Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1988, published 75th ILC session (1988)

Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152) - Sweden (Ratification: 1980)

1. The Committee notes the Government's reply to its previous comments and the documentation forwarded with its report. It also notes the information supplied concerning the application of the following provisions of the Convention: Article 12; Article 18, paragraphs 3 and 5; Article 22, paragraph 2; Article 25, paragraphs 2 and 3; Article 27, paragraphs 2 and 3; Article 28; Article 36, paragraph 3.

2. The Committee requests the Government to supply additional information on the following points:

(a)Article 26, paragraph 1 (a) and (b), of the Convention. Please indicate how effect is given to the above Article which lays down the means of ensuring the mutual recognition by Members which have ratified the Convention, of arrangements for the testing, thorough examination, inspection and certification of lifting appliances and items of loose gear forming part of a ship's equipment and of the records relating thereto.

(b)Article 36, paragraph 1 (a) to (c). The Committee notes with interest that a new Hazardous Substances Ordinance was adopted in 1985, and that another Ordinance respecting noise and an amendment to the Asbestos Ordinance were adopted in 1986 by the National Board of Occupational Safety and Health. The above Ordinances contain provisions regarding the special medical examinations that shall be carried out at regular intervals for workers exposed to these hazards as provided for in the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on any new measure that is adopted in this respect.

(c)Article 38, paragraph 2. In its previous request, the Committee requested the Government to indicate whether an 18-year age limit has been prescribed in national regulations for operators of lifting appliances, in conformity with this provision of the Convention. In its last report, the Government refers to Chapter 5, section 3, of the Working Environment Act (which provides that the National Board of Occupational Safety and Health may make regulations laying down conditions for the employment of young persons on work that involves a substantial risk of accidents or overstrain), and to the Minors Act Ordinance (No. 11) 1987, without, however, specifying the content of that Ordinance or supplying a copy of it. The Committee hopes that the Government will be able to supply these details in its next report.

(d)The Committee also requests the Government to supply the text (if possible in translation) of the amendments made in 1986 (AFS: 18) and in 1987 (AFS: 7) to the Dock Work Directions (No. 1) that it refers to in its report (but which have not reached the Office).