The relative pressure considered by this chapter is the absolute pressure at the level of the worker’s airways, at the moment when it reaches its maximum value during the working time, less the local atmospheric pressure.
As part of the risk assessment provided for in Article R. 4121-1, the employer shall record the following in particular in the single assessment document: 1° The level, type and duration of exposure of workers to hyperbaric risk; 2° The impact on the health and safety of workers exposed to this risk; 3° The impact on health and safety of other risks associated with the work and their interactions with…
I. – The employer shall appoint a person to act as hyperbaric prevention advisor. Under the employer’s responsibility, this advisor shall participate in particular in : 1° In the risk assessment provided for in Article R. 4461-3 ; 2° The implementation of all measures to ensure the health and safety of workers working in hyperbaric environments; 3° The continuous improvement of risk prevention based on the analysis of work situations….
The employer shall inform each worker required to work in a hyperbaric environment of the name and contact details of the hyperbaric prevention advisor referred to in Article R. 4461-4.
The procedures, and their parameters, adopted for the various methods of intervention or performance of work are set by joint orders of the Minister for Labour and, each in their respective areas of responsibility, the ministers concerned. Each order specifies in particular: 1° The breathing gases or gas mixtures authorised, in application of the provisions of sub-section 2 below; 2° The duration of intervention or performance of the work, taking…
The employer shall draw up a hyperbaric safety manual for each of its establishments, taking into account the results of the risk assessment recorded in the single document provided for in Article R. 4461-3. This manual specifies in particular 1° The functions, skills and respective roles of the different categories of workers involved in the operations; 2° The equipment required according to the methods of intervention used by the company…
The hyperbaric safety manual, drawn up in conjunction with the hyperbaric prevention advisor, is subject to the prior opinion of the occupational physician and the social and economic committee. It is updated periodically, particularly when there is any significant change in the conditions under which work is carried out or performed.
The employer shall give a copy of the hyperbaric safety manual to the hyperbaric prevention advisor, who shall ensure that the manual is available on the site where the work is carried out. The employer shall make it available to the workers and to the social and economic committee. On board ships, the hyperbaric safety manual is also made available to the ship’s representatives referred to in article L. 5543-2…
On the basis of the risk assessment carried out for each workstation and referred to in article R. 4461-3, the employer shall draw up a workstation notice given to each worker in order to inform him of the risks to which his work may expose him and the measures taken to avoid or reduce them. This notice, which is kept up to date, sets out the applicable health and safety…
When the head of the user company calls on an external company or a self-employed worker, he shall ensure the general coordination of the prevention measures he takes and those taken by the head of the external company or the self-employed worker, in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 4511-1 et seq. He shall pass on the specific instructions applicable to the establishment in terms of hyperbaric risk prevention…
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