homme debout

English translation: man down alarm / stand-by person

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French term or phrase:homme debout
English translation:man down alarm / stand-by person
Entered by: Michelle Desaintfuscien

11:31 Oct 9, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Safety
French term or phrase: homme debout
Context: Health and Safety instructions

Travail isolé
Si l’opération est exécutée de nuit ou dans un lieu isolé ou à un moment où l’activité du Client est interrompue, le Prestataire doit prendre les mesures nécessaires pour qu’aucun salarié ne travaille isolément en un point où il ne peut être secouru à bref délai en cas d’accident (art. R4512-13 & R4512-14 du Code du Travail).
Le Prestataire doit se renseigner auprès du Service en charge des mesures générales de prévention du Client, sur le protocole de sécurité existant au cas où des activités doivent se dérouler impérativement dans ces plages horaires et solliciter une protection individuelle ("Homme debout").
Michelle Desaintfuscien
France
Local time: 05:38
man down alarm
Explanation:
Hello

After careful reading and noting "protection individuelle", I'm pretty sure they mean this.
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SafeTex
France
Local time: 05:38
Grading comment
Thanks SafeTex, I think "man down alarm" is the most likely meaning
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1man down alarm
SafeTex
2stand-by person
mrrafe
Summary of reference entries provided
Art. R4512-13
Marco Solinas

Discussion entries: 7





  

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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
stand-by person


Explanation:
Second person whose function is to watch over the worker, in case of an accident

mrrafe
United States
Local time: 23:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for this suggestion mrrafe. It certainly is one possible translation for this term, although my gut feeling is that 'man down alarm' was the intended meaning in my particular text.

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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
man down alarm


Explanation:
Hello

After careful reading and noting "protection individuelle", I'm pretty sure they mean this.


    https://peoplesafe.co.uk/advice/what-is-a-man-down-alarm/
    https://www.lonealert.co.uk/lone-worker-devices/lonealert-instant/
SafeTex
France
Local time: 05:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks SafeTex, I think "man down alarm" is the most likely meaning

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo: that looks like the most probable - some kind of personal alarm system.
14 hrs
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Reference comments


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Reference: Art. R4512-13

Reference information:
Here is what Art. R4512-13 of the "Code du travail" says: "Lorsque l'opération est réalisée de nuit ou dans un lieu isolé ou à un moment où l'activité de l'entreprise utilisatrice est interrompue, le chef de l'entreprise extérieure intéressé prend les mesures nécessaires pour qu'aucun travailleur ne travaille isolément en un point où il ne pourrait être secouru à bref délai en cas d'accident."
See https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?cidTexte...


    https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006072050&idArticle=LEGIARTI000018491586&dateTexte=&categorieLien=ci
Marco Solinas
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Daryo: that would imply that the worker is effectively alone, with other people/potential help not being too far away.
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