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Protection of conveyorsLaurent Giraud / IRSST
Daoud Ait-Kadi / Université Laval
Serge Massé, Julie Dubé / IRSST
Guillaume Vernoux / Université Laval


0099-2220 : Completed

The use of belt or chain conveyors has resulted in several fatal accidents in Québec. The CSST has therefore created a committee mandated to design a tool for better identifying means of preventing such accidents. As a participant in this work, the IRSST will develop the content of a guide for each of these types of conveyors, in consultation with the industry. These documents will identify the appropriate means of prevention as well as regulations and standards relating to conveyors. The CSST will highlight the publication of these guides by conducting an awareness and dissemination campaign in workplaces. These tools will become the reference on conveyors for professionals, and make users of these machines aware of their hazards and the means of avoiding them. These guides will therefore help reduce accidents and allow manufacturers to consider safety principles and aspects in the design of new machines.



IRSST publications
Giraud, Laurent; Schreiber, Luc; Massé, Serge; Turcot, André; Dubé, Julie
A User's Guide to Convoyor Belt Safety Protection from Danger Zones
Guide  RG-490, Montréal, IRSST, Montréal, CSST, 2007, 75 pages.

You can download the document in sections by clicking on the bookmarks to the left (links in blue) inside the Introduction (511 Ko)

Paper version available at the CSST: (514) 906-3060

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Giraud, Laurent; Massé, Serge; Dubé, Julie; Schreiber, Luc; Turcot, André
Sécurité des convoyeurs à courroie : généralités, protection contre les phénomènes dangereux- Guide de l'utilisateur   (Belt conveyor safety: general information, protection against dangerous phenomena - User's guide)
Guide  R-385, Montréal, IRSST, Montréal, CSST, 2004, 85 pages.

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Table of contents and introduction (948 Kb)

Paper version available at the CSST: (514) 906-3060

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Massé, Serge; Giraud, Laurent; Dubé, Julie; Vernoux, Guillaume; Schreiber, Luc; Desrochers, Yves
Sécurité des convoyeurs à courroie : généralités, protection contre les phénomènes - Guide du concepteur   (Belt conveyor safety: general information, protection against phenomena – Designer's guide)
  R-442, Montréal, IRSST, Montréal, CSST, 2004, 121 pages.

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Table of contents and introduction (315 Kb)

Paper version available at the CSST: (514) 906-3060

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Scientific publications and communicationsGiraud L.,  Schreiber L. 
Safe belt conveyor through design
in 9th International Symposium : Design Process and Human Factors Intergration: Optimising Company Performance / AISS 2006 (9th : March, 1-3, 2006 : Nice, France), CD-ROM, CD-026, 2006.

Giraud L.,  Massé S.,  Schreiber L. 
Belt conveyor safety : understanding the hazards
Professional Safety, vol. 49, no 11, 2004, p. 20-26.

Giraud L.,  Dubé J.,  Massé S.,  Schreiber L.,  Vernoux G. 
Bilan sur la sécurité des convoyeurs à courroie
in Cultures préventives : des attitudes aux habitudes. Congrès de l'Association québécoise pour l'hygiène, la santé et la sécurité du travail / AQHSST, (25e : 7-9 mai, 2003 : Trois-Rivières, Canada), 2003, p. 239-248.

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