Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970 (No. 134) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee takes note of the detailed information provided by the Government in its latest report. The Committee also notes the information provided by the State Caspian Sea Shipping Line as well as technical regulations attached to this information.

Article 2 of the Convention. Measures to report and investigate occupational accidents; statistics on number, nature, causes and effects of accidents. The Committee takes note of the legal provisions regulating the procedure of recording and investigating of occupational accidents. The Committee notes the extract from the report of an accident that occurred on 24 April 2000 in the Caspian Sea Shipping Line. It also notes the statistical data on accidents that occurred in the Caspian Sea Shipping Line from 1997 to 2000, submitted by the State Committee on Statistics as well as the analysis of reasons for the accidents.

Article 3 Research undertaken into general trends as are brought out by statistics. The Committee takes note of the procedure of the preparation by the employer of an analytical document on the number and nature of occupational accidents in a form approved by the State Committee of Statistics. It notes that the latter, on the basis of such documents, draws up a comprehensive analysis in order to identify general trends and revealed risks. The Government is requested to supply a copy of such analysis or research with its next report.

Point V of the report form. In order to have a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, the Committee asks the Government to supply extracts from the reports of the inspection services, information on the number of workers covered by the legislation, the number of contraventions reported and the resulting action taken.