Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

1. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report, including Order No. 114 of 1996 concerning conditions that must be met at workplaces to ensure protection of workers against occupational risks.

2. Article 4 of the Convention. Obligation of the vendor, the person letting out on hire, or transferring the machine and of the manufacturer to ensure application of safety measures. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes that neither the Labour Code nor Order No. 114 of 1996 indicates that the obligation shall rest on the vendor, the person letting out on hire or transferring the machine in any other manner, or the exhibitor or, where appropriate, on their respective agents as well as on the manufacturer when she/he sells machinery, lets it out on hire, transfers it in any other manner or exhibits it to apply the provisions of Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to give effect to this Article.

3. Part V of the report form. The Committee notes with interest the statistical information on industrial accidents in various economic activities for 2001. The Committee notes that the accident rate associated with machines is relatively high (18 per cent) in comparison with accidents associated with other economic activities. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to reduce the number of accidents associated with machines, and to continue to provide statistical information.