Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176) - Belgium (Ratification: 2012)

Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s report concerning the number of occupational accidents in general, as well as on the inspections planned in Limbourg-Brabant, the active area of the country with respect to extractive industries. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, and to provide information on the number of occupational accidents, if any, in the mining sector. It requests the Government to continue to provide information on the preventive and supervisory activities conducted by the labour inspectorate in this sector.