Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2009, publiée 99ème session CIT (2010)

Convention (n° 62) concernant les prescriptions de sécurité (bâtiment), 1937 - Mauritanie (Ratification: 1963)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s latest report in response to the Committee’s previous comments and the adoption of a new Labour Code on 6 July 2004 (No. 2004-017) on general health and safety measures applicable to workers in all workplaces, which gives further effect to the provisions of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide information on legislative measures giving further effect to the Convention.

Article 6 of the Convention. Statistical information. The Committee notes the Government’s response to its previous comment indicating that, pursuant to section 240 of the Labour Code, the employer is required to notify a labour inspector within 48 hours of any workplace accidents or occupational diseases. The information obtained by the labour inspector, with reference to workplace accidents and occupational diseases, and information provided in specific forms addressed to the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), forms the basis of determining the principal causes of accidents. The Committee notes the information provided indicating that there are 95 employers operating in the building sector, employing some 2,100 workers, and that there were 40 workplace accidents recorded in 2007. The Committee also notes the information indicating that the principal causes of workplace accidents are accidents in work transport vehicles, falling objects, use of work tools, and slips. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on measures undertaken or envisaged to address the principal causes of workplace accidents, and to continue to provide statistical information on the number and nature of accidents reported. The Committee also reiterates its request that the Government indicate, with reference to information provided in the Government’s 1999 report on the Convention, whether the programme for determination of employment policy, and the reorganization of the information system concerning the employment market, has been implemented so as to obtain information on the number and classification of accidents occurring to persons engaged in the work covered by the Convention.

The Committee draws the Government’s attention to the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167), which revises this Convention and which may be better suited to the current situation in the building industry. It reminds the Government that the ILO Governing Body invited States parties to this Convention to examine the possibility of ratifying the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167), the ratification of which implies ipso jure immediate denunciation of Convention No. 62 (document GB.268/8/2). The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of any developments in this regard.