Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - France (Ratification: 1950)

Application of the Convention in practice. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that several measures have been taken concerning the risk of falls from heights. The Committee also notes the detailed statistics on occupational accidents, commuting accidents and occupational diseases in the construction industry for the period 2009–13. It notes in particular that the number of occupational diseases, which rose at a constant rate between 2009 and 2012, fell by 3.2 per cent from 6,763 to 6,546 between 2012 and 2013, and that 90 per cent of these diseases are musculoskeletal disorders. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken or envisaged to remedy the main causes of accidents at work in the building sector and the high proportion of musculoskeletal disorders in this sector.