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

Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176) - Brazil (Ratification: 2006)

The Committee notes the first and second reports of the Government and notes with interest the adoption of Regulatory Standard No. 22 (NR 22), as amended on 1 October 2007, concerning occupational safety and health in mining, which gives effect to the Convention and was drawn up through a tripartite process. NR 22 regulates, inter alia, fundamental aspects relating to the Convention, such as the participation of workers through the Internal Commission for the Prevention of Accidents in Mining (CIPAMIN), established by section 22.36, and the right of workers to remove themselves from any sector of the mine when there are reasonable grounds to think that the situation poses a serious danger to their safety or health, as established by Article 13(1)(a) of the Convention.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.