Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

The Committee notes the brief information provided by the Government in reply to its previous comments. It wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the following point.

Article 6 of the Convention. Statistical information. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that it does not have precise statistics regarding the number of workers occupied in the building industry, and that it only has information concerning the number of occupational accidents reported to the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) for 1997. These are accidents which resulted in permanent disability or partial disability, 2 per cent of which in the building sector are due to falls from a height. The other accidents are characterized by injuries which were often minor but which still resulted in 117 lost working days. While noting this information, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the source of information for the statement concerning the principal causes of accidents. It also requests the Government to provide statistical information on the occupational accidents reported to the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) after 1997. In this regard, the Committee refers to its previous comments, in which it noted that a programme for the determination of employment policy and reorganization of the information system concerning the employment market would be implemented and that it would consequently be able to obtain information on the number and classification of accidents occurring to persons engaged in the work covered by the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether this programme has been implemented and, if so, to communicate statistical information obtained in this regard. The Committee hopes that the Government will soon be in a position to provide the statistical information required by Article 6 of the Convention, and that this will also show the number of persons occupied in the building industry and covered by the statistics.