Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous comments. In particular it notes the statistical information on occupational accidents and their nature. It notes however, the absence of information on the causes of these accidents. It further notes a significant increase in the number of accidents in general in 1997, which has since continued to decline until 2000, but remains more than those for the previous reporting period (1996). Furthermore, during the same reporting period, the number of serious accidents continues to be high and the number of fatal accidents has gone up markedly for the year 2000. While the Committee notes the statement contained in the Government’s report that the necessary measures have been taken to prevent any accidents, it wishes to reiterate its previous request to the Government for supplementary information on the measures taken or envisaged to protect workers against such accidents referred to in these statistics, as well as for extracts from inspectors’ reports (Part V of the report form), in order for it to better appreciate the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would also provide indications on the total number of dockers covered by the legislation in force as well as indications of the particular causes of these accidents, as was done in the Government’s previous report.