Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

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

The Committee notes the Government's report for the period ending 30 June 1992.

1. With reference to the comments which it has been making for a number of years, 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 once again notes that the necessary measures have not yet been taken to give effect to the Convention and, in particular, that the draft texts prepared for this purpose following the direct contacts which took place in 1978 and 1980 with the competent government departments are still under examination. The Committee once again hopes that the necessary texts will be adopted and that the Government will be in a position to supply copies of them in the very near future.

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 6. For a number of years, the Committee has been noting the absence of statistical information in the Government's reports relating to the number and classification of accidents occurring in the building industry. The Committee notes the Government's statement in its report that the Central African Social Security Office, which is responsible for matters relating to employment injury, supplies quarterly statistics and that the process of analysing the data is under way and a bulletin will be forwarded subsequently. The Committee hopes that statistical information will be supplied in the near future.