Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Israel (Ratification: 1955)

Articles 3(1)(b) and 14. Preventive activities in the field of occupational safety and health. Construction sector. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the construction sector has been identified as the most dangerous one and that the occupational safety and health (OSH) Administration has carried out focused inspection operations in this sector, as well as joint enforcement measures with both inspectors and investigators from the unit for investigating work accidents and occupational diseases. Additional measures taken include a media campaign aimed at preventing falling accidents, the development of standards related to training for construction managers, the introduction of regulations requiring a workplace safety management plan and enhanced enforcement through an increase in the application of monetary fines and sanctions. The Committee also notes the information in the reports of the OSH Administration, provided by the Government, that the number of fatal accidents increased (from 42 in 2009, to 52 in 2010 and 64 in 2011), with more than half of these accidents taking place in the construction sector. The Committee accordingly urges the Government to pursue its efforts to ensure that the construction sector is inspected effectively, and to continue to provide information on the measures taken in this regard. It requests that the Government provide statistical data on inspection visits in the construction sector and the outcomes of these inspections, as well as industrial accidents in this sector.

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.