Support | Document unique | Programme de prévention |
Helpful features | - Mandatory for all employers, in accordance with labor code article R4121-1. - The results of the occupational risk prevention initiative are transcribed into a single document. - Is updated annually; is dynamic and evolves in pace with changes in the company. - Makes possible the statistical monitoring of risk and risk reduction. - Promotes decreases in work-related hazards, and thus less absenteeism, less expense due to workplace accidents and work stoppages, hence a more productive business. - Is written by the employer with participation of workers. | - The document is complete; its required content is specified in the regulation. - Proposes concrete actions and measures focused on eliminating work-related hazards. - Is updated annually: is dynamic and evolves in pace with changes in the company. - Lists and categorizes the principal work-related hazards. - Contains the regulations and standards applicable to reducing hazards. - Promotes decreases in work-related hazards, and thus less absenteeism, less expense due to workplace accidents and work stoppages, hence a more productive business. - Is written by the employer with participation of workers. |
Inconveniences | - The business owner does most of the writing; the workload is often onerous. - The legislation does not propose a model; the employer must sort and weigh the criteria for choosing a support. - No exhaustive list of the risks or categories is proposed in the legislation; the employer creates his own referential. - In many companies, the document is poorly written, does not reflect reality, is incomplete and used rarely if ever. | - Is mandatory only for enterprises in certain high-priority groups defined in the legislation. - There is little research or study on the effectiveness of this program in small and medium-sized enterprises. - Is dependent on occupational health and safety committees, which are not always effective. - Little information is available on how to write the document. - Writing of the document is difficult for employers, who must sort and weigh the criteria for choosing a support. - Employers and workers find the document too theoretical and of little practical value. |