De l’indemnisation à la prévention des cancers professionnels : existe-il un conflit de logique normative ?

Abstract

The management of occupational risks can be examined in two aspects: the prevention in the workplace and the compensation program of the accidents and occupational diseases. Intrinsically linked, these two approaches are however regularly put in opposition by different actors in the field. This contribution explores the relationship between the logics of prevention and compensation in the French legislation. Presented as antagonistic, they are no less complementary. The demonstration is based on the study of occupational cancers, an example which par excellence makes it possible to question the difficulties in linking these two aspects.