DUVRI and events

Single Document for Interference Risk Assessment (DUVRI)

schema DUVRI

The creation of the Single Document for Interference Risk Assessment (more commonly known by the acronym DUVRI) is a legal requirement in the field of workplace safety, introduced by Article 26 of Legislative Decree 81/2008 and subsequent amendments. It stipulates that, in the case of outsourcing work to an external contracting company or autonomous workers, the Employer of the commissioning company (or their representative) must assess the presence of interference risks and promote cooperation and coordination between the companies to protect health and safety at work. This involves preparing a single Interference Risk Assessment Document that indicates the measures taken to eliminate or, where this is not possible, to minimize such risks.

The DUVRI, which must be attached to the contract for the work or service, under penalty of nullity, should not include measures to eliminate risks specific to the activities of individual contracting companies or individual autonomous workers, but only the risks arising from potentially present interference during the performance of the service. 

 

The purpose of the DUVRI is therefore to:  

  • formalize the Client's commitment to promote cooperation and coordination between the Polytechnic and the external contractor(s);
  • identify interference risks and the corresponding prevention and protection measures necessary to eliminate or minimize them;
  • estimate any interference-related costs, i.e., the expenses required for the proper and effective management of interference risks.
  • Provide the contracting company with detailed information about the existing risks in the Polytechnic environments where they are intended to operate and about the prevention and emergency measures to be adopted, so that they can adequately inform their workers.

Support for events

Within the Polytechnic, various events are held, such as conferences, seminars, lectures, exhibitions, as well as concerts, sports events, etc. Often, these events are closely related to teaching or research activities, while in other cases, the Polytechnic's spaces are used by third parties for external activities. 

The Prevention and Protection Service provides support regarding health and safety aspects possibly connected with the organization of the event, particularly concerning interference risks.

When an external supplier of products or services enters the premises of the Polytechnic to move goods or perform work, they must be informed by the Client about safety issues of the environment and the correct procedures to follow to prevent the occurrence of interference risks between the supplier's activities and the institutional activities that take place within the university buildings.  

Coordination between the client and the supplier, for the purpose of identifying and managing interference risks, must be formalized in the DUVRI (Single Document for the Assessment of Interference Risks).

For events that recur more frequently, organized internally by areas or services of the Polytechnic, such as graduations or entrance tests (TIL), the Service has identified some management methods and preventive measures that are applied to all events of the same nature. These include, for example, the proactive placement of "Tendiflex" to manage queues, the training of student guides who must direct student flows and ensure that escape routes are not blocked, the presence of a dedicated First Aid station, and so on.

Other types of events require greater organization and the adoption of ad hoc procedures, which are generally agreed upon by the Prevention and Protection Services, Fire Safety Management, and Logistics together with the organizers, whether internal or external to the University, in dedicated meetings and following a site inspection of the areas requested for the event. The support of PROGES Services, in these cases, may include, as an indicative and non-exhaustive list:

  • verifying the compatibility of any installations and activities planned for the event with the evacuation plan
  • assessing compatibility and potential interference with other activities in the areas adjacent to those involved in the event
  • defining the maximum occupancy of rooms/areas
  • monitoring and managing the flow of people
  • managing any emergencies that occur during the event, especially when it takes place on days/times when the University is closed
  • production of graphic drawings and other support activities for submitting authorization requests to the Authorities (e.g. requests for public land occupation to the Municipality in case of events organized by the Polytechnic in areas outside the University) and in implementing any obligations prescribed by the Authorities themselves for obtaining the permits.

External entities or internal structures of the Polytechnic that require the use of common areas of the University and/or managed by the Central Administration (such as the Main Hall of the Central Campus, the Faculty Council Room, the Columns Hall, the Rooms of the Aulic Body of the Castle of Valentino, the Main Hall of Lingotto, the Auditorium of the Energy Center, the courtyards, the atriums, the corridors...), contact the ARIA Department, which manages the process and forwards the relevant documentation, including the "Guidelines for the prevention and protection of spaces granted for use by PoliTO for events such as conferences, exhibitions, seminars."