Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Articles 10, 16 and 21 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's report for the years 1995-96 and the supplementary report containing statistical information on work accidents and inspection activities. As the two reports contain different statistics of work accidents and investigations carried out by labour inspectors, the Committee asks the Government to clarify this difference in its next report and hopes that such statistics will be included in future annual reports as provided for in Article 21 of the Convention.

The Committee notes the Government's statement that a new approach to inspection techniques is being developed to cope with the current inability to supervise all workplaces given the limited staff available. It also notes the increase of fatal injuries in the building industry. It hopes the Government will supply a full report indicating how effect is given to the requirement of Article 16 of the Convention that workplaces should be inspected as often and as thoroughly as is necessary to ensure the effective application of legal provisions taking into account the increase of fatal injuries in the building industry. The Committee hopes that inspection services will be adequately staffed for this purpose.

The Committee notes with interest the Government's statement in its report that future arrangements concerning recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases will be based on the ILO publication "Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases" (ILO, 1996). The Committee wishes to be informed of any progress made.