Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - Central African Republic (Ratification: 1964)

The Committee notes the report supplied by the Government.

1. Further to its previous comments, the Committee once again draws the Government's attention to the need to adopt legislation to give effect to the provisions of the Convention. It notes that no progress has been made in relation to the measures to be taken in order to give effect to the Convention and, in particular, in relation to the adoption of the draft texts prepared following the direct contacts which took place in 1978 and 1980 with the competent government departments. In its last report, the Government states that these draft texts have been taken up again and submitted once again to the competent authorities, and that they are following the legislative procedures with a view to their adoption.

The Committee once again hopes that the texts in question will be adopted in the very near future and that the Government will be in a position to supply copies with its next report.

The Committee hopes that the above texts will give effect to the following provisions of the Convention: Article 7, paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 to 8 (construction, use and inspection of scaffolds), Article 8, paragraphs 1(c) and 2(a) and (b) (standards for the construction and maintenance of platforms), Article 9, paragraph 2 (suitable precautions when persons are employed on a roof), Article 10, paragraphs 3 to 5 (adequate lighting of all workplaces; precautions to prevent danger from electrical equipment; rules regarding the stacking of material), Article 12, paragraph 2 (periodical examination of chains and similar devices), Article 13, paragraph 2 (prescription concerning the age of persons in control of hoisting machines or giving signals to operators), Article 14, paragraphs 1 to 3 (safe working load to be ascertained and plainly marked), Article 16 (use of personal safety equipment), Article 17 (adequate measures to ensure prompt rescue of persons working in proximity to any place where there is a risk of drowning) and Article 18 (adequate provision to ensure prompt first-aid treatment of all injuries sustained during the course of work).

2. Article 4. The Committee noted in its previous comments the Government's statement in its report received in June 1988 that a group of engineers and technical experts of the Ministry of Public Works is responsible, in collaboration with labour inspectors, for monitoring the application of safety provisions in the building industry; the Committee hoped that the Government would provide more detailed information on the activities undertaken by the group of engineers and technical experts and the labour inspectorate. In the absence of such information, the Committee requests the Government to supply this information in its next report.

3. Article 6. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the absence of statistical information in the Government's report relating to the number and classification of accidents occurring in the building industry, whereas the above Article of the Convention provides for the communication of such information to the Office. The Committee trusts that the Government will not fail to supply the required data in its next report.

[The Government is asked to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1992.]