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Document ID (ISN)100958
CIS number 02-1734
ISSN - Serial title 0373-1944 - Travail et sécurité
Year 2000
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Richez J.P.
Title Integration on temporary workers - Partnerships between construction enterprises and temporary work agencies
Original title Intégration des intérimaires - BTP: agences et chantiers partenaires [in French]
Bibliographic information May 2000, No.596, p.14-26. Illus.
Abstract In the construction industry, half of all occupational accidents involve temporary workers who often lack qualifications and are assigned to hazardous work. This collection of articles describes the efforts that have been undertaken in this sector to reduce the number of accidents involving temporary workers. Contents: interview of a safety consultant from the health insurance institution of the French region of Midi-Pyrénées; description of the contents of a guide published by the INRS on the integration of temporary workers in the construction sector; efforts undertaken by all parties concerned for reducing the number of accidents at the construction sites of a new motorway, in particular by implementing ways and means of ensuring the safety of temporary workers; "safety charter" signed by enterprises using temporary workers and by agencies offering temporary workers; experience of a bricklaying enterprise in employing temporary workers.
Descriptors (primary) responsibilities of employers; construction industry; role of insurance institutions; temporary workers; safety programmes
Descriptors (secondary) road work; case study; qualifications; dangerous work; bricklaying; France
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Construction industry
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Safety programmes
Precarious employment
Construction industry and civil engineering