List of scientific publications

This work focuses on the personal and/or collective management of accident risks in a professional and technological education establishment. It was carried out on the request of the technical education delegate of the training department…

In the context of the prevention of biological risk, INRS conducted a study to develop a specific method of evaluation of the biological risk linked to composting. Based on the analysis of existing methods, a methodology was designed and then validated…

Speech noise is a major cause of annoyance in open-plan offices. The purpose of this research was to assess the quality of existing tools for predicting the nuisance potential of speech and highlight possibilities for improvement. The ways in…

It is now accepted that speech noise is the main source of discomfort for employees in open offices. The objective of this work is to evaluate the psychophysiological effects of intelligible speech on employees performing one or more tasks. To…

This report is the first of a series of three INRS Technical and Scientific Notes dedicated to accident prevention in SMEs. It includes two parts :
- the first part exposes the criteria for the quantitative and qualitative definitions of just what…

The shock resistance tests conducted on light-cover elements employed bags filled with sand or glass beads. The safety coefficients of these elements determined from these tests depend on the dynamic behaviour of the bag and on the energy absorbed…

An international symposium entitled "Risks and resources of emotional work. News, Issues for prevention, theoretical and methodological perspectives" was held in May 2022 in Lyon (France). Organized at the Universit Lumi re Lyon 2 with the financial…

Inductive Power Transmission (IPT) is increasingly being explored as an innovative solution to address the challenges faced by electric vehicles (EVs), by helping extend the driving range, reduce battery size requirements, and improve overall…

For a long time, maintenance operations have been identified as "critical" situations where safety is concerned. This critical aspect results not only from the nature of these activities but also from their organizational context and from interactions…

A French company, member of a European group of the steel industry requested help from INRS to improve its procedures for securing steel products shipped by road.
These products take the form of coils of steel wire (used for reinforcement of concrete…