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

Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) - Jordan (Ratification: 1964)

Article 4 of the Convention, in conjunction with Article 2. Obligation of the vendor, the person letting out on hire or transferring the machinery in any other manner or the exhibitor. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes that Regulation No. 43 on prevention and safety in using industrial machinery and equipment and workplaces, adopted pursuant to section 85(c) of the Labour Code, places the obligation upon employers to take all the necessary measures and precautions for prevention and safety of machinery, including the installation of protective guards according to the type of hazard. The Committee once again notes that the legislation in force does not appear to provide that the obligation to apply the provisions of Article 2 of the Convention shall rest on the vendor, the person letting out on hire or transferring the machinery in any other manner, or the exhibitor, in accordance with Article 4 of the Convention. The Committee therefore once again requests the Government to take appropriate measures, in law and in practice, to ensure that the obligation to apply the provisions of Article 2 of the Convention shall rest on the vendor, the person letting out on hire or transferring the machinery in any other manner, or the exhibitor, as required by Article 4 of the Convention.

Application in practice. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government according to which the expanded number of labour inspectors, which increased from 139 to 180 in 2009, performed 88,208 inspection visits in 2014, compared to 49,463 in 2012 and that 13,034 of these inspections were performed by the 30 inspectors specialized in occupational safety and health (OSH), compared to 8,045 in 2012. In the course of these visits, the OSH inspectors reported 4,556 infringements, compared to 604 in 2012, and issued 5,770 warnings to undertakings violating OSH standards, compared to 1,724 in 2012. Noting the important increase of inspections undertaken, the Committee requests the Government to provide specific information on the outcome of these inspections in relation to the application of the relevant legislation, including the number and nature of violations recorded.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2017.]