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

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - Greece (Ratification: 1984)

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Legislation. The Committee notes the Government’s reference in its report to a number of laws and regulations adopted between 2011 and 2014, including Ministerial Decision No. 4229/395/2013 of 15 February 2013 on the “establishment and operation of enterprises active in demolition and asbestos removal works and/or removal work of materials containing asbestos from buildings, constructions, equipment, facilities and vessels, as well as maintenance, coating and encapsulation of asbestos and/or materials containing asbestos” and Ministerial Decision No. 14867/825/2014 “simplifying record keeping procedures for issues relating to occupational safety and health in construction projects”.

Article 6 of the Convention. Statistics. Application in practice. The Committee notes the detailed statistical information provided by the Government. It takes note, in particular, of the steady decrease in the number of workers employed in the construction sector, from 8.6 per cent of the total workforce in 2007 to 4.1 per cent in 2015. Further to its previous comment, the Committee welcomes the decrease in the number of industrial accidents in the construction sector from 582 in 2010 to 398 in 2014, and the reduction of fatal accidents by 50 per cent in the same period (from 36 in 2010 to 18 in 2014). In this regard, the Committee notes that most non-fatal injuries are caused by slipping, stumbling and falling of persons. However, the Committee notes that there seems to be an apparent discrepancy between the number of fatal injuries reported and statistics provided concerning the causes of these fatal injuries. The Committee also takes note of the statistical information provided concerning lawsuits initiated and fines imposed by occupational safety and health inspectors in the construction sector between 2010 and 2014. The Committee requests the Government to provide clarification regarding the discrepancy in the number of fatal accidents reported. It also requests the Government to continue to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, including statistics on the number of workers covered by the relevant legislation, the number, nature and cause of work-related accidents and occupational diseases registered and measures taken to address the causes of these accidents and diseases, and the number and nature of contraventions reported.