Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - Guinea (Ratification: 1966)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Repetition

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s reports, in particular the information to the effect that construction work (buildings and roads) has evolved greatly in terms of the improvement of work tools and equipment, but also in terms of the involvement of staff delegates in decision-making, notably in the area of safety, health and working conditions.

Article 6 of the Convention. Statistics. The Committee notes with interest that, according to the statistics provided by the Government, the number of accidents in the building and public works sector appears to have decreased in 2004 and 2005, although the number of accidents on the whole appears to have increased when considering all occupational categories together. The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide statistical data on the application of the Convention in practice.

Revision of the Convention. The Committee draws the Government’s attention to the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167), which revises Convention No. 62 of 1937, and which might be more adapted to the current situation of the building industry. The Committee recalls that the Governing Body of the International Labour Office invited the States parties to Convention No. 62 to contemplate ratifying Convention No. 167, the ratification of which will, ipso jure, imply the immediate denunciation of Convention No. 62 (document GB.268/8/2). The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed on any developments in this regard.