1. Any member of the International Labour Organization ratifying this Convention undertakes to have legislation:

A.

Which ensures the application of the general provisions covered by Parts II to IV of this Convention ¹ ;

B.

By virtue of which an appropriate authority has the power to make regulations giving effect, to the extent that it is possible and desirable to do so given the conditions existing in the country, to requirements that are in conformity with or equivalent to Those of the type regulation annexed to the recommendation on safety requirements (building), 1937, or those of any revised type regulation which would later be recommended by the International Labour Conference ² .

2. Each of these members also undertakes to submit to the International Labour Office every three years a report indicating the extent to which the provisions of the Regulation annexed to the Recommendation concerning the Safety requirements (building), 1937, or any revised regulations that would later be recommended by the International Labour Conference.

1. Legislation ensuring the application of the general provisions which are the subject of Parts II to IV of this Convention shall apply to all work carried out on construction, repair and processing construction, Maintenance and demolition of any type of building.

2. The legislation may provide that the competent authority shall have the right, after consulting employers'and workers' organisations, if any, to grant derogations to all or parts of its provisions, Subject to work normally performed under rational security conditions.

Legislation ensuring the application of the general provisions set out in Parts II to IV of this Convention and the regulations made by the appropriate authority to give effect to the type regulation annexed to the recommendation concerning Safety requirements (building), 1937, must:

A.

Require the employer to bring this legislation and regulations to the attention of all interested persons, in a manner approved by the competent authority;

B.

Define the people responsible for their application;

C.

Provide appropriate penalties for violations of the obligations imposed.

Any member ratifying this Convention undertakes to have, or to ensure that there is an inspection system as it guarantees an effective application of the legislation on safety provisions in the building industry.

Where the territory of a member includes large areas where due to the sparse character of the population or the state of economic development, the competent authority considers it impractical to apply the provisions of this Convention, it may exempt the said regions from the application of the Convention, either in general terms or with the exceptions it considers appropriate in respect of certain localities or certain types of construction.

2. Any member shall indicate, in his first annual report to be submitted on the application of this Agreement, under s. 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization, any region for which it proposes to have recourse to the provisions of this Article. Thereafter, no member shall have recourse to the provisions of this Article, except in respect of the regions which he would have so indicated.

(3) Any member making use of the provisions of this Article shall indicate, in the subsequent annual reports, the regions for which he waives the right to appeal to those provisions.

Any member ratifying this Agreement undertakes to provide the International Labour Office with the most recent statistical information on the number and classification of accidents to persons employed in the International Labour Convention. Work covered by this Agreement.

1. Adequate scaffolding shall be provided for workers for any work that cannot be safely carried out on a scale or by other means.

2. The scaffolding shall not be constructed, disassembled or substantially modified except:

A.

Under the direction of a responsible competent person;

B.

As much as possible by skilled workers accustomed to this kind of work.

3. All scaffolding, related devices, and all scales must be:

A.

Made of good quality materials;

B.

Appropriate resistance, taking into account the burdens and efforts to which they will be subjected;

C.

Maintained in good condition.

4. The scaffolding shall be constructed in such a way as to prevent, in the case of normal use, the displacement of any of their parts.

5. The scaffolding shall not be overloaded and the loads should be allocated as evenly as possible.

6. Before installing lifting appliances on scaffolding, special precautions must be taken to ensure the strength and stability of the scaffolding.

7. Scaffolding shall be periodically inspected by a competent person.

8. The employer shall ensure, before authorizing the use by its workers of a scaffold constructed or not by its care, that the scaffolding complies fully with the requirements of this section.

1. Workplatforms, walkways and stairways must be:

A.

Constructed in such a way that none of their parts can inflate inflated or unequal bending;

B.

Constructed and maintained in a manner that minimally reduces the risk of tripping or slip of persons, taking into account existing conditions;

C.

Be kept free of unnecessary congestion.

2. In the case of work platforms, walkways, work sites and stairs of a height exceeding a limit to be fixed by national law:

A.

Any work platform and walkway must have a jointed floor, except where other appropriate arrangements are made to ensure safety;

B.

Any working platforms and footbridges must be sufficiently wide;

C.

Any work platform, walkway, work location and staircase must be properly closed.

(1) Any opening in a building floor or in a work platform shall, except at times and to the extent necessary for the access of persons, the transport or movement of materials, shall be fitted with devices Adequate to avoid the fall of people or objects.

2. Where persons are to be employed on a roof with a danger of falling from persons or materials of higher height than to be determined by national legislation, appropriate precautions must be taken to ensure that Avoid the fall of people or materials.

3. Suitable precautions must be taken to prevent people from being affected by objects that could fall from scaffolding or other work places.

1. Secure means of access should be provided for all platforms and other work locations.

2. Any ladder shall be securely fixed and of sufficient length to provide, in all the positions in which it is used, secure support to the hands and feet.

3. All places where work is carried out, and their access, shall be suitably lit.

4. Appropriate precautions must be taken to prevent hazards from electrical installations.

5. Materials on the site will not be stacked or disposed of in a manner that may put people at risk.

Lifts and lifting devices, including fasteners, anchorages and supports, shall be:

A.

Good mechanical construction, established with good quality materials, suitable resistance and free of obvious defects;

B.

Be kept in good order and in good order.

2. Any cable used for the lifting or descent of materials or as a means of suspension shall be of good quality, sufficiently resistant and free of obvious defects.

1. Lifts and lifting devices shall be examined and properly tested, after they have been mounted on the site and before use, and re-examined at their operating location at intervals to be prescribed by legislation National.

2. Any chain, ring, hook, loop, emerillon and palan used for lifting or descending materials or as a means of suspension, shall be checked periodically.

1. Every driver of crane or other lifting gear shall be duly qualified.

2. No person shall be required to manoeuvre the lifting devices, including scaffolding winches, or give signals to the driver, unless they have reached an age which will be prescribed by national legislation.

1. With respect to any lifting appliance and any chain, ring, hook, loop, emerillon and palan used for lifting or descent or as a means of suspension, the permissible payload shall be determined by appropriate means.

2. Any lifting appliance and equipment mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall bear, visibly marked, their permissible payload.

3. In the case of a lifting appliance whose permissible payload is variable, each payload and the conditions under which it is accepted shall be clearly indicated.

4. No part of a lifting appliance or any of the devices mentioned in par. 1 of this article shall not be loaded beyond the permissible payload, except for testing.

Engines, gears, transmissions, electrical conductors and other dangerous parts of lifting appliances shall be fitted with effective protective devices.

2. The lifting appliances shall be equipped with means to minimise the risk of accidental lifting of the loads.

Appropriate precautions shall be taken to minimize the risk of accidental displacement of any part of a suspended load.

1. All necessary personal protective equipment shall be available to the personnel employed on the site and shall always be in a state of immediate use.

2. Workers are required to use the equipment so made available to them, and employers must ensure that this equipment is used judiciously.

Where work is carried out in the vicinity of any place where there is a risk of drowning, all necessary equipment shall be provided for and readily accessible and all measures shall be taken for the prompt rescue of any person in danger.

Appropriate measures must be taken to provide immediate first aid to any injured person during the course of the work.

The official ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to and registered by the Director General of the International Labour Office.

(1) This Convention shall only bind the members of the International Labour Organization whose ratification has been registered by the Director General.

2. It shall enter into force twelve months after the ratifications of two members have been registered by the Director General.

3. Thereafter, this Convention shall enter into force for each member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered.

As soon as the ratifications of two members of the International Labour Organization have been registered, the Director-General of the International Labour Office will notify all members of the International Labour Organization. It will also notify them of the registration of ratifications, which will subsequently be communicated to it by all other members of the organisation.

1. Any member who has ratified this Convention may denounce it at the expiration of a period of ten years after the date of the initial implementation of the Convention by means of an act communicated to the Director General of the International Labour Office, And by registered him. The denunciation shall take effect only one year after being registered.

2. Any member who has ratified this Agreement which, within one year after the expiration of the ten-year period referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall not make use of the right of denunciation provided for in this Article shall be bound For a new period of ten years, and thereafter may denounce this Convention at the expiration of each ten-year period under the conditions laid down in this Article.

Whenever it deems it necessary, the Governing Council of the International Labour Office shall submit to the General Conference a report on the application of this Convention and consider whether it should be included in the agenda of the Conference the question of its total or partial revision.

1. In the event that the Conference adopts a new convention for the total or partial revision of this Convention, and unless the new Convention provides otherwise:

(a)

Ratification by a member of the new revision agreement would, notwithstanding s. 22 above, immediate termination of this Agreement, subject to the entry into force of the new revision agreement;

(b)

From the date of entry into force of the new Convention for revision, this Convention shall cease to be open for ratification by the members.

2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its form and content for members who have ratified it and which do not ratify the Convention on revision.

Both the English and French texts of this Agreement shall prevail.

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