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Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (RATIFICATION: 1984)

With reference to its observation, the Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the following points:

Article 11. In its report for 1989, the Government made reference to a text concerning instructions on technical criteria and procedures for the control and handling of toxic, dangerous or radioactive substances which was not transmitted to the Office. The Government is requested to provide a copy of this document with its next report.

Article 11(f). The Government referred in its report for 1989 to annual statistics which were reported to the parliament. The Committee would recall, however, that this Article refers to the introduction of systems for the examination of the effect of chemical, physical and biological agents on workers' health. Such systems would permit the analysis of new substances and would provide useful information for determining whether such substances should be used in the workplace and under what conditions. The Government is requested, therefore, to indicate the measures taken to introduce systems for the examination of the effect of these agents on workers' health.

Article 12(b) and (c). In its report for 1989, the Government referred to the enforcement carried out by labour inspectors. The Government is requested to indicate the safety and health standards used by inspectors as concerns the design, manufacture, import or transfer of machinery, equipment or substances. The Government is further requested to indicate how the state approval system functions so as to ensure that any machinery or substances which do not meet established standards cannot be used or imported.

Article 17. As the Government has not provided any information concerning the application of this Article, the Government is again requested to indicate the measures taken to ensure that whenever two or more undertakings engage in simultaneous activities at one workplace, they collaborate in applying the requirements of the Convention.