The Prevention and Safety Department is responsible for advising and assisting the director of the institution in implementing legislation and regulations on risk prevention, health and safety at work, environmental protection and fire safety.
It contributes in collaboration with the other actors of prevention (occupational physicians, health and safety inspectors, prevention assistants, risk prevention engineers of the partner establishments, consultation bodies), to the elaboration and the implementation of the prevention policy led by the IPGP.
It coordinates and leads the network of prevention assistants; these local actors play an important role in raising awareness, informing and training the staff and students present in the research laboratory.
It supports the prevention assistants and all the IPGP staff in:
- the assessment of professional risks and the drafting of the single document
- the prevention of dangers likely to compromise the health and safety of the agents
- the proposal of actions to improve working methods and the working environment
- the dissemination of the prevention culture and the advancement of knowledge of safety problems and the techniques for solving them
- the proper keeping of compulsory occupational health and safety records
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