Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Medical Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work) Convention, 1965 (No. 124) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

Article 3(2) of the Convention. X-ray film of the lungs during initial and periodical medical examination. The Committee had previously noted the Government’s information that, according to Ordinance No. 13 of 23 January 1998 on the conduct of preventive medical examination, the medical examination of workers entering underground occupations includes compulsory X-ray examinations both prior to starting work and as part of their periodic examinations thereafter. The Committee notes with regret that the Government has not provided a copy of Ordinance No. 13 of 23 January 1998, despite the repeated requests made by the Committee. The Committee therefore once again requests the Government to supply a copy of Ordinance No.13 of 23 January 1998 along with its next report.

Article 4(4) and (5). Keeping of records. The Committee had previously requested the Government to indicate the provisions making it compulsory for the employer to keep, and make available to inspectors and, at their request, to the workers’ representatives, records containing in respect of persons under 21 years of age who work underground: (a) the date of birth, duly certified wherever possible; (b) an indication of the nature of their occupation; and (c) a certificate which attests fitness for employment but does not contain medical data. The Committee notes the Government’s information that, following the medical examination prior to the employment of a person for underground work, the medical verdict of such examination shall be delivered directly to the enterprise concerned. Observing that the Government has not provided any information with regard to the obligation of the employer to keep records containing the data listed in paragraph 4 in respect of persons under 21 years of age who are employed or work underground, the Committee once again requests the Government to indicate the provisions that lays down the requirements of Article 4(4) of the Convention.