Act No.76-1106 of 6 December 1976 to promote occupational accident prevention Jurisdiction France Year 1976 Published in French Original/other title [French] Loi n°76-1106 du 6 décembre 1976 relative au développement de la prévention des accidents du travail. Serial title Journal officiel de la République française Source Dec. 1976, Vol.108, No.285, p.7028-7034. Descriptors [Primary] France, occupational safety [Secondary] agriculture, construction industry, criminal liability, labour inspection, law, limitation of exposure, responsibilities of employers, safety by design, safety training in industry, shift work, workmen's compensation Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract The provisions of this Act cover, inter alia: employer's obligation to organise workers' safety training (particularly for new employees and those transferred to other workposts); gradual limitation of shift work and slowing down of assembly-line work and other continous processes; limitation, prohibition or control by regulations of the manufacture or assignment or use of substances, preparations, apparatus or machinery constituting a hazard to workers (penalties for non-observance); mandatory built-in safety in all premises constructed for industrial, commercial or agricultural purposes; organisation of occupational safety on work sites; powers of the labour inspectorate (authority to report cases of flagrant breach of safety regulations for immediate prosecution, without previous warning); employer's liability to be increased in case of occupational accident; rebate on social security contributions for undertakings implementing an occupational safety and health programme; improved compensation for workers injured in occupational accidents (loss of career prospects is now taken into consideration); extension of provisions of the Act to apply to the agricultural sector. CIS No. 77-899 Database ID 27140