Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32) - Bulgaria (Ratification: 1949)

Article 17 of the Convention and Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the information from the Government’s report that 12 fatal employment injuries occurred between 2007 and 2011. It particularly notes that two fatal employment injuries occurred in the Port of Varna, one occurred in the Port of Lom and one in the Port of Burgas. The Government also indicates that between 2007 and 2011, the labour inspectorate carried out 743 inspections in 403 companies, including 17 checks for investigating employment injuries and 68 checks in companies engaged in port operations. It further indicates that during the checks, 3,185 violations were established, of which 1,725 were on safe and healthy working conditions, including 32 for not providing personal protective equipment and ten violations in the manual handling of loads, and that the controlling bodies of the General Labour Inspectorate Executive Agency applied 3,138 administrative measures for removal of violations. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken to address accidents and indicating their impact on the application of the Convention. It also requests the Government to continue to provide information on labour inspection in ports, including extracts from inspectors’ reports, information on the number, nature and causes of accidents reported, as well as on the violations noted and sanctions imposed with regard to issues covered by the Convention.