{"id":2193,"date":"2014-05-06T06:15:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T05:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atousante.org\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2018-02-19T08:47:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T06:47:28","slug":"regulations-single-document-evaluation-occupational-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/regulations-single-document-evaluation-occupational-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulations on the single document for the evaluation of occupational risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The single document for the evaluation of occupational risks is compulsory in France, since 2001, for any company employing workers. \u00a0The update of this single document must be done at least once a year. It contains an inventory of occupational risks and an assessment of them.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/regulations-single-document-evaluation-occupational-risks\/\">French Labour Code : single document for the evaluation of occupational risks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#lien2\">Objectives of the written document<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#lien3\">The employer assesses the occupational risks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#lien4\">The fill in of the single document for the assessment of occupational risks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#lien5\">Update of the single document for the assessment of occupational risks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#lien6\">The single document must be made available to the employees<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"#lien7\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The single document for the evaluation of occupational risks<\/strong> is called in French : <strong>document unique pour l\u2019\u00e9valuation des risques<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"lien1\"><\/a>French Labour Code : single document for the evaluation of occupational risks<\/h3>\n<p class=\"bloc-important\">The filling in of the single document for the evaluation of occupational risks\u00a0is compulsory in France since november 5, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>French Labour Code :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/affichCodeArticle.do?idArticle=LEGIARTI000023795562&amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006072050&amp;dateTexte=20140506&amp;oldAction=rechCodeArticle&amp;fastReqId=989234906&amp;nbResultRech=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Article R. 4121-1<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"lien2\"><\/a>Objective of the document<\/h3>\n<p>The inventory of the hazards is done by the employer or a representative of him, in each work unit of the company by<strong> observing the tasks (the real work),<\/strong> <strong>hearing from the employees&#8217;opinions<\/strong>, etc.\u00a0 :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is useful to arrange small\u00a0working group meetings \u00a0in every work unit to identify the unsafe situations,<\/li>\n<li>and also analyse the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/occupational-accidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> occupational accidents<\/a> to identify the usafe situations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Objective of the single document :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>improve health at work,\u00a0<\/strong>by reducing<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/occupational-accidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">occupational accidents <\/a>and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/occupational-diseases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">occupational diseases<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"lien3\"><\/a>The employer assesses the occupational risks<\/h3>\n<p>The employer is responsible of the risk evaluation, he has to assess :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <strong>seriousness<\/strong> of every hazard,<\/li>\n<li>the<strong> probability<\/strong> of its occurence,<\/li>\n<li>so to identify the major risks and define the priority plan to prevent them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The fill in of the single document\u00a0for the assessment of occupational risks<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Only occupational <strong>risks really observed<\/strong> in the enterprise must be written in the single document.<\/li>\n<li>The document can be written <strong>on paper<\/strong> or on an <strong>electronic document.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"lien5\"><\/a>The update of the\u00a0single document\u00a0for the assessment of occupational risks<\/h3>\n<p class=\"bloc-important\">The update of this single document has to take place at least once a year or when occures any work process change.<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"lien6\"><\/a>The\u00a0single document\u00a0must be made available to the employees<\/h3>\n<p>According to the French Labor Code (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/affichCodeArticle.do?idArticle=LEGIARTI000023795550&amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006072050&amp;dateTexte=20140506&amp;oldAction=rechCodeArticle&amp;fastReqId=738376564&amp;nbResultRech=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">article R. 4121-4<\/a>)\u00a0, the\u00a0information given in the single document for the assessment of occupational risks\u00a0must be available to \u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the<strong> workers<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>the members of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/employer-obligations\/health-safety-working-conditions-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health, safety and working conditions committee<\/a><\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>staff representatives<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/health-work\/occupational-doctor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">occupational physician<\/a><\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>the<strong> labour inspector,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>the members of other occupational risk prevention organisations (according to the French Labour Code :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/affichCodeArticle.do?idArticle=LEGIARTI000006903379&amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006072050&amp;dateTexte=20140506&amp;oldAction=rechCodeArticle&amp;fastReqId=1215440829&amp;nbResultRech=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">article L. 4643-1<\/a>),<\/li>\n<li>the radiological protection inspector\u00a0\u00a0(according to the French Code of Public Health articles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/affichCodeArticle.do?idArticle=LEGIARTI000023491153&amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006072665&amp;dateTexte=20140506&amp;oldAction=rechCodeArticle&amp;fastReqId=1034685704&amp;nbResultRech=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">L. 1333-17<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/affichCodeArticle.do?idArticle=LEGIARTI000021941854&amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006072665&amp;dateTexte=20140506&amp;oldAction=rechCodeArticle&amp;fastReqId=390271010&amp;nbResultRech=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">L. 1333-18<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bloc-important\">Since \u00a02008, the employer has to set up a poster in the company, that any employee can clearly see and which explains where the single document for the assessment of occupational risks\u00a0can be read.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0750569393293663\" data-ad-slot=\"5074976718\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0You can also read the following articles<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/employer-obligations\/single-document-evaluation-occupational-risks\/contribute-writing-single-document-evaluation-occupational-risks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who can contribute to the writing of the single document for the evaluation of occupational risks ?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/employer-obligations\/single-document-evaluation-occupational-risks\/list-hazards-evaluation-occupational-risks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">List of hazards for the evaluation of occupational risks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/employer-obligations\/first-aid-organization-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First aid organisation in the company<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/employer-obligations\/health-safety-working-conditions-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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