Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921 (No. 13) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1990)

Other comments on C013

Observation

Direct Request

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The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report in reply to its previous comments relating to Articles 3(1) and 5(III)(a) of the Convention.

Article 2(2) (in conjunction with Article 5). Regulation of the use of white lead, sulphate of lead and all products containing these pigments, in various types of work. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the adoption of Government Decision No. 229-2014, containing the new Regulation on occupational safety and health. The Committee notes in particular that sections 201–209 of the Regulations on hazardous substances are identical to sections 201–209 of the General Regulations on occupational safety and health provided in 2010, except that they no longer make explicit reference to lead as a substance that is harmful to health. The Committee also notes that the above Government Decision does not include the specific provisions required by Article 5. Under these conditions, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to give full effect to this provision of the Convention.

Article 7. Compilation of statistics on lead poisoning among working painters with respect to morbidity. The Committee notes that, according to the information provided by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance, there were no recorded cases of lead poisoning between 2011 and May 2015. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on reported or presumed cases of lead poisoning, either through the Department of Occupational Safety and Health of the General Directorate of Social Welfare or the General Labour Inspectorate.