Facility for handling articles (2, 3), which comprises: - a conveyor; - a motorization coupled to the conveyor for driving the latter in a cyclical movement, a frame sheltering the conveyor, this frame comprising a main door for access to a main maintenance zone in which the manual driving member is located, and a side door for access to an ancillary maintenance zone distinct from the main maintenance zone, this side door being able to adopt a closed position in which it blocks access to the ancillary maintenance zone, and an open position in which it gives access to the ancillary maintenance zone; characterized in that the facility for handling articles comprises: - a brake that can adopt a clamped position in which it blocks the movement of the conveyor and a released position in which it frees the movement of the conveyor; - a manual safety actuator, capable of adopting an inactive position in which it controls the releasing of the brake and an active position in which it allows the clamping thereof; - a manual driving member of the conveyor; - the frame housing the conveyor comprising: o a lock having a locked position in which it keeps the side door in closed position, and an unlocked position in which it allows the side door to be opened; o a housing designed to accommodate a lever for actuating the manual driving member; - a sensor designed to detect the open or closed position of the main door; - a sensor designed to detect the open or closed position of the side door; - a sensor designed to detect the presence or absence of the actuation lever in its housing; - a control unit, linked to the motorization, to the lock, to the sensors (41, 42, 43), and to a control circuit of the brake, and programmed to control the following operations, as long as the main door is detected to be open, the manual safety actuator is active and the actuation lever is detected to be absent from its housing: - as long as the side door is detected to be closed: ∘ commanding the locking of the lock of the side door; ∘ commanding the brake to be kept in or switched to the released position; - as long as the side door is detected to be open: ∘ commanding the brake to be kept in or switched to the clamped position. - a conveyor; - a motorization coupled to the conveyor for driving the latter in a cyclical movement, - a brake that can adopt a clamped position in which it blocks the movement of the conveyor and a released position in which it frees the movement of the conveyor; - a manual safety actuator, capable of adopting an inactive position in which it controls the releasing of the brake and an active position in which it allows the clamping thereof; - a manual driving member of the conveyor; - the frame housing the conveyor comprising: o a lock having a locked position in which it keeps the side door in closed position, and an unlocked position in which it allows the side door to be opened; o a housing designed to accommodate a lever for actuating the manual driving member; o a lock having a locked position in which it keeps the side door in closed position, and an unlocked position in which it allows the side door to be opened; o a housing designed to accommodate a lever for actuating the manual driving member; - a sensor designed to detect the open or closed position of the main door; - a sensor designed to detect the open or closed position of the side door; - a sensor designed to detect the presence or absence of the actuation lever in its housing; - a control unit, linked to the motorization, to the lock, to the sensors (41, 42, 43), and to a control circuit of the brake, and programmed to control the following operations, as long as the main door is detected to be open, the manual safety actuator is active and the actuation lever is detected to be absent from its housing: - as long as the side door is detected to be closed: ∘ commanding the locking of the lock of the side door; ∘ commanding the brake to be kept in or switched to the released position; ∘ commanding the locking of the lock of the side door; ∘ commanding the brake to be kept in or switched to the released position; - as long as the side door is detected to be open: ∘ commanding the brake to be kept in or switched to the clamped position.