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Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152) - Finland (RATIFICATION: 1981)

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Legislation. The Committee notes with interest the detailed information contained in the Government’s report including descriptive comments of the main content of the numerous legal enactments adopted since the previous report. The Committee notes, in particular: the amendments of the Decree on the Occupational Safety in Loading and Unloading of Ships (1050/2011) which specifies the inspection requirements of lifting equipment used in the loading and unloading of ships and the inspectors’ competence requirement; the amendments of the Decree on the Safety of Machines (400/2008), which now specifically provides that occupational safety in port is within its scope and the technical devices referred to in the Decree include machines and lifting accessories, lifting chains, ropes and belts; and the Act on the amendment of section 3 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (709/2008), laying down specifications to the application of the Act in relation to contract labour requiring that the labour recipient must report the start of such work to the workplace’s occupational health care and the occupational safety and health representative in question.

Article 36 of the Convention. Medical examinations. The Committee notes the detailed information regarding the Decree on Medical Examinations in Work that Presents a Special Risk of Illness (1485/2001) including a reference to an online unofficial English translation thereof.

Part V of the report form. Statistical data. The Committee notes that the report contained no statistical data on reported accidents or injuries to the occupational safety and health authorities, but that according to information provided by the Finnish Statistical Bureau, the number of reported fatalities and accidents among dockworkers for the years 1999–2010 demonstrate a fairly regular decline and that the length of incapacitation per incident also appears to be declining. The Committee requests the Government to provide further statistical data on occupational accidents and diseases for dock work.