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Côte d'Ivoire - 2013

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1 Description of national OSH regulatory framework
- 1.1 Description of OSH regulatory framework
  Summary/citation: In the Ivory Coast, the Labor Code, adopted in 1995, sets out in Title IV, general safety and health provisions.
  
  In addition, the leading OSH legislation is the Decree No. 321 on Occupational safety and Health, adopted in 1967, which lays down the regulatory development of Title IV of the Labor Code. The legal provisions of the decree address general OSH measures concerning workplaces and work environment, prevention against fire risk and occupational accidents, as well as more specific measures such as those related to tools and machinery and specific risks at work.
  
  Other decrees provide a number of other labour provisions concerning night work, working hours, OSH committees, National OSH Advisory Committee, health services, occupational disease and protection against particular hazards.
  
  The Social Security Code lays down in Chapter V, some provisions on occupational diseases.
  • Occupational safety and health country profile of Côte d'Ivoire
  • Website of Refworld: the leader in refugee decision support
  • Website of the Ivorian government (fundamental texts)
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail.
2 Scope, coverage and exclusions
- 2.1 Health and safety covers physical and psychological health
  No data available.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Direct Request 2020
- 2.2 Definition of worker
  Summary/citation: Worker is any natural person regardless of sex, race or nationality who, in exchange for remuneration, engages in a professional activity or service under the supervision and authority of another natural or legal person, public or private, which is the employer.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 2)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 2.2.1 Coverage of particular categories of workers
    Sometimes.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
    - 2.2.1.1 Migrant workers
      Summary/citation: Worker is any natural person regardless of sex, race or nationality who, in exchange for remuneration, engages in a professional activity or service under the supervision and authority of another natural or legal person, public or private, which is the employer.
      Remarks / comments: Since the law defines worker as any natural person regardless of race or nationality, it can be deduced that migrant workers are included within the scope of OSH legislation.
      • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 2)
      Related CEACR Comments
      • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
    - 2.2.1.2 Domestic workers
      Summary/citation: Worker is any natural person regardless of sex, race or nationality who, in exchange for remuneration, engages in a professional activity or service under the supervision and authority of another natural or legal person, public or private, which is the employer.
      Remarks / comments: Domestic workers are not excluded by the law from the scope of application of OSH legislation.
      • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 2)
      Related CEACR Comments
      • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
    - 2.2.1.3 Home workers
      Summary/citation: Worker is any natural person regardless of sex, race or nationality who, in exchange for remuneration, engages in a professional activity or service under the supervision and authority of another natural or legal person, public or private, which is the employer.
      Remarks / comments: Home workers are not excluded by the law from the scope of application of OSH legislation.
      • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 2)
      Related CEACR Comments
      • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
    - 2.2.1.4 Self-employed persons
      Summary/citation: Worker is any natural person regardless of sex, race or nationality who, in exchange for remuneration, engages in a professional activity or service under the supervision and authority of another natural or legal person, public or private, which is the employer.
      Remarks / comments: As far as the element of "supervision and authority of another natural or legal person" is lacking in the labour relation of self-employed persons, these may be excluded from the scope of OSH legislation.
      • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 2)
- 2.3 Definition of employer
  Summary/citation: Employer is any natural or legal person, public or private, who engages in a professional activity or service under his/her supervision and authority a worker, in exchange for remuneration.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 2)
- 2.4 Exclusion of branches of economic activity
  Sometimes.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 2.4.1 Agriculture
    Summary/citation: The OSH legislation does not exclude agriculture from its scope of application.
    
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 1)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 2.4.2 Construction
    Summary/citation: The OSH legislation does not exclude construction from its scope of application.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 1)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 2.4.3 Services
    Summary/citation: The OSH legislation does not exclude services from its scope of application.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 1)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 2.4.4 Public sector
    Summary/citation: The provisions of the Labour Code do not apply to people with permanent employment contracts with the public administration or to persons employed by the state or by legal persons of public law which are governed by specific regulations.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 1)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 2.4.5 Other
    No data available.
- 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 decree shall provide a list of occupational diseases.
    • Loi n° 99-477 du 2 août 1999 portant modification du Code de prévoyance sociale (PDF)
    • Loi n° 99-477 du 2 août 1999 portant modification du Code de prévoyance sociale. (Art. 124)
  - 2.6.2 Mechanism for compensating other diseases as occupational ones
    Summary/citation: A Decree shall establish and update some diseases as occupational diseases.
    • Loi n° 99-477 du 2 août 1999 portant modification du Code de prévoyance sociale (PDF)
    • Loi n° 99-477 du 2 août 1999 portant modification du Code de prévoyance sociale. (Art, 124)
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 Occupational Safety and Health Directorate of the Ministry of Public Service and Employment is the competent national authority for OSH issues.
  • Décret n° 2007-469 du 15 mai 2007 portant organisation du ministère de la Fonction publique et de l'Emploi. (Art. 36)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Direct Request 2020
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 3.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions
    Summary/citation: The Occupational Safety and Health Directorate of the Ministry of Public Service and Employment shall:
    - Contribute to the elaboration of OSH standards;
    - Ensure the implementation and update of OSH legislation;
    - Raise awareness on the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases;
    - Identify and assess the risks inherent to different workplaces and report to the competent authorities;
    - Participate in the exam and professional reclassification of workers with disabilities.
    • Décret n° 2007-469 du 15 mai 2007 portant organisation du ministère de la Fonction publique et de l'Emploi. (Art. 36)
  - 3.1.2 Chairperson and composition
    Summary/citation: The main national authorities on occupational safety and health are organized hierrarchically as follows:
    
    1. Ministry of Public Service and Employment:
    1.2. General Labour Directorate
    1.2.1. OSH Directorate
    1.2.2. Directorate of medicine and health at work.
    • Décret n° 2007-469 du 15 mai 2007 portant organisation du ministère de la Fonction publique et de l'Emploi. (Arts. 35-36)
- 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) 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) Direct Request 2020
  - 3.3.1 Consultation on the national OSH programme
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
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: Employers shall take all the necessary measures according to the operating conditions of the workplace to protect the life and health of workers. The employer shall arrange working facilities and create the most suitable labour conditions to protect workers from occupational accidents and diseases.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 41.1)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 4.2 Duty to protect the health and safety of people other than their own employees
  Summary/citation: Employers shall take measures for the evacuation of workers and others in case of fire.
  
  • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 32)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 4.3 Collaboration among two or more employers at the same workplace
  No data available.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 4.4 Surveillance of workers’ health in relation to work
  Summary / Citation: Every employer shall ensure a health service for workers. This particular service includes a medical examination for new workers or for workers finishing the probationary period. It includes also regular examinations for workers in order to ensure their good health and the maintenance of their ability to develop the assigned work.
  
  The employer is responsible for ensuring:
  - a periodic health examination of all workers in the establishment. This medical examination is mandatory at least once a year.
  - a medical examination of the partner and children of engaged workers for a fixed period superior to 3 months.
  - a medical examination for the resumption of workers whose contract has been suspended due to disease.
  
  This exams are at the expense of the employer. Medical visits are provided by the doctors at the workplace. If there is not a doctor at the workplace, medical visits are assigned to a free practitioner, officially authorized to practice with private patients or by a public health service.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 43.1)
  • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 536)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 4.4.1 Specific hazards for which surveillance is required
    No data available.
- 4.5 Surveillance of the working environment and working practices
  Summary / Citation: Employers shall take all the necessary measures, according to the operating conditions of the workplace, to protect the life and health of workers. The employer shall arrange working facilities and create the most suitable labour conditions to protect workers from occupational accidents and diseases.
  
  In addition, the law provides some general hygienic measures:
  - cleaning and disinfection of the workplace;
  - measures regarding the atmosphere, heating and lighting of the workplace.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 41.1)
  • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 10-19)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 4.6 Duty to provide personal protective equipment
  Summary / Citation: Employers shall provide personal protective equipment particularly for specific risks.
  Employers shall provide personal protective equipment at workplaces where workers are exposed to intoxications from benzene.
  Employers shall provide personal protective equipment to workers at pits, pipes, cesspools, tanks or any devices that may contain deleterious gases.
  In underground workplaces where workers have to work with water, clothing and waterproof footwear in good condition shall be available to each of them. These clothes and shoes will be in a place available for workers.
  Employees working with hard stones that produce bursts shall have at their disposal, safety glasses.
  Also, employers shall provide personal protective equipment to workers exposed to lead poisoning and carbon poisoning, to those working in a quarry, with X-Ray diagnostic, working in seed de-hulling plant and others.
  
  • Décret no 95-307 du 1er mars 1995 modifiant le livre IV du Code du travail. (Art. 4D 444 bis)
  • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 43 Art. 4D 110 Art. 4D 170 Art. 4D 259 Art. 4D 276 Art. 4D 284 Art. 4D 311 Art. 4D 348 Art. 4D 408-409 Art. 4D 503)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 4.7 Duty to ensure the usage of personal protective equipment
  Summary / Citation: Employers shall ensure the usage of personal protective equipment when workers are exposed to intoxications from benzene.
  • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 444 bis)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 4.8 Duty to provide first-aid and welfare facilities
  Sometimes.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 4.8.1 Arrangements for first-aid
    Summary / Citation: It is a duty to have in the workplace a first aid kit with medicines and the necessary medical tools. An annex with the minimum drugs supply, dressings and material for workplaces’ infirmary is provided by the law.
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 551-554)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 4.8.2 Sanitary installations
    Summary / Citation: An infirmary shall be installed and supplied with medicines and equipment in each public or private workplace. The minimum drugs and plaster supply provided shall be in accordance to the list of Annex II.
    Employers shall provide sinks and a dressing room for workers. The toilets for men and women shall be separated.
    The sinks should be installed in isolated places and near the workplace.
    The sinks will have running water, with 1 spigot for 5 workers.
    Also, the employer shall provide soap and towels.
    The law establishes a list of workplaces where the employer has the duty to provide showers to workers.
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 21-24 Art. 4D 83-95)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 4.8.3 Drinking water
    Summary / Citation: The employer shall provide a good quality of drinking water. Labour inspectors shall control the safety of the source of the water.
    
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 20)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 4.8.4 Rest and eating areas
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
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: The employer shall present a report to the OSH committee providing an annual programme for the prevention of occupational risks and to improve working conditions.
    The report shall set a detailed list of measures to be taken during the coming year in the field of prevention specifying their execution conditions and cost.
    The OSH committee shall deliver an opinion on the report and the programme.
    • Décret no 96-206 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail. (Art. 11)
  - 5.1.2 Appointment of a person for health and safety
    No data available.
  - 5.1.3 Written risk assessment
    Summary/citation: At least once a year, employers shall submit a written report to the OSH committee on the assessment of the general situation on health and safety and on working conditions during the previous year. The report shall also give information about the statistics concerning occupational accidents and diseases.
    • Décret no 96-206 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail. (Art. 11)
  - 5.1.4 Safe operating work systems and procedures
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 5.1.5 Training and information on risks
    Summary/citation: Employers shall organize an appropriate OSH training for new workers and for those who change the workstation or working method.
    In case of changes in the legislation or in specific regulations, the training shall be updated for the benefit of all workers.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art.41.2)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 5.1.6 Review or assessment of the results of preventive measures
    Summary/citation: Employers or their representative shall continuosly monitor the compliance with hygiene and safety rules.
    
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art.41.4)
  - 5.1.7 Consultation with workers in health and safety
    Summary/citation: Without prejudice to the responsibilities of the staff delegates, an OSH committee shall be established in all companies with more than fifty workers. The committee shall be composed of staff representatives and union delegates under the conditions laid down by decree.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 42.1, Art. 42.2)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 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
  Summary/citation: Employers shall take all the necessary measures, according to the operating conditions of the workplace, to protect the life and health of workers. The employer shall arrange working facilities and create the most suitable labour conditions to protect workers from occupational accidents and diseases.
  • Décret no 96-203 du 7 mars 1996 relatif à la durée du travail. (Art. 41.1)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Direct Request 2020
  - 6.1.1 Requirement to access expert advice and/or support in health and safety
    Summary / Citation: Every employer shall ensure a health service for workers. This particular service includes a medical examination for new workers or for workers finishing the probationary period.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 43.1)
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 536))
    • Décret no 65-210 du 17 juin 1965 fixant les modalités d'exécution de l'obligation faite à l'employeur d'assurer un service médical ou sanitaire à ses travailleurs (PDF)
    • Décret no 65-210 du 17 juin 1965 fixant les modalités d'exécution de l'obligation faite à l'employeur d'assurer un service médical ou sanitaire à ses travailleurs.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Direct Request 2020
    - 6.1.1.1 Qualifications of experts or professional services
      Summary / Citation: Occupational doctors and nurses shall be certified by the Ministry of Labour after receiving the opinion of the Ministry of Health.
      In order to obtain the certification, doctors shall have graduated in medicine and nurses shall be in possession of a State diploma or technical certificate.
      • Décret no 65-210 du 17 juin 1965 fixant les modalités d'exécution de l'obligation faite à l'employeur d'assurer un service médical ou sanitaire à ses travailleurs (PDF)
      • Décret no 65-210 du 17 juin 1965 fixant les modalités d'exécution de l'obligation faite à l'employeur d'assurer un service médical ou sanitaire à ses travailleurs. (Art. 12)
      Related CEACR Comments
      • Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) Direct Request 2020
- 6.2 Appointment of an OSH practitioner
  No data available.
  - 6.2.1 Workforce size threshold for the appointment of OSH practitioners
    No data available.
7 Workers' rights and duties
- 7.1 Duty to take reasonable steps to protect their own safety and health
  Summary / Citation: Workers must comply with the instructions given on safety and health at work, correctly use the health and safety devices and refrain from modifying or removing them without permission from the employer.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 41.4)
- 7.2 Duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others
  Summary / Citation: Workers must comply with the instructions given on safety and health at work, correctly use the health and safety devices and refrain from modifying or removing them without permission from the employer.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 41.4)
- 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
  Summary / Citation: Workers must comply with the instructions given on safety and health at work, correctly use the health and safety devices and refrain from modifying or removing them without permission from the employer.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 41.4)
- 7.7 Right to enquire about risks and preventive measures
  No data available.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 7.8 Right to remove themselves from a dangerous situation
  No data available.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 7.9 Right to be reassigned to non-hazard work
  No data available.
  - 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: A Technical Advisory Committee for the study of OSH related issues shall be established.
  • Décret no 98-40 du 28 janvier 1998 relatif au Comité technique consultatif pour l'étude des questions intéressant l'Hygiène et la Sécurité des travailleurs (PDF)
  • Décret no 98-40 du 28 janvier 1998 relatif au Comité technique consultatif pour l'étude des questions intéressant l'Hygiène et la Sécurité des travailleurs. (Art. 1)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • 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 Technical Advisory Committee for the study of OSH related issues, shall give advice and formulate proposals and resolutions on all issues concerning occupational health and safety.
    • Décret no 98-40 du 28 janvier 1998 relatif au Comité technique consultatif pour l'étude des questions intéressant l'Hygiène et la Sécurité des travailleurs (PDF)
    • Décret no 98-40 du 28 janvier 1998 relatif au Comité technique consultatif pour l'étude des questions intéressant l'Hygiène et la Sécurité des travailleurs. (Art. 1)
  - 8.1.2 Constitution and chairmanship modalities
    Summary / Citation: The Technical Advisory Committee for the study of OSH related issues shall be composed in equal numbers of:
    - representatives of the Ministries of Public Health, Public Works, Agriculture, Technical Education and Vocational Training, Environment, Justice, Industry and Labour and Social law administrators;
    - workers’ representatives;
    - employers’ representatives.
    • Décret no 98-40 du 28 janvier 1998 relatif au Comité technique consultatif pour l'étude des questions intéressant l'Hygiène et la Sécurité des travailleurs (PDF)
    • Décret no 98-40 du 28 janvier 1998 relatif au Comité technique consultatif pour l'étude des questions intéressant l'Hygiène et la Sécurité des travailleurs. (Art. 2)
- 8.2 Employers’ duty to consult workers on risks
  Summary / Citation: Without prejudice of the responsibilities of the staff delegates, an OSH committee shall be established in all companies with more than fifty workers. The committee shall be composed of staff representatives and union delegates under the conditions laid down by decree.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 42.1, Art. 42.2, Art. 42.4.)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 8.3 Workers’ right to select their representatives for health and safety matters
  Summary / Citation: Without prejudice to the responsibilities of the staff delegates, an OSH committee shall be established in all companies with more than fifty workers. The committee shall be composed of staff representatives and union delegates under the conditions laid down by decree.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 42.1, Art. 42.2, Art. 42.4.)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 8.3.1 Workforce size conditions for workers’ representation in health and safety
    Summary / Citation: Without prejudice to the responsibilities of the staff delegates, an OSH committee shall be established in all companies with more than fifty workers.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 42.1)
  - 8.3.2 Conditions of eligibility to represent workers in health and safety
    No data available.
- 8.4 OSH representatives’ functions, rights and powers
  Sometimes.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 8.4.1 Right to inspect the workplace
    Summary / Citation: The OSH committee is responsible for conducting or participating in inspections at the workplace to ensure the implementation of laws, regulations and instructions concerning OSH, including compliance with regulations for the verification of machines, tools, installations, and protective equipment.
    Remarks / comments: The OSH committee shall be composed of staff representatives and union delegates
    • Décret no 96-206 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail. (Art. 2)
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 42.2)
  - 8.4.2 Right to access OSH information
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 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
    No data available.
  - 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.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 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.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 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: A committee on safety and health and working conditions shall be established in all companies with more than fifty workers.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 42.1)
  - 8.6.1 Participation of workers’ representatives in joint OSH committee
    Summary / Citation: The OSH committee shall be composed mainly of staff representatives and union delegates under the conditions laid down by decree.
    The OSH Committee is composed of:
    - the employer;
    - the security supervisor;
    - workers' representatives;
    - the doctor of the workplace;
    - the social assistant of the workplace;
    - the responsible for the training;
    - the secretary, appointed by the employer among the workers' representatives.
    
    The workers' representatives for the OSH Committee are elected by the workers, according to their technical OSH knowledge or skills.
    
    The number of workers representatives varies depending on the size of the workplace as follows:
    • 50 to 100 workers: 2 workers' representatives
    • 101 to 300 workers: 3 workers' representatives
    • 301 to 750 workers: 5 workers' representatives
    • 751 or more workers: 7 workers' representatives
    The list of members of the OSH Committee shall be posted in workshops and communicated to the Labour Inspector.
    • Décret no 96-206 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail. (Arts. 4-6)
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 42.2)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 8.6.2 Conditions for establishing a joint OSH committee
    Summary / Citation: A committee on safety and health and working conditions shall be established in all companies with more than fifty workers.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 42.1)
  - 8.6.3 Objectives, roles and/or functions of joint OSH committees
    Summary / Citation: The OSH committee shall study the OSH conditions at the workplace to ensure the health and safety of workers. The OSH committee shall monitor compliance with OSH laws and regulations and contribute on the awareness raising of workers on OSH.
    
    The OSH committee is responsible for:
    - contributing to the protection of the health and safety of all workers and to improve working conditions at the workplace;
    - conducting analysis of occupational risks which may affect workers;
    - conducting or participating in inspections at the workplace to ensure the implementation of laws, regulations and instructions concerning OSH, including compliance with regulations for the verification of machines, tools, installations, and protective equipment;
    - encouraging any initiative to promote the prevention of occupational risks, notably those related to safer methods and processes of work, selection and adaptation of materials, equipment and tools and the adjustment of workstations and working time;
    - ensuring and contributing to inform new workers, workers assigned to new tasks or new workstations, about the risks they may face and how to protect themselves;
    - ensuring that all necessary measures are taken to provide education, training and personal development in the OSH field.
    • Décret no 96-206 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail. (Art. 2)
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 42.4)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 8.6.4 Keeping record of the work of joint OSH committees
    Summary / Citation: The minutes of the meetings and the reports drafted by the secretary of the OSH Committee shall be sent to the Medical Inspection of Labour, the Labour Inspectorate and the Social Security (Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale -CNPS).
    • Décret no 96-206 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail. (Art. 8)
  - 8.6.5 Sharing the minutes of joint OSH committees meetings
    Summary / Citation: The minutes of the meetings and the reports drafted by the secretary of the OSH committee shall be sent to the Medical Inspection of Labour, the Labour Inspectorate and the Social Security (Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale -CNPS).
    • Décret no 96-206 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail. (Art. 8)
- 8.7 Mandatory training for members of joint OSH committee(s)
  Summary / Citation: Members of the OSH committee shall receive the necessary training to perform their duties. The funding for this training is at the expense of the employer.
  
  • Décret no 96-206 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail. (Art. 16)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 8.8 Protection against reprisals
  Summary / Citation: Those obstructing the appointment of the OSH committee members or the regular course of their duties could be fined or even imprisoned from two months to one year.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 100.5)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 8.9 Immunity from civil and criminal liability for exercising OSH related rights and duties
  Summary / Citation: The representatives of workers that are members of the OSH committee enjoy the same protection provisions as other workers' representatives and union delegates related to labour dismissal (the dismissal is subject to prior authorization of the labor inspector).
  • Décret no 96-206 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail. (Art. 14)
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 61.7, Art. 62.3)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
9 Specific hazards or risks
- 9.1 Biological hazards
  Summary / Citation: Particular hygiene measures are required in institutions whose staff is exposed to carbonaceous infections.
  
  • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 421-430)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 9.2 Chemical hazards
  Sometimes.
  - 9.2.1 Handling, storage, labelling and use
    Summary / Citation: Special precautions shall be taken for the protection of workers who perform painting or varnishing spraying work or those working with lead poisoning and benzole.
    
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 280-301 Art. 4D 302-318 Art. 4D 444-469)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
    • Chemicals Convention, 1990 (No. 170) Direct Request 2021
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Observation 2010
    • 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
    Summary / Citation: Manufacturers, suppliers and importers of chemicals do not have a duty in relation to the safety and health of users. However, the Labour Code sets out that a decree might eventually limit, regulate or prohibit the manufacture, sale, import, transfer and the employment of machinery, hazardous substances and preparations that are dangerous for workers.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 41.5)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
    • Chemicals Convention, 1990 (No. 170) Direct Request 2021
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Observation 2010
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Direct Request 2016
  - 9.2.3 Pesticides
    No data available.
- 9.3 Ergonomic hazards
  Summary / Citation: The appropriate seat, chair, bench or stool shall be available to every worker.
  • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 25-26)
- 9.4 Physical hazards
  Sometimes.
  - 9.4.1 Ionising radiation
    Yes.
    • Loi n° 98-593 du 10 novembre 1998 relative à la protection contre les rayonnements ionisants et à la sûreté nucléaire (PDF)
    • Loi n° 98-593 du 10 novembre 1998 relative à la protection contre les rayonnements ionisants et à la sûreté nucléaire. (Arts. 1-16)
  - 9.4.2 Vibration and noise
    Summary / Citation: A decree shall determine the general measures of protection and safety for all workplaces, including aspects such as noise and vibration.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 41.5)
  - 9.4.3 Working at height
    Summary / Citation: There are provisions concerning scaffolds, footbridges, corbelled floors, platforms at height, service scales, elevator devices, stilts and platforms, scales, gateway, laying service stairs and work on roofs and structures.
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 40 Art. 4D 42 Art. 4D 44-53 Art. 4D 143-165)
  - 9.4.4 Working in confined spaces
    Summary / Citation: There are provisions concerning underground works.
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 106-114)
  - 9.4.5 Risks arising from poor maintenance of workplace facilities
    Summary / Citation: There are provisions concerning the maintenance of machines.
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 98-105)
  - 9.4.6 Exposure to extreme temperatures
    Yes.
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 17 Art. 4D 27)
  - 9.4.7 Fire risks
    Yes.
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 29-39 Art. 4D 201-203)
  - 9.4.8 Tobacco
    Yes.
    • DECRET N° 2012-980 du 10 OCTOBRE 2012 PORTANT INTERDICTION DE FUMER DANS LES LIEUX PUBLICS ET LES TRANSPORTS EN COMMUN (Art. 2)
  - 9.4.9 Asbestos
    No data available.
  - 9.4.10 Risks related to nanotechnology
    No data available.
  - 9.4.11 Contraction of HIV in the workplace
    No data available.
- 9.5 Psychosocial hazards
  - 9.5.1 Psychosocial risks
    Summary / Citation: The Labour Code requires employers to take all the necessary measure according to the operating conditions of workplace to protect the life and health of workers.
    Remarks / comments: Psychosocial risks are not specifically mentioned.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 41.1)
  - 9.5.2 Occupational violence
    No data available.
- 9.6 Other hazardous substances
  Summary / Citation: There are provisions concerning dust and inconvenient, unhealthy or toxic gas.
  • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 13)
- 9.7 Machineries
  - 9.7.1 Risks related to machinery and tools
    Yes.
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 54-69 Art. 4D 249-279)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 9.7.2 Duty of designers and/or manufacturers of machineries in relation to the occupational safety and health of operators of machineries
    Summary / Citation: Designers and/or manufacturers of machinery do not have a duty in relation to the occupational safety and health of machinery's operators. However, the Labour Code sets out that a decree might eventually limit, regulate or prohibit the manufacture, sale, import, transfer and the employment of machinery, hazardous substances and preparations that are dangerous for workers.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 41.5)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 9.7.3 Duty of designers, manufacturers, importers or suppliers of machineries to provide machineries information
    Summary / Citation: Designers, manufacturers, importers or suppliers of machinery do not have a duty to provide machinery information. However, the Labour Code sets out that a decree might eventually limit, regulate or prohibit the manufacture, sale, import, transfer and the employment of machinery, hazardous substances and preparations that are dangerous for workers.
    • Décret no 95-307 du 1er mars 1995 modifiant le livre IV du Code du travail. (Art. 41.5)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 9.7.4 Duty to purchase machineries from authorised/certificated suppliers or only if approved/certificated
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 9.7.5 Maintenance of machinery and equipment
    Yes.
    • Décret no 67-321 du 21 juillet 1967 portant codification des dispositions réglementaires prises pour l'application du Titre VI "Hygiène et Sécurité - Service médical" de la loi no 64-290 du 1er août 1964 portant Code du travail. (Art. 4D 50 Art. 4D 54)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
    - 9.7.5.1 List of equipment where applicable
      No data available.
      Related CEACR Comments
      • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 9.8 Provisions to protect workers in specific condition of vulnerability
  Yes.
  - 9.8.1 Protection of pregnancy at work
    Summary / Citation: The employer shall not take into consideration the pregnancy of a worker to refuse to hire her or terminate the employment contract during the trial period.
    
    It is forbidden for an employer to dismiss a worker during pregnancy and during the twelve weeks after childbirth.
    
    Every pregnant worker whose condition has been medically verified may terminate the employment contract without notice and without thereby paying a compensation for the breach of contract. The same possibility exists to the mother during the lactating period.
    
    In view of the state of pregnancy, and without such state being a reason for dimissal, every woman has the right to suspend work for a period of 14 consecutive weeks, from which 8 have to be taken after the birth. This suspension can be extended up to another 3 weeks in case of illness, duly medically certified, arising from the pregnancy or the birth.
    
    Where the confinement occurs before the due date, the rest period shall be extended so that the worker receives the full 14 weeks of leave to which she is entitled.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 23.2, Art. 23.5)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Observation 2010
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Direct Request 2016
  - 9.8.2 Protection of lactating women at work
    Summary / Citation: For a period of 15 months following the birth of the child the mother shall be entitled to nursing breaks. The total duration of the breaks shall not exceed one hour per day.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 23.7)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Observation 2010
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Direct Request 2016
  - 9.8.3 Limits to women’s access to specific occupations, undertakings or shifts
    Summary / Citation: The labour inspector may order an examination by an approved medical practitioner of women and young persons at certain workplaces, in order to ascertain that the work assigned is not beyond their strength. The concerned workers (women and young workers) may also require the labour inspectorate for the examinations.
    A woman or a young worker may not be kept on any job which has been found to be beyond their strength, and shall be transferred to a more suitable work. If this is not possible, the contract could be terminated with compensation.
    No pregnant or breastfeeding mothers shall be employed in positions where intoxication due to benzene is possible.
    • Décret no 95-307 du 1er mars 1995 modifiant le livre IV du Code du travail. (Art. 5)
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 23.9)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45) Direct Request 2010
  - 9.8.4 Limits to workers’ access to specific occupations, undertakings or shifts by reason of age
    Summary / Citation: The minimum working age is 14 years.
    
    The labour inspector may order an examination by an approved medical practitioner of women and young persons at certain workplaces, in order to ascertain that the work assigned is not beyond their strength. The concerned workers (women and young workers) can also go through the labour inspectorate to require the examinations.
    
    A woman or a young worker may not be kept on any job which has been found to be beyond their strength, and must be transferred to more suitable work. If this is not possible, the contract could be terminated with compensation.
    
    Children under the age of 14 admitted as apprentices or in process of pre-professional training cannot, in any case, occupy any post during the period of night work, and in general, not even during a period of 15 hours, from 17h until 08h of the following day.
    
    Young workers between 14 and 18 years cannot be occupied in a work position during a period of at least 12 consecutive hours, from 18h until 06h of the following day.
    
    However, once they are apprentices or in a pre-professional or professional training, or employed, and whenever it seems necessary, profitable or without danger to their health, the Labour Inspector can authorize the work of the young workers foreseen in the preceding paragraph, to the limit of one hour before the beginning or the end of the mentioned interval (18h - 06h).
    
    These authorizations are subject to permanent control by the local Labour Inspectorate and can be revoked in case of non-compliance.
    • Arrêté n° 2017-017 MEPS/CAB du 02 Juin 2017 déterminant la liste des traveaux dangereux interdits aux enfants
    • Arrêté n° 2017-016 MEPS/CAB du 02 jUIN 2017 déterminant la liste des traveaux légers autorisés aux enfants dont l'age est compris entre 13 et 16 ans
    • Décret no 96-204 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au travail de nuit. (Art. 4.3)
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 23.9)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Observation 2021
    • Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Direct Request 2014
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.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 10.1.1 Work-related accidents
    Summary / Citation: At least once a year, employers shall submit a written report to the OSH committee on the assessment of the general situation on health and safety and on working conditions during the previous year. The report shall also provide information about the statistics concerning occupational accidents and diseases.
    • Décret no 96-206 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail. (Art. 11)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 10.1.2 Near miss incidents
    No data available.
  - 10.1.3 Occupational diseases
    Summary / Citation: At least once a year, employers shall submit a written report to the OSH committee on the assessment of the general situation on health and safety and on working conditions during the previous year. The report shall also provide information about the statistics concerning occupational accidents and diseases.
    • Décret no 96-206 du 7 mars 1996 relatif au comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail. (Art. 11)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 10.2 Employers’ duty to notify OSH authorities of work related death and/or injuries to health
  Summary / Citation: Employers are required to report to the Social Security (Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale -CNPS) within 48 hours any occupational accident or disease at workplace.
  The declaration may be made by the worker or his/her representatives.
  Regarding occupational diseases, the date of the first medical diagnosis of the disease is considered as the date of the accident.
  • Loi n° 99-477 du 2 août 1999 portant modification du Code de prévoyance sociale. (Art. 71, Art. 123)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2013
  • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2016
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
11 OSH inspection and enforcement of OSH legislation
- 11.1 Appointment of OSH inspectors
  Summary / Citation: The Labour Inspectorate is responsible mainly for all questions relating to the worker’s working conditions and the professional and employment relations.
  • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 91.1)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
- 11.2 OSH inspectors’ powers
  Yes.
  - 11.2.1 Power to enter workplaces
    Summary / Citation: The labour inspectors have the power to enter freely and without notice, at any time of the day or the night, in every establishment subject to the control of the Labour Inspectorate.
    The labour inspector, shall inform the employer or his/her representative of his/her presence, unless he/she thinks that such notice risks to prejudice the efficiency of the control.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 91.5.a)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2013
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2016
  - 11.2.2 Power to inspect and carry out any examination, test or enquiry
    Summary / Citation: The labour inspectors have the power to:
    - proceed with all examinations, controls or investigations necessary to ensure compliance with legal provisions;
    - to interview witnesses or anyone whose testimony may be useful;
    - to take or remove, for purposes of analysis, samples of materials and substances used or handled.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 91.5.e Art. 91.5.i Art. 91.5.iv)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2013
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2016
  - 11.2.3 Power to investigate
    Summary / Citation: The labour inspectors have the power to:
    - proceed with all examinations, controls or investigations necessary to ensure compliance with legal provisions;
    - to interview witnesses or anyone whose testimony may be useful;
    - to take or remove, for purposes of analysis, samples of materials and substances used or handled.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 91.5.e Art. 91.5.i Art. 91.5.iv)
  - 11.2.4 Duty to provide advice on OSH
    Summary / Citation: The labour inspector may, before iniciate a procedure, provide notice or advise the employer.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 91.4)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2013
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2016
- 11.3 OSH inspectors’ enforcement powers
  Sometimes.
  - 11.3.1 Power to issue orders or notices
    Summary / Citation: The labour inspector may, before iniciate a procedure, provide notice or advise the employer.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 91.4)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2013
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2016
  - 11.3.2 Power to impose financial penalties
    No data available.
  - 11.3.3 Power to revoke or suspend licenses or authorisations
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2013
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2016
  - 11.3.4 Power to require the cessation of dangerous work
    Summary / Citation: In cases of emergency, the labour inspector shall order immediately enforceable measures to stop any imminent danger to the health or safety of workers.
    
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 91.4)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2013
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2016
  - 11.3.5 Power to initiate prosecutions
    Yes.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 91.4)
  - 11.3.6 Power to conduct prosecutions
    No data available.
  - 11.3.7 Other enforcement powers
    No data available.
- 11.4 Application of sanctions by courts
  Sometimes.
  - 11.4.1 Financial penalties for legal persons
    Summary / Citation: The courts may impose financial penalties from 10.000 FCFA to 100.000 FCFA (from US$ 19 to US$ 199), and in case of recidivism the financial penalty may not exceed 50 times the maximum rate.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 100.5, Art. 100.7)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 11.4.2 Financial penalties for natural persons
    Summary / Citation: The courts may impose financial penalties from 10.000 FCFA to 100.000 FCFA (from US$ 19 to US$ 199), and in case of recidivism the financial penalty may not exceed 50 times the maximum rate.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 100.5, Art. 100.7)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 11.4.3 Non-financial sanctions
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 11.4.4 Criminal liability
    Summary / Citation: The crime of manslaughter is provided for in the Criminal Code.
    • Loi no 81-640 du 31 juillet 1981 instituant le Code pénal. (Art. 353)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020
  - 11.4.5 Terms of imprisonment for natural persons
    Summary / Citation: The courts may impose imprisonment from 2 months to 1 year for non-compliance with OSH legislation.
    • Loi no 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 portant Code du travail. (Art. 100.5, Art. 100.7)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Direct Request 2020

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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