Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127) - Türkiye (Ratification: 1975)

Article 3 of the Convention. Manual transport of a load likely to jeopardize the health and safety of the worker. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government indicating that the regulation on manual handling work (2004) does not indicate a maximum limit for the manual transport of loads, and that the employer, having taken into account the work, the worker and the provisions of the Regulation, will determine the weight to be carried by the worker. The Committee, recalling that Article 3 states that no worker shall be required, or permitted, to engage in the manual transport of a load which, by reason of its weight, is likely to jeopardize the health or safety of that worker, asks the Government to indicate measures taken or envisaged to specify the maximum weight limits that need to be considered by the employer when evaluating the risk to the health or safety of workers when engaging in the manual transport of a load.

Article 7(2). Maximum weight of loads shall be substantially less than that permitted for adult male workers. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government which indicates that Annex 1, line 105 of the regulation on heavy and dangerous work (2004) prohibits the employment of women and young workers in the transport, unloading and loading of loads weighing more than 25 kilograms. The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether the maximum weight of loads to be carried by women and young workers are substantially less than that permitted for adult male workers.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the comments received by the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions in which reference is made to the need to bring the application of the Articles of the Convention into line with ILO maximum limits, while also taking into account ILO publications on the subject, in particular with regard to the provisions of Article 7. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, with particular reference to the provisions of Article 7 and the required assessment to be undertaken by employers under the regulation on manual handling works and the regulation on heavy and dangerous work.