6. Glossary
Danger; hazard
Intrinsic property or capacity of a piece of equipment, a substance or a work method to cause damage to workers' health.
Risk; risk
Probability of occurrence of a health phenomenon in a given population over a given period of time.
Risk assessment
The process of comparing estimated risk with one or more decision criteria or decision aids.
Document unique d'évaluation des risques (DUER); single risk assessment document
Written transposition of the occupational risk assessment prescribed by the French Labor Code.
Kiviat diagram
The Kiviat, radar or spider web diagram is used to represent multivariate data sets on a two-dimensional plane. Each axis represents...
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Standards and norms
- Risk management – Guidelines. - NF ISO 31000 - Juin 2018
- Risk management – Risk assessment guidelines. - FD X50-252 - Février 2006
- Machine safety – General design principles – Risk assessment and risk reduction. - NF EN ISO 12100 - Décembre 2010
- Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements and guidelines for their use. - ISO 45001 :2018 - Mars 2018
Regulations
Council Directive 89/391/EEC of June 12, 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work.
Law no. 91-1414 of December 31, 1991 amending the Labor Code and the Public Health Code to promote occupational risk prevention and transposing European directives on occupational health and safety.
Décret n° 2001-1016 du 5 novembre...
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