Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970 (No. 134) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes with interest the detailed information provided in the Government's report. It notes numerous references to laws and regulations, giving effect to the Convention, and requests the Government to provide a copy of these texts.

The Committee requests the Government to provide supplementary information on the following points.

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes that under the Instruction on rules for investigating and report industrial accidents on merchants ships and fishing vessels, adopted by the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Seamen's and Fishermen's Union, No. 14-16 of 26 January 1983, all accidents occurring on board ship shall be reported and investigated, the results of the investigation are recorded in a report drawn up in the established form and such a report is sent to the administration of the shipping company, to the trade union committee for shipping companies and to a technical inspector. All these bodies are responsible for the registration of the accidents. The Government is requested to supply copies, or relevant extracts, of reports of investigations, as well as samples of statistics compiled in conformity with the provisions of this Article.

Article 3. The Committee notes that managers of shipping companies must carry out an analysis of the causes of occupational accidents ensuring that they are taken into account in departments where the accident occurred, and take steps to prevent occupational injuries. The Government is requested to supply information on research undertaken into general trends and into such hazards as are brought out by statistics in order to provide a sound basis for the prevention of accidents.

Point V of the report form. In order to have a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, the Committee asks the Government to supply extracts from the reports of the inspection services, information on the number of workers covered by the legislation, the number of contraventions reported and the resulting action taken.