Observación (CEACR) - Adopción: 1995, Publicación: 82ª reunión CIT (1995)

Convenio sobre las enfermedades profesionales (revisado), 1934 (núm. 42) - Guyana (Ratificación : 1966)

The Committee notes, from the Government's reply to its previous comments, that the list of occupational diseases attached to Regulations No. 34 of 1969 has not yet been amended, but that this question was to be dealt with within the framework of the ILO assistance in legislative reforms in the area of occupational safety and health. The Committee therefore once again hopes that the Government will shortly take all the necessary measures, with the assistance of the ILO, to amend the above-mentioned list, in order to give full effect to the Convention on the following points:

(a) Nos. 1(x), (xi), (xii) and (xiv) on this list are to be replaced by a heading containing in general terms all halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series;

(b) No. 7, which refers to certain disorders due to radiation should include all pathological manifestations due to radium and other radioactive substances or X-rays and the list of processes likely to cause these should be completed;

(c) Nos. 1(i) and (v) relating to poisoning by lead and its compounds and mercury and its compounds should include lead alloys and mercury amalgams respectively;

(d) No. 1(iii), which refers to poisoning by phosphorus and its compounds, should include the inorganic compounds of phosphorus;

(e) to No. 2 should be added among the processes likely to cause anthrax infection, all loading and unloading or transport of merchandise of any kind;

(f) silicosis with or without pulmonary tuberculosis and the industries or processes involving the risk of this infection should also be added to the list.

The Committee also hopes that an explicit reference to the direct consequences of poisoning caused by arsenic and benzine (Nos. (iv), (vii) and (viii) of No. 1 of the list attached to Regulation No. 34 of 1969) will be included in the list of occupational diseases.