Article R4461-15 of the French Labour Code
November 3, 2023
The employer determines the most appropriate breathing gas for the working conditions.
The employer determines the most appropriate breathing gas for the working conditions.
Breathing compressed air is permitted up to a relative pressure of 6,000 hectopascals. Above 6,000 hectopascals, specific breathing mixtures must be used.
Without prejudice to the occupational exposure limit values laid down in articles R. 4222-10, R. 4412-149 and R. 4412-150, the air or mixtures breathed during work must have the following characteristics: 1° In the case of carbon dioxide, a partial pressure of less than 10 hectopascals ; 2° In the case of carbon monoxide, a partial pressure of less than 0.05 hectopascals; 3° In the case of water vapour, for…
The partial pressure of nitrogen in a breathing mixture must be less than 5,600 hectopascals.
The partial pressure of oxygen in a breathed mixture must not : I. – Be less than 160 hectopascals and, in a hyperbaric work chamber, be greater than 25 per cent of the absolute pressure. II – Exceed the following values: 1° During periods of physical activity, outside the compression and decompression phases and for continuous periods of exposure not exceeding 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 hours respectively: 1,600…
By way of derogation from I of Article R. 4461-19, breathing pure oxygen under pressure with a personal respirator is authorised during decompression periods in accordance with the decompression procedures defined in 6° of Article R. 4461-6.
The employer shall provide personal protective equipment specific to the nature of the work, including breathing apparatus, emergency breathing apparatus and accessories appropriate to the intervention and rescue methods.
The following must be available at all times to prevent a failure in the supply of breathing gas: 1° An emergency gas tank or a means of continuously monitoring the pressure so that the worker can be alerted; 2° An emergency supply device.
The employer shall ensure, by carrying out an analysis or having an analysis carried out, and before their use, that : 1° that breathing gases supplied by compressors comply with the occupational exposure limit values laid down in this sub-section; 2° that the oxygen content of mixtures other than air complies with the occupational exposure limit values laid down in this sub-section; 3° where binary or ternary mixtures are used,…
The employer shall record the results of the analyses referred to in Article R. 4461-23 and make them available to the persons referred to in Article R. 4121-4. When the gases are intended to be used by an external company, they are accompanied by a sheet mentioning the results of these analyses.
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