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Chile - 2015

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1 Description of national OSH regulatory framework
- 1.1 Description of OSH regulatory framework
  Summary/citation: Chile's legal system is civil law based. It is primarily based on the Chilean Civil Code of 1855, derived from Spanish law and other codes of Continental Europe of the 19th century.
  
  Chile is ruled by a hierarchy of norms. The supreme law of Chile is the Constitution. The Constituion lays down the procedure for approving laws. In this regard, the Parliament shall pass the laws or statutes (“ley”): the Institutional Law (“ley orgánica constitucional”), the special law (“ley de quorum calificado”), and the ordinary law (“ley ordinaria). Under the ordinary law there are decree laws (“decreto Ley”), delegated laws ("decretos con fuerza de ley" or "D.F.L.") and ordinary laws, all of which are of equal hierarchy.
  
  The executive power has the right to enact regulations (“reglamentos”), which are called "decretos supremos" and are issued by the President of the Republic, and "decretos" or "resoluciones", which are released by the rest of the executive branches. Furthermore, ministers can issue circulars. There are technical standards which are not legally binding.
  
  The leading OSH law is the Law No. 16744 which regulates the work accidents and occupational diseases. The Labour Code, completes the rules established by Law No. 16744 and sets out a number of other labour provisions on child labour, pregnant workers, duration of the working day and other working conditions.
  
  The Book III “Health and Safety Environment at Workplaces” of the Health Code approved by Decree No. 725 provides for general rules regarding equipment, machinery, materials and other elements in order to protect life and health of workers. Decree No. 594 approving the Regulation on Basic Sanitary and Environmental Conditions at the Workplace complements these rules.
  
  There are many other regulations governing occupational safety and health organisms such as the OSH Advisory Council, the Ministry OSH Committee or the Joint OSH Committee.
  • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo.
  • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773)
  • Decreto con Fuerza de Ley núm. 725 de 11 de diciembre de 1967 que modifica el Decreto con Fuerza de Ley núm. 226 que aprobó el Código Sanitario
  • Online Library of the National Congress of Chile
2 Scope, coverage and exclusions
- 2.1 Health and safety covers physical and psychological health
  No data available.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Observation 2012
  • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Direct Request 2017
- 2.2 Definition of worker
  Summary/citation: Worker is any person who provides physical or intellectual services, under subordination and an employment contract.
  • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 3(b))
  - 2.2.1 Coverage of particular categories of workers
    Sometimes.
    - 2.2.1.1 Migrant workers
      Summary/citation: Migrant workers are included within the scope of OSH legislation.
    - 2.2.1.2 Domestic workers
      Summary/citation: Domestic workers are included within the scope of OSH legislation.
      • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Arts. 146-152)
      Related CEACR Comments
      • Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) Direct Request 2018
    - 2.2.1.3 Home workers
      Summary/citation: Home workers are not included within the scope of OSH legislation.
      • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 8)
    - 2.2.1.4 Self-employed persons
      Summary/citation: Self-employed workers are included within the scope of OSH legislation.
      • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 3(c))
- 2.3 Definition of employer
  Summary/citation: Employer is a person or legal entity who engages the physical or intellectual services of other persons under an employment contract.
  • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 3(a))
- 2.4 Exclusion of branches of economic activity
  No.
  - 2.4.1 Agriculture
    Summary/citation: The national OSH legislation covers all branches of economic activity and all workers.
    • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773)
  - 2.4.2 Construction
    Summary/citation: The national OSH legislation covers all branches of economic activity and all workers.
    • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773)
  - 2.4.3 Services
    Summary/citation: The national OSH legislation covers all branches of economic activity and all workers.
    • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773)
  - 2.4.4 Public sector
    Summary/citation: The national OSH legislation covers all branches of economic activity and all workers.
    • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773)
  - 2.4.5 Other
    Summary/citation: There are specific laws and regulations laying down safety and health requirements in the mining sector.
    • Regulation No. 132 on Mining Safety of 30 December 2002
- 2.5 Definition of occupational accident
  No data available.
- 2.6 Definition of occupational disease
  No data available.
  - 2.6.1 List of occupational diseases
    Summary/citation: A list of occupational diseases is recognised in law.
    • Decreto núm. 109 de 10 de mayo de 1968 que aprueba el Reglamento para la Calificación y Evaluación de los Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales (Art. 19)
  - 2.6.2 Mechanism for compensating other diseases as occupational ones
    Summary/citation: The Superintendence of Social Security must revise, at least every three years, the list of occupational diseases and may propose to the Ministry of Labour and Social Prevision necessary modifications.
    • Decreto núm. 109 de 10 de mayo de 1968 que aprueba el Reglamento para la Calificación y Evaluación de los Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales (Art. 20)
3 Institutions and programmes relating to OSH administration and/or enforcement
- 3.1 Competent national authority for safety and health at work
  Summary/citation: The Directorate of Labour must ensure the compliance with OSH provisions. The Directorate of Labour is a technical service under the Ministry of Labour and Social Prevision.
  • Ley No. 20691 of 30 September 2013 of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare which establishes the local authority on Safety and Health at Work
  • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 184)
  • Directorate of Labour
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Observation 2016
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Direct Request 2020
  - 3.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions
    Summary/citation: The functions of the Directorate of Labour are the following:
    - control the implementation of labour laws;
    - advise about the interpretation and the scope of labour laws;
    - promote technical and social principles of labour legislation;
    - supervise the unions and the conciliation bodies;
    - perform actions to prevent and resolve work disputes.
    (Decreto con Fuerza de Ley núm. 2 de 30 de mayo de 1967 que dispone la Reestructuración y fija Funciones de la Dirección de Trabajo, Art. 1)
    Remarks / comments: The Directorate of Labour shall coordinate with the maritime authority a system to supervise the compliance with port labour standards in order to control the accessibility and permanence of workers so as to ensure that they carry out their tasks safely.
    (Código de Trabajo, Art. 133 bis)
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 133 bis)
    • Decreto con Fuerza de Ley núm. 2 de 30 de mayo de 1967 que dispone la Reestructuración y fija Funciones de la Dirección de Trabajo (Art. 1)
  - 3.1.2 Chairperson and composition
    Summary/citation: The structure of the Directorate of Labour is the following:
    1. Director
    2. Sub-director
    A. Technical Departments:
    - Legal
    - Inspection
    - Industrial Relations
    - Service Desk
    
    B. Support Departments
    - Studies
    - Human Resources
    - Management and Budget
    - Information Technology
    - Administration and Development
    - Institutional communication, internal audit and comptroller offices
    Remarks / comments: For more information, please visit the official website of the Directorate of Labour: http://www.dt.gob.cl/1601/w3-propertyvalue-23026.html.
    The organizational chart is available at: http://www.dt.gob.cl/1601/articles-61305_recurso_1.jpg
    • Decreto con Fuerza de Ley núm. 2 de 30 de mayo de 1967 que dispone la Reestructuración y fija Funciones de la Dirección de Trabajo (Arts. 2-4)
- 3.2 National OSH research programme or institute
  No data available.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Observation 2016
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Direct Request 2020
  - 3.2.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions
    No data available.
  - 3.2.2 Governance board constitution and chairmanship
    No data available.
  - 3.2.3 Source of funding
    No data available.
- 3.3 National OSH programme
  No data available.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Observation 2016
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Direct Request 2020
  - 3.3.1 Consultation on the national OSH programme
    No data available.
4 Employers’ duties and responsibilities to protect the safety and health of workers and others
- 4.1 Duty to ensure the health and safety of employees
  Summary/citation: Employer must take the necessary measures to protect the life and health of workers, must inform of possible risks in the workplace, must provide safe and healthy conditions in the workplace, and must prevent occupational accidents and diseases.
  • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art.184)
- 4.2 Duty to protect the health and safety of people other than their own employees
  No data available.
- 4.3 Collaboration among two or more employers at the same workplace
  No data available.
- 4.4 Surveillance of workers’ health in relation to work
  Summary / Citation: Employers must consider as working hours the time workers need to undergo medical examinations. Workplaces exposed to the risk of pneumoconiosis, must conduct, every 6 months, a radiographic control on workers.
  • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773) (Art. 71)
  - 4.4.1 Specific hazards for which surveillance is required
    No data available.
- 4.5 Surveillance of the working environment and working practices
  No data available.
- 4.6 Duty to provide personal protective equipment
  Summary / Citation: Employers must provide to workers personal protective equipment free of cost. Employers must maintain the personal protective equipment and train workers on its usage.
  • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Arts. 53-54)
- 4.7 Duty to ensure the usage of personal protective equipment
  No data available.
- 4.8 Duty to provide first-aid and welfare facilities
  Yes.
  - 4.8.1 Arrangements for first-aid
    Summary / Citation: Employers must provide the necessary elements to enable workers to access adequate medical, hospital and pharmaceutical care in case of accident or emergency.
    (Código de Trabajo, Art. 184)
    
    Chapter VI of Title II of the Regulations on Mining Safety contains detailed provisions on emergency plans and first-aid. Moreover Article 100 requires the establishment of shelters in the interior of the mines to guarantee the survivor of workers in case of a disaster for a minimum period of 48 hours. It indicates the indispensable materials which shall be made available in these shelters, including first-aid elements.
    (Regulation No. 132 on Mining Safety of 30 December 2002, Arts. 72-77, 100)
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 184)
    • Regulation No. 132 on Mining Safety of 30 December 2002 (Arts. 72-77, 100)
  - 4.8.2 Sanitary installations
    Summary / Citation: Workplaces are required to have adequate sanitary installations, with toilets and sinks, independent for each sex, and proportionate to the number off workers. Workplaces with toxic substances must have showers with cold and hot water. Workplaces where the type of activity requires a change of clothes must provide an independent closet for each sex and a locker room. In workplaces where hazardous work is performed, two locker rooms must be provided, one for the work wear and the other for personal wear.
    (Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo, Arts. 21-25, 27)
    
    In agricultural plantations, when it is not possible to comply with Art. 21, the employer shall provide chemical toilets, independent and separate for men and women. It is the responsibility of the employer to set them up, transport them and maintain proper hygiene. They shall be installed in easily accessible places in a distance not exceeding 125 meters from working places where there is a concentration of workers. The law also defines what is meant by workplaces with concentration of workers.
    (Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo, Art. 125, 126)
    
    In the mining sector, employers in addition to the requirements established in the Regulation on Sanitary and Environment Conditions at the Workplace shall comply as well with other specific standards laid down in Chapter IV of Title II of the Regulation on Mining Safety. In this regard, it is required that a minimum number of toilets, chemicals or with running water, shall be established which vary depending on the number of workers, as specified by the Regulation. Moreover there shall be bathrooms and changing rooms in undertakings employing more than 15 workers. Hot water shall be made available. Installations shall be maintained in good hygienic conditions with proper ventilation, lighting and temperature.
    (Regulation No. 132 on Mining Safety of 30 December 2002, Arts. 64, 66)
    • Regulation No. 132 on Mining Safety of 30 December 2002 (Arts. 64, 66, 125-126)
    • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Arts. 21-25, 27)
  - 4.8.3 Drinking water
    Summary / Citation: Workplaces must have drinking water for human consumption. The drinking water must comply with the physical, chemical, radioactive and bacteriological standards established by law. Workplaces with own water supply system must provide a minimum of 100 litters of water per person per day.
    (Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo, Arts. 12-15)
    
    When work in agricultural plantations is performed at least 75 meters away from potable water, a minimum volume of 10 liters of fresh water per day and person shall be made available to workers.
    (Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo, Art. 123)
    
    In case workers need to spend the night in campings as indicated in Article 120, the employer shall provide every worker with at least 20 litres of water per day for personal hygiene a part from potable water.
    (Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo, Art. 124)
    
    In the mining sector, the employer shall provide sufficient potable fresh water and easily accessible and available to workers at any time. The water shall be maintained clean and distributed by pipes through taps or fountains or covered deposits which shall not be inclined. there shall be available one source per every 50 workers. It is prohibited to use common cups to drink. Water which is not supplied by a public service shall be tested and authorized by the local sanitary authority every six months or when it is required by the joint committee on health and safety or workers' representatives.
    In underground mining, drinking sources shall be installed in non polluted and easily accessible places.
    It is prohibited to use glass recipients to transport water in the interior of the mine.
    (Regulation No. 132 on Mining Safety of 30 December 2002, Art. 65)
    • Regulation No. 132 on Mining Safety of 30 December 2002 (Arts. 65)
    • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Arts. 12-15, 123-124)
  - 4.8.4 Rest and eating areas
    Summary / Citation: The eating area in the workplace should be isolated from the rest of the workplace. Employers must adopt necessary measures as to ensure hygienic conditions. The eating area must provide tables, chairs and refrigeration system among others.
    (Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de TrabajoArts, Arts.28-31)
    
    In agricultural plantations, when workers have to take their meal at the workplace, there shall be a specific facility to protect the worker from adverse meteorological conditions and sufficiently distant from places where toxic substances are handled. There shall be tables and chairs available and proper water for personal hygiene. There shall be a system allowing the workers to conserve their food. The worker shall not take meals while he/she is working.
    (Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de TrabajoArts, Article 128)
    
    It is the duty of the undertaking responsible for the berthing facility in ports (and the duty of the undertakings responsible for the dock when there are two or more undertakings responsible for the berthing facility) to maintain adequate installations where port workers can rest.
    (Código del Trabajo, Art. 137(b))
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 137(b))
    • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Arts. 28-31)
5 Employers’ duty to organize prevention formally along generally accepted OSH management principles and practices
- 5.1 Elements of an OSH management system
  Sometimes.
  - 5.1.1 Policy or plan specifying responsibilities and arrangements for health and safety
    Summary/citation: Employers must ensure:
    - the creation of an OSH joint committees in workplaces with more than 25 workers;
    - the establishment of a Department of Occupational Risk Prevention in workplaces with more than 100 workers;
    - the provision of an Internal OSH regulation at the workplace
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Arts. 153-157)
    • Decreto núm. 40 por el cual se aprueba el reglamento sobre prevención de riegos profesionales. (Arts. 14-20)
    • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773) (Arts.66-67)
  - 5.1.2 Appointment of a person for health and safety
    No data available.
  - 5.1.3 Written risk assessment
    No data available.
  - 5.1.4 Safe operating work systems and procedures
    Summary/citation: Employers must observe required OSH measures by the National Health Service. The National Health Service can impose sanctions on employers that do not comply with their obligations.
    • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773) (Art. 68)
  - 5.1.5 Training and information on risks
    Summary/citation: Employers must timely and properly inform workers about the risks associated with their work and related preventive measures. In particular, employers must inform about the elements, substances and products used at work, their identification and exposure limits, health hazards, control and necessary preventive measures. The employer must inform workers about risk through the prevention risk committees and department. Employers who infringe these duties will be punished.
    • Decreto núm. 40 por el cual se aprueba el reglamento sobre prevención de riegos profesionales. (Arts. 21-24)
  - 5.1.6 Review or assessment of the results of preventive measures
    No data available.
  - 5.1.7 Consultation with workers in health and safety
    No data available.
- 5.2 Obligation to implement a specific OSH management system or standard
  No data available.
6 Employers’ duty to ensure availability of expertise and competence in health and safety
- 6.1 OSH competence
  Yes.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Observation 2012
  • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Direct Request 2017
  - 6.1.1 Requirement to access expert advice and/or support in health and safety
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Observation 2012
    • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Direct Request 2017
    - 6.1.1.1 Qualifications of experts or professional services
      Summary / Citation: The following qualifications are requested:
      - Professional: engineers with a post-graduate degree in OSH area or applicable to OSH issues, at a University or College recognized by the State or from a foreign university.
      - Technician: qualified in risk prevention at an institution of higher education recognized by the State.
      • Decreto núm. 40 por el cual se aprueba el reglamento sobre prevención de riegos profesionales. (Art. 9)
      Related CEACR Comments
      • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Observation 2012
      • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Direct Request 2017
- 6.2 Appointment of an OSH practitioner
  Summary/citation: The law requires the appointment of a technician or a professional OSH officer according to the size of the workplace and the extent of the risks.
  • Decreto núm. 40 por el cual se aprueba el reglamento sobre prevención de riegos profesionales. (Art. 8)
  - 6.2.1 Workforce size threshold for the appointment of OSH practitioners
    Summary/citation: An OSH practitioner shall be appointed in workplaces with more than 100 workers.
    • Decreto núm. 40 por el cual se aprueba el reglamento sobre prevención de riegos profesionales. (Art. 8)
7 Workers' rights and duties
- 7.1 Duty to take reasonable steps to protect their own safety and health
  No data available.
- 7.2 Duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others
  No data available.
- 7.3 Supervisors’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others
  No data available.
- 7.4 Senior officers’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others
  No data available.
- 7.5 Self-employed persons’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect their own and other people’s health and safety
  No data available.
- 7.6 Duty to comply with OSH-related requirements
  No data available.
- 7.7 Right to enquire about risks and preventive measures
  No data available.
- 7.8 Right to remove themselves from a dangerous situation
  No data available.
- 7.9 Right to be reassigned to non-hazard work
  Summary / Citation: Workers who suffer from an occupational disease must be reassigned to a work position that does not expose them to the agent which caused their disease.
  • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773) (Art. 71)
  - 7.9.1 Right to withdraw with compensation when workers are not reassigned to non-hazard work
    No data available.
8 Consultation, collaboration and co-operation with workers and their representatives
- 8.1 National OSH committee, commission, council or similar body
  Summary / Citation: The law creates two bodies:
  - The OSH Advisory Council as an advisory body in occupational safety and health issues.
  - The OSH Ministry Committee as an advisory OSH committee for the President of the Republic in OSH.
  
  • Decreto núm. 19 que crea y regula el funcionamiento de un consejo consultivo para la seguridad y salud en el trabajo. (Art. 1)
  • Decreto núm. 20 de 11 de julio de 2011 que establece un Comité de Ministros para la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (Art. 1)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Observation 2016
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Direct Request 2020
  - 8.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions
    Summary / Citation: The OSH Advisory Council must write a report (consulting workers and employers organisations) giving advice about:
    - national OSH policy elaborated by the Ministry of Labour;
    - implementation and results of the national OSH policy;
    - functioning of the national system and the national OSH programme;
    - OSH legal reforms;
    - others.
    (Decreto núm. 19 que crea y regula el funcionamiento de un consejo consultivo para la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo, Art. 2)
    
    Functions of the OSH Ministry Committee:
    - submit the national OSH policy to the President of the Republic;
    - ensure the harmonious application of OSH norms;
    - others.
    (Decreto núm. 20 de 11 de julio de 2011 que establece un Comité de Ministros para la Seguridad y la salud en el Trabajo, Art. 3).
    • Decreto núm. 19 que crea y regula el funcionamiento de un consejo consultivo para la seguridad y salud en el trabajo. (Art. 2)
    • Decreto núm. 20 de 11 de julio de 2011 que establece un Comité de Ministros para la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (Art. 3)
  - 8.1.2 Constitution and chairmanship modalities
    Summary / Citation: The members of the OSH Advisory Council must be appointed by the President of the Republic:
    - 1 from employers’ organisations
    - 1 from workers’ organisations
    - 3 professionals with OSH knowledge and work experience.
    
    The Ministry OSH Committee shall be presided by the Minister of Labour and Social Prevision, and shall be composed of the Ministers of National Defence, Economy, Development and Tourism, Health, Agriculture, Mining and Transport and Telecommunications.
    
    • Decreto núm. 19 que crea y regula el funcionamiento de un consejo consultivo para la seguridad y salud en el trabajo. (Art. 3)
    • Decreto núm. 20 de 11 de julio de 2011 que establece un Comité de Ministros para la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (Art. 2)
- 8.2 Employers’ duty to consult workers on risks
  No data available.
- 8.3 Workers’ right to select their representatives for health and safety matters
  Summary / Citation: Workers representatives in the joint OSH committees will be designated by workers themselves.
  • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773) (Art. 66)
  - 8.3.1 Workforce size conditions for workers’ representation in health and safety
    Summary / Citation: Workplaces with more than 25 workers must organise a joint OSH committee composed by workers and employer representatives.
  - 8.3.2 Conditions of eligibility to represent workers in health and safety
    No data available.
- 8.4 OSH representatives’ functions, rights and powers
  No data available.
  - 8.4.1 Right to inspect the workplace
    No data available.
  - 8.4.2 Right to access OSH information
    No data available.
  - 8.4.3 Right to be present at interviews
    No data available.
  - 8.4.4 Right to receive professional assistance from OSH experts
    No data available.
  - 8.4.5 Right to accompany inspectors
    No data available.
  - 8.4.6 Right to use facilities
    Summary / Citation: Whenever there are two or more undertakings operating at docks, each of them shall provide the necessary facilities for the establishment and functioning of a common joint OSH committee, which shall coordinate the joint OSH committees at the level of the undertakings.
    Remarks / comments: Workers representatives are members of the joint OSH committees.
    • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773) (Art. 66 ter)
  - 8.4.7 Right to have time off work with pay to perform duties
    No data available.
  - 8.4.8 Right to issue remedial notices
    No data available.
  - 8.4.9 Right to resolve OSH issues in consultation with employers
    No data available.
  - 8.4.10 Right to direct that dangerous work cease
    No data available.
- 8.5 Right of workers’ representatives from outside the undertaking to address OSH issues at the workplace
  No data available.
  - 8.5.1 Right to enter the workplace
    No data available.
  - 8.5.2 Right to investigate suspected non-compliance with OSH legislation
    No data available.
  - 8.5.3 Right to consult with workers
    No data available.
  - 8.5.4 Right to advise workers
    No data available.
  - 8.5.5 Right to initiate enforcement action
    No data available.
- 8.6 Joint OSH Committee
  Summary / Citation: Workplaces with more than 25 workers must organise a joint OSH committee composed by workers and employer representatives.
  (Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales, Art. 66)
  
  Employers who subcontract other undertakings to carry out any work, shall monitor the compliance by subcontractors with occupational safety and health legislation.
  (Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales, Art. 66 Bis)
  
  Contracting and subcontracting undertakings have to coordinate as necessary so as to ensure compliance with occupational safety and health legislation. They shall inform on legal requirements in the field of OSH whenever it is so required by the main undertaking or the joint labour committee (Comité Paritario de Faena).
  (Decreto núm. 76 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento para la aplicación del artículo 66 bis de la Ley núm. 16744 sobre la gestión de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo en obras, faenas o servicios que indica, Art. 6)
  
  Undertakings operating in docks are required to constitute a joint OSH committee in every dock where they provide regularly their services, whenever the number of permanent and temporary workers is more than 25.
  Furthermore, whenever there are two or more undertakings operating at docks, each of them shall provide the necessary facilities for the establishment and functioning of a common joint OSH committee, which shall coordinate the joint OSH committees at the level of the undertakings.
  (Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales, Art. 66 ter)
  Remarks / comments: Recent legislative developments reflected above: the Law No. 20773 of 15 September 2014 modified the Labour Code and the Law on Occupational Accidents and Diseases with regard to dock work.
  • Decreto No. 3 del 30 de enero de 2015 que aprueba el Reglamento para la aplicación del artículo 2 de la Ley 20.773 sobre la integración, constitución y funcionamiento de los comités paritarios de higiene y seguridad de faena portuaria
  • Ley No. 20773 de 15 de septiembre de 2014 que modifica el Código de Trabajo y la Ley de Accidentes del Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales en materia de trabajo portuario, estableciendo las obligaciones y beneficios que indica
  • Decreto núm. 76 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento para la aplicación del artículo 66 bis de la Ley núm. 16744 sobre la gestión de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo en obras, faenas o servicios que indica. (Art. 6)
  • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773) (Arts. 66 and 66ter)
  - 8.6.1 Participation of workers’ representatives in joint OSH committee
    Summary / Citation: Worker representatives must be selected by direct and secret vote. Workers must be informed about the election at least 15 days before the day of vote. The representative must be older than 18 years old, literate, been employed at the workplace for at least a year, and have completed a risk prevention course.
    (Decreto núm. 54/69 sobre constitución y funcionamiento de los comités paritarios de higiene y seguridad incluyendo las modificaciones efectuadas por el decreto núm. 30 de fecha 7 de abril de 1988, (Arts. 5-6, 10))
    
    Workers-members of the joint OSH committees in undertakings operating at docks, shall be elected among permanent and temporary workers, following the formalities provided for in the relevant Regulations.
    Workers-members of the common joint OSH committee (to be established at docks where two or more undertakings operate) shall be elected by the workers following provisions laid down in the relevant Regulations.
    (Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales, última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773, Art. 66 ter)
    
    OSH committees in undertakings operating at docs shall be composed of 3 representatives of the employer and 3 of the workers. Alternates shall be elected to substitute the representatives in case they cannot attend the sessions.
    (Art. 7, Reglamento para la aplicación del artículo 2 de la Ley 20.773 sobre la integración, constitución y funcionamiento de los comités paritarios de higiene y seguridad de faena portuaria)
    Remarks / comments: Members of the OSH committees in undertakings operating at docs are elected for a 2-year period and they can be reelected. The Regulations provide for specific requirements for workers to comply with to be eligible and for the election process itself.
    (Art. 8, 10 Reglamento para la aplicación del artículo 2 de la Ley 20.773 sobre la integración, constitución y funcionamiento de los comités paritarios de higiene y seguridad de faena portuaria)
    • Decreto No. 3 del 30 de enero de 2015 que aprueba el Reglamento para la aplicación del artículo 2 de la Ley 20.773 sobre la integración, constitución y funcionamiento de los comités paritarios de higiene y seguridad de faena portuaria
    • Decreto núm. 54/69 sobre constitución y funcionamiento de los comités paritarios de higiene y seguridad incluyendo las modificaciones efectuadas por el decreto núm. 30 de fecha 7 de abril de 1988. (Arts. 5-6, 10)
    • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773) (Art. 66 ter)
  - 8.6.2 Conditions for establishing a joint OSH committee
    Summary / Citation: Joint OSH committees shall be created in workplaces with more than 25 workers.
    
    The joint labour committee (Comité Paritario de Faena) shall be established by the main undertaking in workplaces with more than 25 workers.
    • Decreto núm. 76 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento para la aplicación del artículo 66 bis de la Ley núm. 16744 sobre la gestión de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo en obras, faenas o servicios que indica. (Art. 14)
    • Decreto núm. 54/69 sobre constitución y funcionamiento de los comités paritarios de higiene y seguridad incluyendo las modificaciones efectuadas por el decreto núm. 30 de fecha 7 de abril de 1988. (Art. 1)
    • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773) (Art. 66)
  - 8.6.3 Objectives, roles and/or functions of joint OSH committees
    Summary / Citation: The functions of the joint OSH committee are the following:
    - Advise and train workers for proper use of elements of protection;
    - Ensure the compliance of OSH preventive measures;
    - Investigate the causes of occupational accidents and diseases;
    - Indicate the adoption of all OSH measures to prevent occupational hazards;
    - Others.
    (Decreto núm. 54/69 sobre constitución y funcionamiento de los comités paritarios de higiene y seguridad incluyendo las modificaciones efectuadas por el decreto núm. 30 de fecha 7 de abril de 1988, Art. 24 D54;
    Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales, Art. 66)
    
    The functions of the joint labour committee (Comité Paritario de Faena) are as follows:
    - Take note of OSH measures at the wrokplace;
    - Make recommendations regarding OSH measures;
    - Carry out investigations of accidents when the undertaking where the worker performs does not have a joint labour committee.
    (Decreto núm. 76 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento para la aplicación del artículo 66 bis de la Ley núm. 16744 sobre la gestión de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo en obras, faenas o servicios que indica, Art. 16)
    • Decreto núm. 76 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento para la aplicación del artículo 66 bis de la Ley núm. 16744 sobre la gestión de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo en obras, faenas o servicios que indica. (Art. 16)
    • Decreto núm. 54/69 sobre constitución y funcionamiento de los comités paritarios de higiene y seguridad incluyendo las modificaciones efectuadas por el decreto núm. 30 de fecha 7 de abril de 1988. (Art. 24 D54)
    • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773) (Art. 66)
  - 8.6.4 Keeping record of the work of joint OSH committees
    Summary / Citation: The Committee must record each meeting.
    • Decreto núm. 54/69 sobre constitución y funcionamiento de los comités paritarios de higiene y seguridad incluyendo las modificaciones efectuadas por el decreto núm. 30 de fecha 7 de abril de 1988. (Art. 16)
  - 8.6.5 Sharing the minutes of joint OSH committees meetings
    No data available.
- 8.7 Mandatory training for members of joint OSH committee(s)
  No data available.
- 8.8 Protection against reprisals
  Summary / Citation: The law protects only one workers' representative from the OSH Committee until termination of the labour contract. The protected workers' representative must be elected by the worker members of the OSH Committee.
  • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Arts. 2,243)
- 8.9 Immunity from civil and criminal liability for exercising OSH related rights and duties
  No data available.
9 Specific hazards or risks
- 9.1 Biological hazards
  Yes.
  • Decreto núm. 109 de 10 de mayo de 1968 que aprueba el Reglamento para la Calificación y Evaluación de los Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales (Art. 19(c))
- 9.2 Chemical hazards
  Sometimes.
  - 9.2.1 Handling, storage, labelling and use
    Yes.
    • Decreto núm. 109 de 10 de mayo de 1968 que aprueba el Reglamento para la Calificación y Evaluación de los Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales (Art. 19(a))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Direct Request 2016
  - 9.2.2 Duty of manufacturers, suppliers and importers of chemicals in relation to the safety and health of users
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Direct Request 2016
  - 9.2.3 Pesticides
    Yes.
    • Decreto núm. 157 de 22 de julio de 2005 que aprueba el Reglamento de Pesticidas de Uso Sanitario y Doméstico
    • Decreto núm. 109 de 10 de mayo de 1968 que aprueba el Reglamento para la Calificación y Evaluación de los Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales (Art.19(a)(4))
- 9.3 Ergonomic hazards
  Yes.
  • Decreto núm. 804 de 26 de septiembre de 2012 que aprueba la Norma Técnica de Identificación y Evaluación de Factores de Riesgo de Trastornos Musculoesqueléticos relacionados al Trabajo (TMERT) (Art. 1)
  • Decreto núm. 28 de 28 de junio de 2012 que modifica el Decreto núm. 594 de 1999 que aprueba el Reglamento sobre Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales Básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo
  • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Arts. 211(F),(G))
- 9.4 Physical hazards
  Sometimes.
  - 9.4.1 Ionising radiation
    Yes.
    • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Arts. 110-110(a)(3))
    • Decreto núm. 133 de 22 de mayo de 1984 que aprueba el Reglamento sobre Autorizaciones para Instalaciones Radiactivas o Equipos Generadores de Radiaciones Ionizantes, Personal que Desempeña en Ellas, u Opere Tales Equipos y Otras Actividades Afines
    • Decreto núm. 109 de 10 de mayo de 1968 que aprueba el Reglamento para la Calificación y Evaluación de los Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales (Arts. 18(b)(19-20))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) Observation 2013
    • Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) Direct Request 2016
  - 9.4.2 Vibration and noise
    Yes.
    • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Arts. 70-89 )
    • Decreto núm. 109 de 10 de mayo de 1968 que aprueba el Reglamento para la Calificación y Evaluación de los Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales (Arts. 19(b)(21,23))
  - 9.4.3 Working at height
    Yes.
    • Decreto núm. 28 de 28 de junio de 2012 que modifica el Decreto núm. 594 de 1999 que aprueba el Reglamento sobre Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales Básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo (Art. 1)
    • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Art. 110(b))
    • Decreto núm. 109 de 10 de mayo de 1968 que aprueba el Reglamento para la Calificación y Evaluación de los Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales (Art. 24(12))
  - 9.4.4 Working in confined spaces
    Yes.
    • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Art. 58)
  - 9.4.5 Risks arising from poor maintenance of workplace facilities
    No data available.
  - 9.4.6 Exposure to extreme temperatures
    Yes.
    • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Arts. 96-102)
  - 9.4.7 Fire risks
    Yes.
    • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Arts. 44-52)
  - 9.4.8 Tobacco
    Yes.
    • Ley núm. 19419 de 22 de septiembre de 1995 que regula Actividades que Indica Relacionadas con el Tabaco (Art. 11)
  - 9.4.9 Asbestos
    Yes.
    • Decreto núm. 656 que prohíbe el uso del asbesto en determinados productos.
    • Decreto núm. 109 de 10 de mayo de 1968 que aprueba el Reglamento para la Calificación y Evaluación de los Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales (Art. 19(d)(28))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162) Observation 2007
    • Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162) Direct Request 2016
  - 9.4.10 Risks related to nanotechnology
    No data available.
  - 9.4.11 Contraction of HIV in the workplace
    Yes.
    • Decreto núm. 109 de 10 de mayo de 1968 que aprueba el Reglamento para la Calificación y Evaluación de los Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales (Art. 19(c)(24))
- 9.5 Psychosocial hazards
  Sometimes.
  - 9.5.1 Psychosocial risks
    No data available.
  - 9.5.2 Occupational violence
    Yes.
    • Law No. 20005 of 8 march 2008 which criminalizes and sanctions sexual harassment
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 2)
- 9.6 Other hazardous substances
  Yes.
  • Decreto núm. 148 de 12 de junio de 2003 que aprueba el Reglamento Sanitario sobre Manejo de Residuos Peligrosos
- 9.7 Machineries
  Sometimes.
  - 9.7.1 Risks related to machinery and tools
    Yes.
    • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Arts. 36-43)
  - 9.7.2 Duty of designers and/or manufacturers of machineries in relation to the occupational safety and health of operators of machineries
    No data available.
  - 9.7.3 Duty of designers, manufacturers, importers or suppliers of machineries to provide machineries information
    No data available.
  - 9.7.4 Duty to purchase machineries from authorised/certificated suppliers or only if approved/certificated
    No data available.
  - 9.7.5 Maintenance of machinery and equipment
    Summary / Citation: A system and frequency of maintenance of machinery and equipment and/or requirement for those carrying out plant and equipment maintenance to be approved/certificated is not foreseen by the law. However, the structural elements of the construction, machinery, facilities, tools and equipment must be maintained in safe conditions to avoid injuries to workers.
    • Decreto núm. 594 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Condiciones Sanitarias y Ambientales básicas en los Lugares de Trabajo. (Arts. 36-37)
    - 9.7.5.1 List of equipment where applicable
      No data available.
- 9.8 Provisions to protect workers in specific condition of vulnerability
  Yes.
  - 9.8.1 Protection of pregnancy at work
    Summary / Citation: The protection for pregnant workers provided for by the law covers workers performing at both public and private workplaces. Employers must not condition the labour contract to the existence of pregnancy, or require workers to undergo medical health examinations to verify if they are pregnant.
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Arts. 194-205)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Direct Request 2016
  - 9.8.2 Protection of lactating women at work
    Summary / Citation: Lactating workers are provided with a daily hour break considered as working time to feed their children under two years.
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 206)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Direct Request 2016
  - 9.8.3 Limits to women’s access to specific occupations, undertakings or shifts
    Summary / Citation: Pregnant employees must be reassigned to work that does not expose them to a hazard. The law considers the following as hazardous and unhealthy work: - work that requires lifting, pulling, dragging, or pushing heavy items;
    - work that requires great physical effort, including standing for long periods of time;
    - night work;
    - work that is carried out during overtime hours, and
    - other work that the competent authority states as inappropriate for pregnancy.
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 202)
  - 9.8.4 Limits to workers’ access to specific occupations, undertakings or shifts by reason of age
    Summary / Citation: Workers between the ages of 15 to 18 may conclude a labour contract only for a not hazardous task and with express authorization from their parents.
    Workers under the age of 18 must not be admitted in hazardous tasks that can compromise their health, safety and state of mind.
    Workers under the age of 18 are forbidden to participate in night work, shows or work that involves alcohol.
    Workers under the age of 21 must not be admitted in mining works without a previous medical exam.
    The participation of young workers is forbidden: in works with arms, explosives, forestry operations, in high seas, pesticide, hazardous substances, mining, work at great heights, work in confined spaces, underground work, underwater work, works that involve ergonomic risk, and work with mental risks and others.
    • Decreto Supremo núm. 50 de 17 de agosto de 2007 por el que se aprueba el Reglamento para la aplicación del artículo 13 del Código del Trabajo. (Arts. 3-4)
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Arts. 13-18)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Observation 2017
    • Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Direct Request 2021
    • Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1919Â (No. 6) Observation 2016
    • Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1919Â (No. 6) Direct Request 1990
10 Recording, notification and investigation of accidents/incidents and diseases
- 10.1 Duty to record and/or investigate the causes of work accidents, near misses incidents and cases of occupational diseases
  Sometimes.
  - 10.1.1 Work-related accidents
    Summary / Citation: The Risk Prevention Department at the workplace has the duty to produce statistics on occupational accidents and diseases. Workplaces without a risk prevention department must record occupational accidents and diseases.
    • Decreto núm. 40 por el cual se aprueba el reglamento sobre prevención de riegos profesionales. (Arts. 12-13)
  - 10.1.2 Near miss incidents
    No data available.
  - 10.1.3 Occupational diseases
    Summary / Citation: The Risk Prevention Department at the workplace has the duty to produce statistics on occupational accidents and diseases. Workplaces without a risk prevention department must record occupational accidents and diseases.
    • Decreto núm. 40 por el cual se aprueba el reglamento sobre prevención de riegos profesionales. (Arts. 12-13)
- 10.2 Employers’ duty to notify OSH authorities of work related death and/or injuries to health
  Summary / Citation: Employers must notify immediately any accident or disease that may cause inability to work or death of the victim to the administrative authorities. Also, the workers, their family, the doctor or the Committee must notify if the employers do not fulfil this obligation. The administrative authorities must inform the National Health Service. In case of fatal or serious accident employers must notify the local inspectorate and the Secretariat of Health Ministry.
  • Ley núm. 16744 que establece normas sobre accidentes del trabajo y enfermedades profesionales (última modificación 17.09.2014 por la Ley núm. 20773) (Art. 76)
11 OSH inspection and enforcement of OSH legislation
- 11.1 Appointment of OSH inspectors
  Summary / Citation: The Department of Labour may constitute an inspectorate service for the complying of OHS rules. The Department of inspection under the Department of Labour has an OSH Unit.
  Remarks / comments: The Labour Directorate has established a system to control compliance with labour standards applicable to undertakings operating at docks. Regulations provide for specific requirements for the control system.
  • Resolución No. 432 de 9 de abril de 2015 de la Dirección de Trabajo que establece el sistema de control de cumplimiento de la normativa laboral portuaria, define características y define obligaciones
  • Resolución núm. 176 de 8 de marzo de 2011 de la Dirección de Trabajo que establece la Estructura y Sistematiza la Nueva Estructura Orgánica y Funcional del Departamento de Inspección (Art. I(5))
  • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 191)
- 11.2 OSH inspectors’ powers
  Sometimes.
  - 11.2.1 Power to enter workplaces
    Summary / Citation: Inspectors have the power to enter the workplace during the day or night. Employers have the obligation to give access to all the necessary facilities to ensure that inspectors are able to discharge their functions; allowing them access to all the units or work sites; providing them with the opportunity to hold private conversations with workers and deal personally with the inspectors to solve problems.
    • Decreto con Fuerza de Ley núm. 2 de 30 de mayo de 1967 que dispone la Reestructuración y fija Funciones de la Dirección de Trabajo (Art. 24)
  - 11.2.2 Power to inspect and carry out any examination, test or enquiry
    No data available.
  - 11.2.3 Power to investigate
    No data available.
  - 11.2.4 Duty to provide advice on OSH
    No data available.
- 11.3 OSH inspectors’ enforcement powers
  Sometimes.
  - 11.3.1 Power to issue orders or notices
    Summary / Citation: Inspectors have the power to order the employer of a microcompany ( from 9 to 10 workers) or small company (from 10 to 49 workers), to take measures to comply with OSH legal duties within a maximum of 5 working days, when there is no imminent risk for workers.
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 506 bis)
  - 11.3.2 Power to impose financial penalties
    Summary / Citation: The inspectorate has the power to impose financial penalties for contraventions of the labour and social security legislation through an administrative procedure under the Department of Labour.
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Arts. 503bis,506ter,507)
  - 11.3.3 Power to revoke or suspend licenses or authorisations
    No data available.
  - 11.3.4 Power to require the cessation of dangerous work
    Summary / Citation: The inspectorate has the power to order the immediate cessation of dangerous work that presents an imminent or serious danger to workers' life or health, or when there is work activity which violates labour law provisions. During the closure of the workplace the workers must receive their salary. In case of recidivism, inspectors have the power to close the workplace for up to 10 days.
    • Decreto con Fuerza de Ley núm. 2 de 30 de mayo de 1967 que dispone la Reestructuración y fija Funciones de la Dirección de Trabajo (Arts. 28,34-38)
  - 11.3.5 Power to initiate prosecutions
    Summary / Citation: If acting within the scope of their powers the labour inspectors note a violation of fundamental rights, the inspector must denounce the facts to the appropriate tribunal and accompany the complaint with an audit report.
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Arts. 485-486)
  - 11.3.6 Power to conduct prosecutions
    No data available.
  - 11.3.7 Other enforcement powers
    Summary / Citation: The inspectors have the duty to require police assistance to enter in workplace for fulfil their functions.
    • Decreto con Fuerza de Ley núm. 2 de 30 de mayo de 1967 que dispone la Reestructuración y fija Funciones de la Dirección de Trabajo (Art. 26)
- 11.4 Application of sanctions by courts
  Sometimes.
  - 11.4.1 Financial penalties for legal persons
    Summary / Citation: Small workplace: from 1 to 10 monthly tax units.
    Medium workplaces: from 2 to 40 monthly tax units.
    Large workplaces: from 3 to 60 monthly tax units.
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Arts. 506-507)
    • Decreto con Fuerza de Ley núm. 2 de 30 de mayo de 1967 que dispone la Reestructuración y fija Funciones de la Dirección de Trabajo (Art. 32)
  - 11.4.2 Financial penalties for natural persons
    Summary / Citation: Small workplace: from 1 to 10 monthly tax units.
    Medium workplaces: from 2 to 40 monthly tax units.
    Large workplaces: from 3 to 60 monthly tax units.
    • Decreto con Fuerza de Ley núm. 2 de 30 de mayo de 1967 que dispone la Reestructuración y fija Funciones de la Dirección de Trabajo (Art. 32)
  - 11.4.3 Non-financial sanctions
    No data available.
  - 11.4.4 Criminal liability
    Summary / Citation: The crime of manslaughter is provided for in the Criminal Code.
    • Código Penal [edición oficial del texto actualizado hasta diciembre de 1992] (Art. 492)
  - 11.4.5 Terms of imprisonment for natural persons
    Summary / Citation: The labour tribunal has the discretion to judge in case of closure of the workplace by the Department of Labour acting as a Court of Appeal.
    • Código del Trabajo (última actualización 20.09.2014) (Art. 504)
    • Decreto con Fuerza de Ley núm. 2 de 30 de mayo de 1967 que dispone la Reestructuración y fija Funciones de la Dirección de Trabajo (Art. 36)

Chile - 2015

Themes

1 Description of national OSH regulatory framework

1.1 Description of OSH regulatory framework

2 Scope, coverage and exclusions

2.1 Health and safety covers physical and psychological health

2.2 Definition of worker

2.2.1 Coverage of particular categories of workers

2.2.1.1 Migrant workers

2.2.1.2 Domestic workers

2.2.1.3 Home workers

2.2.1.4 Self-employed persons

2.3 Definition of employer

2.4 Exclusion of branches of economic activity

2.4.1 Agriculture

2.4.2 Construction

2.4.3 Services

2.4.4 Public sector

2.4.5 Other

2.5 Definition of occupational accident

2.6 Definition of occupational disease

2.6.1 List of occupational diseases

2.6.2 Mechanism for compensating other diseases as occupational ones

3 Institutions and programmes relating to OSH administration and/or enforcement

3.1 Competent national authority for safety and health at work

3.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions

3.1.2 Chairperson and composition

3.2 National OSH research programme or institute

3.2.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions

3.2.2 Governance board constitution and chairmanship

3.2.3 Source of funding

3.3 National OSH programme

3.3.1 Consultation on the national OSH programme

4 Employers’ duties and responsibilities to protect the safety and health of workers and others

4.1 Duty to ensure the health and safety of employees

4.2 Duty to protect the health and safety of people other than their own employees

4.3 Collaboration among two or more employers at the same workplace

4.4 Surveillance of workers’ health in relation to work

4.4.1 Specific hazards for which surveillance is required

4.5 Surveillance of the working environment and working practices

4.6 Duty to provide personal protective equipment

4.7 Duty to ensure the usage of personal protective equipment

4.8 Duty to provide first-aid and welfare facilities

4.8.1 Arrangements for first-aid

4.8.2 Sanitary installations

4.8.3 Drinking water

4.8.4 Rest and eating areas

5 Employers’ duty to organize prevention formally along generally accepted OSH management principles and practices

5.1 Elements of an OSH management system

5.1.1 Policy or plan specifying responsibilities and arrangements for health and safety

5.1.2 Appointment of a person for health and safety

5.1.3 Written risk assessment

5.1.4 Safe operating work systems and procedures

5.1.5 Training and information on risks

5.1.6 Review or assessment of the results of preventive measures

5.1.7 Consultation with workers in health and safety

5.2 Obligation to implement a specific OSH management system or standard

6 Employers’ duty to ensure availability of expertise and competence in health and safety

6.1 OSH competence

6.1.1 Requirement to access expert advice and/or support in health and safety

6.1.1.1 Qualifications of experts or professional services

6.2 Appointment of an OSH practitioner

6.2.1 Workforce size threshold for the appointment of OSH practitioners

7 Workers' rights and duties

7.1 Duty to take reasonable steps to protect their own safety and health

7.2 Duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others

7.3 Supervisors’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others

7.4 Senior officers’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others

7.5 Self-employed persons’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect their own and other people’s health and safety

7.6 Duty to comply with OSH-related requirements

7.7 Right to enquire about risks and preventive measures

7.8 Right to remove themselves from a dangerous situation

7.9 Right to be reassigned to non-hazard work

7.9.1 Right to withdraw with compensation when workers are not reassigned to non-hazard work

8 Consultation, collaboration and co-operation with workers and their representatives

8.1 National OSH committee, commission, council or similar body

8.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions

8.1.2 Constitution and chairmanship modalities

8.2 Employers’ duty to consult workers on risks

8.3 Workers’ right to select their representatives for health and safety matters