Risk prevention
PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL RISKS
The prevention of occupational risks is a legal and regulatory obligation.
The employer shall take the necessary measures to ensure the safety and protect the physical and mental health of workers.
Occupational risk prevention covers all provisions or measures taken or planned at all stages of the activity with a view to avoiding or reducing occupational risks.
The occupational risk prevention approach is based on the single document on occupational risk prevention.
There are three levels of prevention
• Primary prevention of occupational risks consists of combating the risk at its source. It focuses on work and its organization and refers to collective risk prevention. It involves taking into account all risk factors in work situations. It results in a risk assessment, an in-depth diagnosis, and an action plan. This approach is preferable because it is the most effective in the long term, both in terms of employee health and the quality of public service. Its implementation by the employer is necessary to meet their regulatory obligations.
• Secondary prevention of occupational risks consists of conducting screening and monitoring activities, both individually and collectively, in particular through preventive medicine, in order to detect the onset of disorders as early as possible so that risk factors can be addressed and dealt with.
• Tertiary prevention of occupational risks refers to actions taken after an accident has occurred to limit its consequences and promote continued employment.
To be effective, prevention measures must address these three areas in a complementary manner.
The 9 general principles of prevention
1. Avoid risks;
2. Assess risks that cannot be avoided;
3. Combating risks at source;
4. Adapt work to people, particularly with regard to the design of workstations and the choice of work equipment and working and production methods, with a view in particular to limiting monotonous work and work at a set pace and reducing their effects on health;
5. Take into account the state of the art;
6. Replace what is dangerous with what is not dangerous or with what is less dangerous;
7. Plan prevention by integrating, into a coherent whole, technology, work organization, working conditions, social relations, and the influence of environmental factors, in particular risks related to moral harassment and sexual harassment, as defined in Articles L1152-1 and L1153-1, as well as those related to sexist behavior as defined in Article L1142-2-1;
8. Take collective protective measures, giving them priority over individual protective measures;
9. Provide appropriate instructions to agents.
II – CHAIN OF RESPONSIBILITY
III – DEFINITION OF THE ROLE OF THE PRODUCTION MANAGER
ACCORDING TO THE CCN FILM PRODUCTION
Hired by the production company to make a film, he represents the producer during preparation, at the end of filming, and, if necessary, until the standard copy is made. He is responsible for the overall management and organization of the work within the framework of the laws and regulations in force. In the performance of his duties, he ensures compliance with the health and safety rules in force. He is responsible for drawing up the budget and managing the film's production expenses. He supervises and approves the work plan. He is responsible in particular for hiring the employees involved in the production.
AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION
The Production Manager is responsible for the overall organization, the production work plan, and monitoring the stages of production, while adhering to the defined schedule and budget.
REGULATORY SOURCE – DECREE OF OCTOBER 15, 2016
IV – REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
SAFETY REGISTER
In order to ensure that everyone has easy access to essential safety information, a risk prevention register is kept on film sets and set construction sites.
DUERP – Document unique à l’évaluation des risques professionnels
A DUERP must exist within every company.
A DUERP must be established for each project based on the specific risks associated with that project..
Other resources
Method for preparing the Single Document
for occupational risk assessment
PREVENTION PLAN
To be established between Production and a service provider—such as a catering company, dressing room rental company, aerial platform rental company, etc.
PRODUCTION DECLARATION
The production declaration is mandatory for the production of fictional (television films, series, soap operas) or documentary films and audiovisual works, pursuant to Article 3 of the general provisions extended by the Order of October 15, 2016.
The “production declaration” for films or construction projects is provided for in the following texts:
• By the Order of October 15, 2016, relating to the exploitation and production of cinematographic and audiovisual films,
• By Article R.8113-1 of the Labor Code, which applies to all sectors of activity.
Companies producing films or audiovisual productions are required to submit a production declaration to Carsat and CCHSCT for all productions:
• Regardless of the duration of the film's production (preparation, layout, set construction, filming, demolition, set completion, editing, and finishing),
• Any location: whether in studios, on location, or in real interiors.
• Regardless of the number of employees.
In addition, companies must notify the labor inspectorate (with jurisdiction over the company's headquarters) in writing of the opening of any construction site or other workplace:
• Employing at least ten employees
• Pendant plus d’une semaine
• La déclaration remplie doit être adressée 7 jours au moins avant le commencement des travaux (possibilité de déclarer en ligne)
CCHSCT DECLARATION AREA – Cinema
CCHSCT – Audiovisual Production Declaration
HELP AND ADVICE
INRS-Audiovisual Production – Preventing Occupational Risks
File prepared by Philippe BAISADOULI
