Despite the impact of global warming on its activity, the profession has not yet initiated more general reflection on its functioning.
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The electoral evening of Francis Dubrac, president of Dubrac TP, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)-“Four hundred men, around fifty sites in Ile-de-France”-took another turn , Sunday, June 12, when the weather bulletin is released announcing high heat everywhere in France at the end of the week. As of Monday morning, he sent a “heat wave” service note to all his site managers to encourage them to monitor the heat strokes with their workers and remind them of the driving to hold at the slightest headache. The water is available at will, but there, he insists, 3 liters minimum must be distributed per person.
On the same day, a semi-trailer of water bottle pallets was delivered to the main deposit of Fayolle, in Soisy-sous-Montmorency (Val-d’Oise)-five hundred employees, a hundred construction sites around Paris. For the most exposed workers, such as those who display asphalt or asphalt at 180 ° C, the working day can start at 6 am and end at noon, explains Christophe Rogron, Director of Public Works of the company. “We have applied these rules for twenty years. The heat wave of 2003 has left traces.”
more morning schedules
Shift the schedules, program the most physical tasks at fresh, drink before being thirsty, refresh yourself regularly, it is neither more nor less than the recommendation of the organization of prevention of professional branches of construction . “Then we adapt. It is not the same if the site is in town, in the countryside, under the trees or not,” continues the director of Fayolle. The sites in France are however not yet organized as in Dubai, where the work begins at dawn, stops at noon, and resumes at the end of the afternoon, sometimes until 10 p.m. “In the inhabited area, we cannot make noise in the morning, nor late in the evening,” explains Mr. Dubrac. “The regulations prohibit making noise between 10 p.m. and 6 am. But, in dense zone, before 8 am, it is not very accepted; 7:30 am, we get there, but 6 hours, never, comes up Philippe Servalli , the president of the French Federation of the Grand Paris Ile-de-France building. In addition, how to ask the companions to arrive early if the metro does not circulate? All this requires a global reflection. “
The labor code does not give a threshold temperature beyond which activity is prohibited, but employers are required to ensure the safety and health of their employees. In some cases, air conditioning has changed everything. The crane operators are now working in the cool, in their cabin, just like the conductors of shovels. The roofers and the waterproofing, a less known profession but very exposed to the hot weather since it is a question of unrolling black or reflective bitumen strips on the roofs and welding them with the torch, do not have this privilege. At most, they can set up a cooler on the roof. “For us roofers, there is no subject, explains Guillaume de Koninck, 43 years old, including twenty-seven on the roofs of Paris and Ile-de-France. If it is too hot, we Stop. There are already few candidates to do our job, if in addition I do not work the guys in good conditions, I will not get out of it. “
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