PRST 4 for Regional Occupational Health Plan 4. This is a barbaric acronym for a subject that is not really: the fight against accidents at work. Available until 2025, it replaces its predecessor but has a similar purpose. Under the leadership of the Dreets Paca (Regional Directorate for the Economy, Employment, Labor and Solidarity), former Direccte, many actors sitting on the Regional Steering Committee for Working Conditions (Croct) are joining forces for a proactive policy against industrial accidents, a real evil in companies by fixing ” 10 objectives and 5 strategic axes “. All professional risks are in the viewfinder: from exposure to asbestos to falls from heights and road risks.
This plan is the result of a participatory approach, co-constructed from start to finish » et « a shared and precise inventory of professional risks “, explains Jean-François Dalvai, head of the labor policy division at Dreets Paca. The whole, “ without being disconnected from the reality on the ground but taking into account the characteristics of the economic fabric of the region, made up of many small businesses ».
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35 concrete steps for a “consensual” plan
In fact, no less than 35 actions are planned. Which relate as much to “ labor inspection intervention strategies » for falls from heights and other risks, than on the « promotion of working conditions within digital platforms ».
In the heap, some seem relevant, such as the fact of integrating training modules in occupational risks in training courses, for example in the CFA. Others a little less, like “ the designation by the employer of an employee competent in health and safety ». « We have built a complete, operational plan says Virginie Dellamonica, Medef member of the Regional Committee for Prevention and Occupational Health. “ The occupational health reform will surely not compensate for the loss of the CHSCT [Comité d’hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail, supprimé en 2017, Ndlr] and the exhibition sheet. We have a problem getting things back up “, nuance Jean-Jacques Blanc, vice-president FO at the Regional Committee for Prevention and Health at Work. Before recalling that VSEs-SMEs “ often do not have unions or union delegations ” and ” few entrepreneurs are willing to pay for prevention ».
Still, this vast document is above all “consensual” in the very words of the organizers. Suffice to say that employers will have no major obligations related to this PRST. Proof of the fragility of the approach with the prevention of serious and fatal accidents component only “ integrated at the last moment into the regional plan “, while the Paca region has 42 fatal accidents in 2020.
Luckily, ” monitoring indicators are planned for this PRST in order to better assess the success of the various actions.
It must be said that there is work in this fight. With a 4.2% increase in the number of lost time accidents, a worker in Paca is ” more likely to have accidents, and more serious, than elsewhere ». « Accidents at work are perfectly preventable, they affect the youngest and least experienced, posted workers “, concludes Amel Hafid, deputy director of working conditions at the general directorate of labor.
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