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

Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176) - Ukraine (Ratification: 2011)

Articles 5(2)(c) and (d), 7, 10(a) and 16 of the Convention. Procedures for reporting and investigating fatal and serious accidents, compilation and publication of statistics, measures to be taken by employers, training and instruction, and enforcement. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that, in 2013, the State Service of Mining Supervision (SSMS) conducted 144,150 inspection visits during which inspectors identified 1,489,190 violations, issued 67,975 stop-work orders and imposed 83,278 fines. It further takes note of the statistics on occupational accidents for 2012, according to which 3,613 accidents were reported in the mining sector, of which 117 were fatal. Some 3,654 workers have been injured at the workplace and 125 of them died. According to the Government’s report, 78.5 per cent of workplace accidents were due to organizational factors, 11.7 per cent to technical reasons and 9.8 per cent to psychological and other reasons. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on the application of the procedures adopted to investigate fatal and serious accidents, and the dangerous occurrences and disasters in relation to the mining sector that occurred in 2012. In particular, the Committee requests more detailed information in relation to the various factors (organizational, technical and psychological) identified as causing these accidents. The Committee further requests detailed information on any measures taken to address these causes and the results thereof. In particular, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application in practice of Article 10(d) of the Convention relating to the obligation of employers to ensure that all accidents are investigated and appropriate remedial action taken. While noting the information on stop-work orders and fines, the Committee requests more detailed information on any action, such as those outlined in Article 16 of the Convention, taken by the Government in relation to these accidents, including the imposition of any penalties and corrective measures, and supervision by the inspectorate. Finally, the Committee requests the Government to continue to provide detailed information on accidents, occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences, compiled in accordance with Article 5(2)(d), and information on the implementation of measures in accordance with Article 7.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2016.]