Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127) - Panama (Ratification: 1970)

Article 5 of the Convention. Training. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government, and notes with interest that section 97 of Decree No. 2 of 15 February 2008 issuing occupational safety and health regulations in the construction industry states that the employer shall be obliged to train workers in the handling of materials. The training must include methods for lifting, carrying, placing, unloading and storing various types of loads and must be given by suitably skilled persons in the occupational safety and health sphere or by institutions which possess the necessary competence in this area. It also notes that the Ministry of Employment and Labour Development (MITRADEL) trains workers by means of talks and practical demonstrations. The Committee recalls that, under this Article of the Convention, training must be given before the commencement of the work and requests the Government to supply information on measures taken to ensure that any worker assigned to the transport of loads receives, prior to such assignment, adequate training or instruction in working techniques, with a view to safeguarding health and preventing accidents, as laid down by this Article of the Convention.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information on the application of the Convention in practice.