2023-09-14 12:29:42
In its annual report “Facts and Figures” the INRS takes stock of its 2018-2022 orientations. The Institute details its methods of action, the highlights of 2022 and its upcoming health and safety challenges at work.
Like every year, INRS recently published its “Facts and Figures 2022” activity report on OSH. Thanks to a selection of actions implemented in 2022, the Institute presents, within the document, its role as well as its commitment to companies and their employees.
Four complementary modes of action
With 579 employees and a budget of 79 million euros, INRS serves 2.2 million establishments and 18.4 million employees dependent on the general Social Security system. To do this, the organization deploys four complementary modes of action in favor of OHS:
assistance: 27,300 external requests processed; studies and research: 90 programs conducted, 142 publications and 187 oral communications; training: 1.2 million trainees; information: 8 million visits to the INRS website, 13 face-to-face and remote events bringing together 10,500 participants.
Orientations 2018-2022
Thanks to its four modalities of action, INRS was able to contribute to the achievement of the Agreement on objectives and management of the AT/MP branch with its 2018-2022 strategic plan.
The latter included:
three general orientations: continue to promote the culture of prevention and improve OHS within companies, develop knowledge, methods and tools adapted to the needs of all companies and their employees while remaining listening to developments in the world of work to better anticipate emerging risks, consolidate the expert role of INRS with the prevention network, public authorities and prevention stakeholders; four prevention programs: chemical risks (CMR, nanoparticles, fibers, etc.), physical and mechanical risks (noise, falls, vibrations, etc.), risks linked to the organization and work situations (RPS, TMS, new forms of use, etc.), biological risks (bacteria, viruses, zoonoses, etc.); five focus themes in OHS: personal assistance and care, industry of the future and prevention, impact of information and communication technologies, polyexposure at work, reproduction and work.
For example, over the period 2018-2022, INRS equipped companies with emerging or complex work situations such as the development of collaborative robotics and exoskeletons, new work organizations or even exhibition to endocrine disruptors. The Institute had to deal with the health crisis linked to the Covid-19 epidemic by putting in place prevention measures responding to these challenges (masks, ventilation of premises, organization of work, etc.).
Facilitate appropriation of regulations
The report also reviews the highlights of the year 2022 concerning:
biological risks: carrying out actual performance measurements of indoor air purifiers, warning on the adjustment needs of FFP2 masks; chemical risks: monitoring of lithium battery technology, improvement in taking into account occupational allergies, strengthening prevention of risks linked to additive manufacturing (3D printing), innovation for semi-volatile aerosol samplers, sustainability of the Seirich software for a concrete assessment of chemical risks; risks linked to the organization and work situations: questioning and action on PSR, warning regarding sexual harassment and sexist behavior, taking into account the health issue of sedentary work, study work on hyperconnection and overconnection; physical and mechanical risks: increased vigilance regarding falls on the same level, research on hearing disorders for entertainment and entertainment professionals, integration of the invisible risk of radon into the prevention of occupational risks, analysis of the ergonomic influence of physical assistance robots.
INRS has also made it possible, in 2022, to facilitate the appropriation by professionals of the regulations relating to OHS via legal assistance for companies.
Finally, by carrying out several prospective exercises, INRS aims to anticipate the risks of tomorrow. Two exercises were carried out in 2022 and attempted to answer the following questions: what will be the determining factors for changes in the construction sector in the years to come and the possible implications of tomorrow’s construction in terms of professional risks? And what perspectives are brought by artificial intelligence in the face of OHS challenges by 2035?
Laura Guegan
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