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Council Directive 92/57/EEC of 24 June 1992 on the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile constructions sites (eighth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
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Article 3.Appointment of coordinators — Safety and health plan — Prior notice
Article 7.Responsibilities of clients, project supervisors and employers
Article 8.Implementation of Article 6 of Directive 89/391/EEC
Article 15.This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
1. Work which puts workers at risk of burial under earthfalls,...
2. Work which puts workers at risk from chemical or biological...
3. Work with ionizing radiation requiring the designation of controlled or...
8. Work carried out by workers in caissons with a compressed-air...
10. Work involving the assembly or dismantling of heavy prefabricated components....
CONTENT OF THE PRIOR NOTICE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 (3), FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE DIRECTIVE
MINIMUM SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES
PART A GENERAL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ON-SITE WORKPLACES
3.1. Emergency routes and exits must remain clear and lead as...
3.3. The number, distribution and dimensions of emergency routes and exits...
3.4. Specific emergency routes and exits must be indicated by signs...
3.5. Emergency routes and exits, and the traffic routes and doors...
3.6. Emergency routes and exits requiring illumination must be provided with...
8. Natural and artificial lighting of workstations, rooms and traffic routes...
9.1. Sliding doors must be fitted with a safety device to...
9.2. Doors and gates opening upwards must be fitted with a...
9.3. Doors and gates along escape routes must be appropriately marked....
9.4. In the immediate vicinity of gates intended primarily for vehicle...
9.5. Mechanical doors and gates must operate without any risk of...
10. Traffic routes — danger areas
10.1. Traffic routes, including stairs, fixed ladders and loading bays and...
10.2. Routes used for pedestrian traffic and/or goods traffic including those...
10.3. Sufficient clearance must be allowed between vehicle traffic routes and...
10.4. If the site includes limited-access areas, these must be equipped...
15. Rest rooms and/or accommodation areas
15.1. Where the safety or health of workers, in particular because...
15.2. Rest rooms and/or accommodation areas must be large enough and...
15.3. If there are no facilities of this kind, other facilities...
15.4. Fixed accommodation areas unless used only in exceptional cases, must...
15.5. Appropriate measures should be taken for the protection of non-smokers...
PART B SPECIFIC MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ON-SITE WORKSTATIONS
Section I On-site indoor workstations
Section II On-site outdoor workstations
6.1. All scaffolding must be properly designed, constructed and maintained to...
6.2. Work platforms, gangways and scaffolding stairways must be constructed, dimensioned,...
6.4. Ladders must be sufficiently strong and correctly maintained.
6.5. Mobile scaffolding must be secured against spontaneous movements.
8. Excavating and materials-handling vehicles and machinery
8.1. All excavating and materials-handling vehicles and machinery must be:
8.2. Drivers and operators of excavating and materials-handling vehicles and machinery...
8.3. Preventive measures must be taken to ensure that excavating and...
8.4. Where appropriate, excavating machinery and materials-handling machinery must be fitted...
10. Excavations, wells, underground works, tunnels and earthworks
12. Metal or concrete frameworks, shutterings and heavy prefabricated components
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