Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152) - Brazil (Ratification: 1990)

The Committee notes the Government’s full report, which replies to the questions raised by the Committee in its last comments.

Article 38(2) of the Convention. Minimum age for operating lifting appliances or other cargo-handling appliances. The Committee notes that the List of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (Decree No. 6481 of 12 June 2008) provides that the minimum age for certain types of work is 18 years. The Committee notes that paragraphs 61 and 87 of the List could give effect to this Article of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to: (i) indicate whether this List gives effect to Article 38(2) of the Convention, under which lifting appliances or other cargo-handling appliances shall be operated only by a person who is at least 18 years of age and who possesses the necessary aptitudes and experience or a person under training who is properly supervised; and (ii) provide information on its application in practice. In the event that the List does not cover the prohibition set out in this Article of the Convention, the Committee requests the Government to adopt the necessary measures to give effect to this prohibition and to provide information in this respect.