The employer shall provide workers with the necessary work equipment, appropriate to the work to be carried out or suitably adapted for this purpose, with a view to protecting their health and safety.
The employer chooses work equipment according to the particular conditions and characteristics of the work. He must take account of the characteristics of the establishment which are likely to give rise to risks when using this equipment.
Where the measures taken in application of articles R. 4321-1 and R. 4321-2 cannot be sufficient to protect the health and safety of workers, the employer shall take all other necessary measures to this end, in particular by acting on the installation of work equipment, the organisation of work or work processes.
Where necessary, the employer shall provide workers with appropriate personal protective equipment and, where the particularly unhealthy or dirty nature of the work so requires, appropriate work clothing. He shall ensure that they are used effectively.
Personal protective equipment and work clothing made available to workers in application of the provisions of this part do not constitute benefits in kind within the meaning of Article L. 3141-25.
The agreements provided for in article L. 4321-5 are concluded between the ministers responsible for labour or agriculture and the representative national employers’ organisations.
Work equipment and means of protection, whoever uses it, must be maintained in a state of compliance with the technical rules of design and construction applicable when it is put into service in the establishment, including with regard to the instruction manual. These provisions are without prejudice to the application of the rules of use set out in Chapter IV.
Means of protection damaged for any reason whatsoever, including by the mere occurrence of the risk for which they are intended, and whose repair is not likely to guarantee the level of protection prior to the damage, shall be immediately replaced and scrapped.
The instruction manual for work equipment and means of protection is made available to the Labour Inspectorate, the prevention department of the social security bodies and the approved body referred to in accordance with Article R. 4722-26.
The employer shall inform workers responsible for the use or maintenance of work equipment in an appropriate manner of: 1° The conditions under which it is used or maintained; 2° The instructions or guidelines relating to it, in particular those contained in the manufacturer’s instruction manual; 3° The action to be taken in the event of foreseeable abnormal situations; 4° The conclusions drawn from experience acquired which would enable certain…
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