Repetition
Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No.
155)
Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Scope of application.
Articles 4 and 8. Formulation, implementation and periodic review of a
coherent national policy on OSH and the working environment. Consultation with
the representative organizations of employers and workers concerned.
Article 5(b). Adaptation of working conditions to workers.
Article 5(e). Protection of workers and their representatives from
disciplinary measures for actions properly taken in conformity with the policy.
Article 10. Guidance to employers and workers to help them comply with
their legal obligations.
Article 11(b). Functions to be progressively carried out by the competent
authorities. Determination of work processes and of substance and agents, the
exposure to which is to be controlled by the competent authority or authorities;
health hazards due to the simultaneous exposure to several substances or agents.
Article 11(e). Annual publication of information on occupational accidents,
occupational diseases and other injuries to health.
Article 11(f). Systems to examine chemical, physical and biological agents
in respect of the risk.
Article 12. Obligations of persons who design, manufacture, import, provide
or transfer machinery, equipment or substances for occupational use. Information
on the correct installation and/or use of machinery, equipment and substances;
information on hazards related to machinery, equipment and substances and
instructions on how known hazards are to be avoided. Studies and research.
Articles 13 and 19(f). Protection of workers who removed themselves from
situations that they believe to present imminent and serious danger.
Article 17. Obligation for employers to collaborate whenever two or more
undertakings engage in activities simultaneously at one workplace.
Article 18. Measures to deal with emergencies and accidents, including
first-aid arrangements.
Article 19(e). Inquiries by the workers or their representatives and
involvement of technical advisers.
Article 20. Cooperation at the level of the undertaking.
Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119)
Articles 2, 4, 6, 7, 10 and 11. Sale, hire, transfer in any other manner
and exhibition of machinery. Obligation concerning the guarding of machinery.
Use by workers of machinery without guards.
Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977
(No. 148)
Article 4 of the Convention. Measures to be taken for the prevention and
control of occupational hazards. Provisions for the practical implementation of
these measures.
Article 6(2). Collaboration between two or more employers.
Article 8. Criteria and exposure limits, revision of criteria at regular
intervals and recourse to technical expertise in relation thereto.
Article 9. Prevention of air pollution, noise and vibration through design
or installation of new plants or processes or existing plants or processes.
Article 12. Use of processes, substances, machinery and equipment to be
notified to the competent authority and any prohibitions thereon prescribed by
the competent authority.
Article 13. Information and instructions on occupational hazards in the
working environment.
Article 15. Competent person or use of a competent service to deal with
matters pertaining to the prevention and control of air pollution, noise and
vibration.
Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No.
120)
Articles 7, 11 and 14 of the Convention. Maintenance and cleanliness of
premises and equipment. Arrangement of workplaces and layout of workstations.
Sufficient and suitable seats.