Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) - Finland (Ratification: 1969)

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government on the effect given to Articles 2 and 15 of the Convention.

Legislation. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government regarding the amendment of the Act on Occupational Safety and Health Enforcement and Cooperation on Occupational Safety and Health (No. 44/2006) in 2011 (No. 1327/2011) and 2013 (No. 603/2013) and the amendment of the Government Decree on the Safety of Machines (400/2008) in 2011 (265/2011). The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on legislative measures undertaken with regard to the application of the Convention.

Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee notes the general information provided by the Government according to which the number of occupational safety and health inspections has increased from 20,072 in 2010 to 24,145 in 2014 and that, in the course of these workplace inspections, the number of statements to police and prosecutors varied between a high of 855 in 2012 to a low of 542 in 2014, the number of prohibitions on use have increased from 14 in 2010 to 50 in 2014 and the number of binding decisions has varied between a low of 200 in 2011 to a high of 252 in 2013 (it was 229 in 2014). The Committee requests the Government to provide information specific to the application of this Convention, including on the number of workers covered by the relevant legislation, the number and nature of the contraventions reported, and the number, nature and cause of accidents reported.