CSC-BI Service Formation1 Health and Safety in Belgium Construction

CSC-BI Service Formation2 ABC of the law “Well-being at work”

CSC-BI Service Formation3 What is meant by well-being? Safety at work Protection of the workers’ health at work Psychosocial pressure caused by work Ergonomics Hygiene at work Embellishment of the workplaces Moral and social harassment and violence Environmental measures taken by the company

CSC-BI Service Formation4 WORKERS –otherwise than under employment contract –vocational training –articles of apprenticeship –trainees –pupils and students EMPLOYERS This legislation is meant for whom?

CSC-BI Service Formation5 Responsabilities of the parties involved Employers : –1st responsible of « Well-being at work » (accident, ill) –He must scan his company to see what and where are the risks + plan the needed mesures to prevent risks and to protect the workers (Global Plan of Prevention = GPP) –He must applicate the GPP and take all needed mesures Workers : –By his behaviour, he can not deliberately be dangereous for him and for the others workers

6 Prevention strategy Damage repair ESPPISPP Committee PP or Shop stewards’ committee Employer Hierarchy Personnel Personal protection Collective protection Information, instructions, training Assessment of remaining risks Elimination or limitation of risks Implementation of regulation Determination of risks External services: Inspection services ESTC Fund industrial accidents Welfare fund Fire brigade Insurance company Information Documentation

CSC-BI Service Formation7 Global plan of prevention What does it say? –Results of the risk assessment –Prevention measures to be taken –Goals to achieve with priority –Actions to be taken in order to achieve goals

CSC-BI Service Formation8 The annual plan of action What does it say? –The goals to be achieved with priority during the next working year –The means and the methods necessary to achieve the goals –The assignments, duties and means of the persons involved –The adjustments to be made to the global plan of prevention

CSC-BI Service Formation9 How to do that ? Help of experts in « Well-being » and consultation of the workers  Service PP composed of  Internal Service PP (Who inside the company can help to manage the PP ?)  External Service PP (The help which does not exist inside the company (agreed services)  All the aspects of Well-being must be managed by one of these two services (ISPP –ESPP)  Role of the services: risks assessment, advice and planning to reduce the risks  Responsability ???

CSC-BI Service Formation10 Internal service PP: composition Each employer has an internal service PP Multidisciplinary approach Number of obligatory internal and external tasks A prevention advisor safety at work must always be present If internal medical surveillance: a distinct department medical surveillance with a prevention advisor (occupational health specialist) at the head of it if necessary, administrative staff and medical relief workers

CSC-BI Service Formation11 The external service PP: structure and composition Division risk control: –prevention advisors for the 5 disciplines; –support staff; –work under the responsibility of an engineer. Division medical surveillance: –prevention advisors (occupational health specialists); –paramedical and administrative staff.

CSC-BI Service Formation12 Role of prevention advisor Advise the employer on the best « well-being » in the company Analyse the risks at work and during working hours Help to plan the GPP and APP Search for solutions to eliminate or reduce risks See to the application of the decided mesures Conduct the CPPW

13 Which prevention advisor ? 4 categories

CSC-BI Service Formation14 What is the CPPW ? Joint consultative body at company level Employer representatives Workers’ representatives Chairman: employer Secretary: prevention advisor of the internal service PP Any other prevention advisors of the internal and external service PP

CSC-BI Service Formation15 Meetings of the CPPW At least once a month in the company (technical operating unit or TOU) Meeting time = working time Agenda Summons Minutes Taking decisionsRight to preliminary meeting Right to invite experts Replacement of a member of the CPPW Information to the personnel By-laws

CSC-BI Service Formation16 Competences of the CPPW Basic competences –General Health and Safety Regulation (ARAB-RGPT) or CODEX –Task for the CPPW –Obligation of secrecy Prevention policy –Tracing of risks –Measures for the promotion of prevention Specific tasks –Working environment –Internal service PP –External service PP –Environment –…

CSC-BI Service Formation17 Information and tools Information –Monthly information –Yearly information –Occasional information –Documentation Brochures –External sources of information

CSC-BI Service Formation18 Building sector

CSC-BI Service Formation19 Principle As in the other sectors (Law of « Well-being ») But problems of coordination between the different companies which work on the same building site  law « coordination »  New actors : coordinators

CSC-BI Service Formation20 Coordination : Historic 1992: European Directive « Temporary or Mobile Construction sites… » 4/8/96: Law on Well-being 25/1/01: Royal decree on Temporary or Mobile Construction sites… »

Si 1 seul entrepreneur  règles de sécurité propres à tout chantier uniquement (PAS DE COORDINATION OBLIGATOIRE) Si plus d’1 entrepreneur travaillant simultanément ou successivement  règles de sécurité propres à tout chantier + OBLIGATION de faire de la CCORDINATION If only 1 company  only safety regulations applicable to any building site (No obligation of coordination) If more than 1 company working simultaneously or successively  safety regulations applicable to any building site + Coordination is obligatory When is coordination obligatory ?

CSC-BI Service Formation22 To what does coordination refer to ?

CSC-BI Service Formation23 Before the realization of the building project, as from the draft project Designation of a coordinator-project, Preliminary notification, Elaboration of the plan of safety-health (PSH)

CSC-BI Service Formation24 During the realization of the project –Designation of a coordinator-realization, –Setting-up of the coordination structure –Elaboration of the coordination journal (CJ) During later intervention –Consultation and adaptation of the FLI (File of later interventions)

CSC-BI Service Formation25 Coordination instruments Plan of Safety and Health (PSH) Coordination Journal (CJ) File of later intervention (FLI) Coordination structure (SC) Preliminary notification (PN)

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