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

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - Tunisia (Ratification: 1959)

Article 6 of the Convention. Statistical information. The Committee notes the statistical information provided by the Government in its report, indicating that the National Health Insurance Fund saw a steady decline in the number of occupational accidents in the construction and public works sector, falling from 5,051 accidents, 67 of which were fatal, in 2011 to 4,599 accidents, 41 of which were fatal, in 2013. It notes the indication that the main causes of accidents in 2013 continued to be falls from certain heights, electrocution, falling objects and collisions. The Committee also notes that in the framework of the joint project between Tunisia, France and Germany to promote occupational safety and health (OSH) in Tunisia, a national strategy to prevent occupational hazards in the construction sector has been developed and implemented and comprises eight areas: inter-institutional coordination and partnership; regulation and strengthening the effectiveness of the law; social dialogue; the organizational dimension of the construction sector; management of occupational hazards in construction enterprises; medical surveillance, through occupational medicine services, of construction workers; information, awareness raising and communication; and the mobilization of OSH knowledge in the construction sector. According to the Government, the programme of coordinated action to implement this strategy, which addresses the main hazards that lead to accidents in the construction sector, is being finalized. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the results achieved through the implementation of the national strategy to prevent occupational hazards in the construction sector and to provide a copy of the programme of coordinated action for its implementation once it has been finalized. It also requests the Government to continue providing information on the number and classification of accidents within the scope of the Convention and its ongoing efforts to improve safety and health conditions in the construction sector.