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Sociologie et sociétés

La fugacité des chantiersInspection du travail et prévention des risques professionnelsdans le secteur du Bâtiment et travaux publicsThe Transiency of Construction SitesWork Inspection and the Prevention of Occupational Risk inthe Construction and Public Works SectorNicolas DODIER

Travail, santé, préventionVolume 18, Number 2, octobre 1986

URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/001187arDOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/001187ar

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Cite this articleDODIER, N. (1986). La fugacité des chantiers : inspection du travail etprévention des risques professionnels dans le secteur du Bâtiment et travauxpublics. Sociologie et sociétés, 18(2), 61–72. https://doi.org/10.7202/001187ar

Article abstractThe construction sector in France is characterized by a particularly high rate ofoccupational accidents. From a series of ethnographic type observations, theauthor analyzes the visits of work inspectors to construction sites as a processof the social construction of risks and as negotiations relating to safetymeasures. The construction example demonstrates the influence of the degreeof stability of forms of work organization on the application of a policy for theprevention of occupational risks. The author shows the many difficulties thatthe severe instability of construction sites creates for interventions byinspectors, both in the identification of risks and in the control of the effectiveinstallation of protective measures.