety study summarises all the risks identified. This summary may be produced using pictograms. Where the nature of the risk requires special preventive measures to be taken, the material safety data sheet refers, by any appropriate means, to consultation of the safety study for the implementation of these measures.
The personnel of the company carrying out the work have access to the specific safety study before the work is carried out.
The material safety data sheet must be kept permanently available to the workers of the company working on the lift, either in the lift or goods lift machinery room, or in a nearby location in the case of other equipment. It is communicated by the owner of the equipment to any person whose duties require them to enter normally inaccessible parts of the equipment.
The head of the company carrying out the work must organise the work in such a way as to ensure the safety and health of the workers carrying it out. To this end, he must take the appropriate preventive measures to avoid any risk to workers and other exposed persons that may result from the neutralisation of protective devices.
The head of the company carrying out the work defines the operations or work requiring the use of more than one worker, according to their arduous, repetitive or complex nature. When two or more workers are involved, the manager of the company carrying out the work shall take the necessary preventive measures to eliminate the risks associated with the simultaneous activity of these workers and to ensure satisfactory communication between…
When organising the work referred to in article R. 4543-15, the head of the company carrying out the work defines the operating procedures appropriate to the technology of the equipment and its environment. This organisation takes into account: 1° The consequences of the introduction of new technologies; 2° The conclusions drawn from experience gained and the analysis of accidents at work; 3° The training and professional qualifications of the personnel…
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