Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167) - Lesotho (Ratification: 1998)

The Committee notes that the Government has not yet adopted its proposed amendments to the Labour Code Order No. 24 (1992) nor reviewed the Labour Code (Construction Safety) Regulations (2002). The Committee previously noted that this draft legislation appeared to give effect to a number of the provisions of the Convention and that the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) intended to address a number of other issues that the Committee had raised in previous comments. The Committee hopes that such amendments will be adopted soon and asks the Government to provide a copy of the relevant legislation once adopted, indicating the specific provisions that give effect to Articles 1(3), 7 and 8 of the Convention on self-employed workers; Article 5 on practical application through technical standards and codes of practice; Articles 6 and 10 on cooperation between employers and workers; Article 8 on two or more employers undertaking activities simultaneously at one construction site; Article 11 on workers’ rights to report any situation presenting a risk and which they cannot properly deal with themselves; Article 12 on the right to removal; Article 13 on safety at workplaces; Article 14 on scaffolds and ladders; Article 17(3) on pressure plant and equipment; Article 21 on work in compressed air; Articles 23 and 31 on work over water and first aid; Article 27 on explosives; and Article 28 on health hazards.

Part VI of the report form. Application in practice and labour inspection. The Committee notes the comprehensive information on labour inspection and application of the Convention in practice submitted by the Government in its report on the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155). The Committee asks the Government to provide information on measures taken to address the high number of accidents recorded in the construction sector, and to continue to provide information on the application of this Convention in practice.