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

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - Mauritania (Ratification: 1963)

Article 6 of the Convention. Statistical information. In its previous comments, the Committee requested information on the measures taken to resolve the main causes of occupational accidents. In this regard, the Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that the use of personal and collective safety equipment is required with a view to resolving the main causes of occupational accidents, and non-compliance with this requirement may result in penalties against the workers. It also notes that the programme has been launched to determine employment policy and to reorganize the labour market information system, with a view to obtaining information on the number and the classification of accidents occurring to persons occupied in work within the scope of the Convention. The Government indicates that seven fatal accidents were reported by the relevant services of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), three of which occurred in the mining industry and four in various other sectors. The Committee notes, however, that no information has been provided on the number of workers employed in the construction sector or on the number or nature of the accidents reported in this sector. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the measures taken or envisaged to resolve the main causes of occupational accidents and to provide further statistical information on the number of workers employed in the construction sector and on the number and nature of the accidents reported in this sector.