Assessment of chemical risk during product life cycle: a new method to be used during product design

Maud Lemagnen (1) , Fabrice Mathieux (1) , Bertrand Laratte (2) , Daniel Brissaud (1)

1 G-SCOP_CPP - Conception Produit Process
2 EVEA Conseil

Chemical risk assessment becomes an important topic since European Commission promulgated REACh regulation. Chemicals traceability in many products put in the market will probably lead new methodological developments in the next years. The article proposes the description of a method dedicated to chemical risk characterization, related to substances and material existing in a product, during its whole life cycle. The method is tested in an aircraft equipment company. Substance toxicity should be targeted through the equipment composition and assessment should be possible using design data. Furthermore, aircraft equipment life cycle presents specific particularities, which define exposure scenario. The method is based on a chemical risk assessment method used by Health and Safety experts at the manufacturing plant level and was modified in order to be applied to products life cycle. The article present a case study made in the company, and discusses the future progress axes of the proposed method.

Mots clés: REACh; life cycle; ecodesign; product; chemical risk; exposure; aeronautics

Domaines: Mécanique [physics.med-ph]

Maud Lemagnen, Fabrice Mathieux, Bertrand Laratte, Daniel Brissaud. Assessment of chemical risk during product life cycle: a new method to be used during product design. 16th International CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, May 2009, Cairo, Egypt. pp.91_98. ⟨hal-00455699⟩