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Cuba - 2013

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1 Description of national OSH regulatory framework
- 1.1 Description of OSH regulatory framework
  Summary/citation: The Labour Code contains provisions related to OSH. Cuba also has a specific OSH law which dates from 1977 and its Regulations which date from 1982.
  
  In the recent years new resolutions have been adopted in the OSH field. Resolution 39/2007 on General Basis for Safety and Health at Work has been issued in order to give full expression of Convention No. 155 and Convention No. 187, both ratified by Cuba. Every workplace must have an OSH Manual according to the latest. The content index of the OSH Manual is determined in the Resolution which also establishes a list of specific measures related to specific hazards and risks which have to be obligatory complied with at every workplace. Every workplace has to develop and implement its own OSH Manual observing all law provisions.
  
  There are other recently adopted Resolutions governing OSH inspection, infringements and sanctions which date from 2007. Infringements in the OSH field are also explicitly addressed in the Criminal Law.
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo.
  • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo.
  • Decreto núm. 101 por el que se expide el reglamento general de la ley de protección e higiene del trabajo.
  • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo
  • Official Website of the Environment Agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
  • Official State Gazette
  • Official Website of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security
2 Scope, coverage and exclusions
- 2.1 Health and safety covers physical and psychological health
  Summary/citation: The objective of the occupational hygiene is to prevent professional diseases and to ensure hygienic and healthy working conditions by doing research and studies and by controlling the health, hygiene and psychophysiological aspects of the working environment.
  (Ley núm. 13 de Protección e Higiene del Trabajo, § 7)
  
  OSH aims to ensure the safety and health and to achieve the physical, mental and social development of the workers.
  (Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, § 1)
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 1)
  • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 7)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 2.2 Definition of worker
  - 2.2.1 Coverage of particular categories of workers
    Yes.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
    - 2.2.1.1 Migrant workers
      Summary/citation: The provisions contained in the leading OSH Law are applicable to employees engaged in the public and private sector. No worker category is excluded by the Law.
      • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 3, Additional Disposition)
      Related CEACR Comments
      • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
    - 2.2.1.2 Domestic workers
      Summary/citation: The provisions contained in the leading OSH Law are applicable to employees engaged in the public and private sector. No worker category is excluded by the Law.
      • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 3, Additional Disposition)
      Related CEACR Comments
      • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
    - 2.2.1.3 Home workers
      Summary/citation: The provisions contained in the leading OSH Law are applicable to employees engaged in the public and private sector. No worker category is excluded by the Law.
      • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 3, Additional Disposition)
      Related CEACR Comments
      • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
    - 2.2.1.4 Self-employed persons
      Summary/citation: The provisions contained in the leading OSH Law are applicable to employees engaged in the public and private sector.
      (Ley núm. 13 de Protección e Higiene del Trabajo, § 3 and the Additional Disposition)
      
      OSH Rules are also applied to people who occasionally access the workplace in order to perform their duties.
      (Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, § 2)
      • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 2)
      • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 3, Additional Disposition)
- 2.3 Definition of employer
  Summary/citation: Not defined in the leading OSH legislation, but the Labour Code considers employers the following bodies:
  a) Bodies of central state administration, state bodies or, where appropriate, their administrative offices and other units;
  b) State-owned enterprises and unions of state enterprises;
  c) Enterprises and units under political or social organizations;
  ch) Agricultural production cooperatives and their organizations;
  d) Companies in the private sector;
  e) Any other legal capacity to establish employment relations.
  • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 7 )
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94) Direct Request 2017
- 2.4 Exclusion of branches of economic activity
  No.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 2.4.1 Agriculture
    Summary/citation: Included. The provisions contained in the leading OSH Law are applicable to employees engaged in the public and private sector.
    • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 3, Additional Disposition)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 2.4.2 Construction
    Summary/citation: Included. The provisions contained in the leading OSH Law are applicable to employees engaged in the public and private sector.
    • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 3, Additional Disposition)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 2.4.3 Services
    Summary/citation: Included. The provisions contained in the leading OSH Law are applicable to employees engaged in the public and private sector.
    • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 3, Additional Disposition)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 2.4.4 Public sector
    Summary/citation: Included. The provisions contained in the leading OSH Law are applicable to employees engaged in the public and private sector.
    • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 3, Additional Disposition)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
    • Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94) Direct Request 2017
  - 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
    No data available.
  - 2.6.2 Mechanism for compensating other diseases as occupational ones
    No data available.
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 law provides that the governing bodies of the OSH System are the Labour and Social Security State Committee of the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Interior.
  • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 2)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Direct Request 2017
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 3.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions
    Summary/citation: The governing bodies are responsible for implementing and controlling the Government policies on OSH and all OSH legal requirements. The governing bodies are responsible for legislating, carrying out scientific and technical research, carrying out inspections, providing advice and promoting that technicians obtain the necessary training.
    • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§§ 19-26)
  - 3.1.2 Chairperson and composition
    No data available.
- 3.2 National OSH research programme or institute
  Remarks / comments: There is not any provision requiring a specific OSH knowledge/research body, but the law provides that the Ministry of Education is responsible for providing training on OSH to promote safe habits at the workplace amongst students and to ensure that there are graduates in this field (§ 27).
  
  The law also provides that the Central Authorities are responsible for providing training to the workforce (§ 30).
  
  The law also establishes that Cuba’s Workers Union has responsibilities over training and education on OSH issues (§ 69).
  
  • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§§ 27, 30, 69)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Direct Request 2017
  - 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 2017
  - 3.3.1 Consultation on the national OSH programme
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
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: Workers are entitled to require the employer to ensure safe and healthy working conditions (§ 196).
  
  Employers are obliged to ensure safe and healthy working conditions, systematically improve them, adopt preventive measures to avoid accidents and diseases and to comply with all OSH legislation (§ 197).
  • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§§ 196 - 197)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 4.2 Duty to protect the health and safety of people other than their own employees
  Summary/citation: OSH Rules are also applied to students who are completing an internship/apprenticeship and to people who occasionally access the workplace in order to perform their duties.
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 2)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 4.3 Collaboration among two or more employers at the same workplace
  Summary/citation: When one labour entity is providing a service to another entity, the entity that provides the service, in coordination with the entity that receives it, carries on the process of identification, assessment and control of risks and adopts the necessary measures, by agreement, to address them, which must be endorsed by the contractual relationship between the parties.
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 35)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 4.4 Surveillance of workers’ health in relation to work
  Summary / Citation: If as a result of the risk assessment it is proved that work conditions may cause harm to the health of workers, regular checks for working conditions and health of workers shall be carried out, including regular medical examinations and adoption of the necessary measures to prevent the participation of students.
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 37)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 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 are required to perform medical check-ups on workers, and workers have the obligation to take the tests (Código de Trabajo, § 202; Ley de Protección e Hygiene del Trabajo, § 32(l)).
  
  Workers will take medical examinations at least every three years (Resolución 39/2007 Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, Annex II, § 10(7)(4)).
  
  There is an entire Section which governs medical examinations (Reglamento General de la Ley de Protección e Hygiene del Trabajo, §§ 95-109).
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 10(7)(4))
  • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 202)
  • Decreto núm. 101 por el que se expide el reglamento general de la ley de protección e higiene del trabajo. (§§ 95-109)
  • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 32(l))
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 4.6 Duty to provide personal protective equipment
  Summary / Citation: Employers must provide workers with free PPE.
  • Resolución núm. 32/2001 por la que se crea el Centro de Registro y Aprobación de los Equipos de Protección Personal.
  • Decreto núm. 101 por el que se expide el reglamento general de la ley de protección e higiene del trabajo. (§ 75)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 4.7 Duty to ensure the usage of personal protective equipment
  Summary / Citation: The employer is required to provide the PPE, and the worker is obliged to use it, but the employer has no further obligations than to maintain it in good state.
  • Resolución núm. 32/2001 por la que se crea el Centro de Registro y Aprobación de los Equipos de Protección Personal.
  • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 201)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 4.8 Duty to provide first-aid and welfare facilities
  Yes.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 4.8.1 Arrangements for first-aid
    Summary / Citation: Employers are required to maintain, regardless of the number of workers per shift, a properly installed and enabled first aid kit.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 10(7)(6)(e))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 4.8.2 Sanitary installations
    Summary / Citation: Employers are required to provide adequate toilets, urinals, sinks, showers and lockers for female and male workers. The number of the sanitary facilities will depend on the number of workers in the workplace.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 10(6)(9)-(12))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 4.8.3 Drinking water
    Summary / Citation: Employers have to make drinking water available to workers.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 10(6)(20)-(21))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 4.8.4 Rest and eating areas
    Summary / Citation: The employer must provide workers with equipped eating areas.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 10(6)(18))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
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 has the obligation to produce a written OSH policy in consultation with workers and their representatives, which must contain at least principles and objectives (§ 16(a)).
    
    Security policy is part of the OSH Manual which every labour entity must elaborate. The content of such a policy is not determined in the Law (§ 17 AnnexI(1)).
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§§ 16(a), 17, Annex I(1))
  - 5.1.2 Appointment of a person for health and safety
    Summary/citation: The person responsible of OSH at the workplace is the employer who can delegate its functions to another person in order to ensure that the OSH Management System in the workplace is accurately implemented.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 14)
  - 5.1.3 Written risk assessment
    Summary/citation: The law provides that the process of identifying, assessing and controlling risks is completed with the participation of both, workers and managers of these processes and working areas with the aim to achieve a risk management that will lead to the continuous improvement of working conditions. Nevertheless the law does not provide that the risk assessment must be written.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 34)
  - 5.1.4 Safe operating work systems and procedures
    Summary/citation: The employer is required to ensure safe and healthy working conditions, to systematically improve them, to take appropriate measures to prevent occupational accidents and diseases and to comply with the OSH rules (Código de Trabajo, § 197).
    
    The employer is the person responsible for OSH who has to ensure that the OSH Management System is implemented properly and that it contains the identification of hazards, risk assessment and control in all areas, activities and jobs that affect or may affect the safety or health of workers, the environment, facilities or services provided to third parties (Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, § 14).
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 14)
    • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 197)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 5.1.5 Training and information on risks
    Summary/citation: The law requires the employer to provide training to workers on OSH, and any preventive measure that workers shall take while performing their work.
    • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 200)
    • Decreto núm. 101 por el que se expide el reglamento general de la ley de protección e higiene del trabajo. (§ 49)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 5.1.6 Review or assessment of the results of preventive measures
    Summary/citation: The employer has the obligation to audit the efficiency of the OSH Management System.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 16(g))
  - 5.1.7 Consultation with workers in health and safety
    Summary/citation: The law provides that the union has a right to participate in the design of measures to ensure a safe and healthy workplace and that they are entitled to provide their views on the existing needs and priorities (Ley núm. 13 de Protección e Higiene del Trabajo, § 13).
    
    The law provides that workers should participate in the identification, assessment and control of risks at the workplace ((Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, § 33).
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 33)
    • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 13)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 5.2 Obligation to implement a specific OSH management system or standard
  Summary/citation: The employer has an obligation to take the necessary steps to gradually implement an OSH Management System which includes as components policy, organization, planning, evaluation and action plan in order to continuously improve the working conditions and make them appropriate to the nature of the risks.
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 16)
6 Employers’ duty to ensure availability of expertise and competence in health and safety
- 6.1 OSH competence
  No data available.
  - 6.1.1 Requirement to access expert advice and/or support in health and safety
    No data available.
    - 6.1.1.1 Qualifications of experts or professional services
      No data available.
- 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 are only required to comply with OSH legislation and use PPE.
  • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 151)
- 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
  Summary / Citation: Workers are required to comply with OSH legislation.
  • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 34)
- 7.7 Right to enquire about risks and preventive measures
  Summary / Citation: Workers representatives participate in the drafting of OSH plan and measures to improve OSH conditions in the workplace.
  • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 199)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 7.8 Right to remove themselves from a dangerous situation
  Summary / Citation: The worker who considers that his/her life is in danger due to the fact that
  relevant protective measures have not been applied has the right to stop performing his/her tasks until the risks are eliminated. Meanwhile the worker has the obligation to perform another work that he/she is assigned to.
  • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 209)
  • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 44)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 7.9 Right to be reassigned to non-hazard work
  Summary / Citation: If a reduction in the ability of the worker to perform the usual tasks that the job involve is caused by an illness or accident, the worker must be prequalified and must be offered a suitable position, taking into consideration the worker's capacity, preferably in the work centre where the worker usually perform.
  • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 42)
  - 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 National OSH Working Group and OSH Working Groups at provincial and local level are created in order to develop and propose a strategy on Occupational Safety and Health and monitor its compliance.
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 7)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) Direct Request 2017
  - 8.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions
    Summary / Citation: The National OSH Working Group has the following functions:
    1 - prepare and propose national strategies, based on the guidelines set by the state and state diagnostics on safety and health at work in the country;
    2 - evaluate the status of safety and health at work in organisms and territories;
    3 - inform the higher organs of the State and the Government on the implementation of the guidelines on OSH;
    4 - perform comprehensive visits to institutions in order to check the status of implementation of prevention programs and compliance strategies;
    5 - call organisms to meetings in order to inform about the implementation of strategies and guidelines that each organism has approved, and about accidents and occupational diseases;
    6 - request a review of the policy and legislation related to OSH.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§§ 9-10)
  - 8.1.2 Constitution and chairmanship modalities
    Summary / Citation: The working groups at all levels (national provincial, and local) are integrated by trepresentatives from the governing bodies of the OSH System, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Cuba’s Workers Union. The law foresees that other representatives may be invited.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 8)
- 8.2 Employers’ duty to consult workers on risks
  Summary / Citation: The Law requires employers to consult with workers when preparing the OSH policy (§ 16(a)).
  
  The Law provides that the process of identifying, assessing and controlling risks must be completed with the participation of both, workers and managers of these processes and working areas with the aim to achieve a risk management that will lead to the continuous improvement of working conditions (§ 33).
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§§ 16(a), 33)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 8.3 Workers’ right to select their representatives for health and safety matters
  Remarks / comments: The right of workers to elect OSH representatives is not explicitly established in the Law. Nevertheless the Labour Code enshrines the freedom of association. In this respect every worker has the right to become member of a staff union. According to art. 6 of the Resolution 39/2007 on General Basis for Safety and Health at Work national staff unions at all levels are entitled to participate in all OSH-related activities, in alignment with the law. Therefore workers are represented in OSH through staff union representatives.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 8.3.1 Workforce size conditions for workers’ representation in health and safety
    No data available.
  - 8.3.2 Conditions of eligibility to represent workers in health and safety
    No data available.
- 8.4 OSH representatives’ functions, rights and powers
  Summary / Citation: The Cuban Workers Union and national staff unions at all levels are entitled to participate in all OSH-related activities, in alignment with the law.
  Remarks / comments: This provision is very broad and could include participation in any OSH related activities (i.e. inspections)
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 6)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 8.4.1 Right to inspect the workplace
    Summary / Citation: The trade union has the right to demand the compliance with OSH rules through OSH inspections carried on by it. It has the right to participate in the investigation and analysis of occupational accidents and diseases.
    • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§ 35(c),(g))
  - 8.4.2 Right to access OSH information
    Summary / Citation: The law provides that workers have the right to receive initial and periodical instructions on OSH; the law also provides that they have the right to receive information on the results of OSH inspections through the staff union.
    • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§§ 33(b),(ch))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 8.4.3 Right to be present at interviews
    Remarks / comments: Even it is not explicitly regulated by the Law, it may fall under the application of article 6 of Resolution 39/2007 on General Basis for Safety and Health at Work.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 6)
  - 8.4.4 Right to receive professional assistance from OSH experts
    No data available.
  - 8.4.5 Right to accompany inspectors
    Remarks / comments: Even it is not explicitly regulated by the Law, it may fall under the application of article 6 of Resolution 39/2007 on General Basis for Safety and Health at Work.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 6)
  - 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
    Summary / Citation: The trade union is allowed to cease all work and stop machinery when there is an imminent danger to cause an accident.
    • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 306)
- 8.5 Right of workers’ representatives from outside the undertaking to address OSH issues at the workplace
  Summary / Citation: The Cuban Workers Union and national staff unions at all levels are entitled to participate in all OSH-related activities, in alignment with the law.
  Remarks / comments: This provision is broad and could include the rights to enter the workplace, investigate suspected contraventions of the OSH legislation, consult with workers and advise workers. Nevertheless these rights are not explicitly covered by the Law.
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 6)
  - 8.5.1 Right to enter the workplace
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 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) Observation 2010
  - 8.5.4 Right to advise workers
    No data available.
  - 8.5.5 Right to initiate enforcement action
    Summary / Citation: The trade union can require the compliance with OSH rules in force.
    • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 199)
- 8.6 Joint OSH Committee
  Summary / Citation: The Law does not provide that it is mandatory to establish an OSH Committee. Instead it indicates that an OSH Committee may be created in workplaces with more than 25 workers.
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 24)
  - 8.6.1 Participation of workers’ representatives in joint OSH committee
    Summary / Citation: The Committee has a trade union member among others.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 25)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 8.6.2 Conditions for establishing a joint OSH committee
    Summary / Citation: An OSH Committee may be created in workplaces with more than 25 workers.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 24)
  - 8.6.3 Objectives, roles and/or functions of joint OSH committees
    Summary / Citation: The function of the OSH Committee is to coordinate OSH activities and ensure that they are adequately developed.
    (§ 24)
    
    The OSH Committee is composed by:
    - the Chairperson who is the employer/manager of the labour entity/enterprise
    - OSH expert who serves as coordinator of the Committee's activities;
    - the specialist responsible for workers' health care at the workplace.
    - the person responsible for fire protection system;
    - the representative of the Staff Union;
    - the person responsible for security and physical protection;
    (§ 25)
    
    Its powers, rights and obligations are defined by the law as follows:
    a) analyse and evaluate OSH action plans and risk prevention programs, training plans and other OSH related documents.
    b) participates in the analysis of occupational accidents, proposing corrective and preventive measures.
    c) participate in the analysis of the OSH budget related to the elimination of occupational hazards;
    d) participate in the evaluation of workers who don't respect safety and health standards;
    e) analyse new projects, changes in technology, planning or organization of work and aspects regarding the training and capacity building.
    (§ 29)
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§§ 24, 25, 29)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 8.6.4 Keeping record of the work of joint OSH committees
    Summary / Citation: The law requires that meetings are recorded and minutes are signed by the Committee's president and a representative of the union.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 30)
  - 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.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 8.8 Protection against reprisals
  Summary / Citation: Trade unions leaders cannot be transferred or dismissed on the basis of their union activities when they have been carried out in accordance with the law and the collective agreement.
  • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 19)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 8.9 Immunity from civil and criminal liability for exercising OSH related rights and duties
  No data available.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
9 Specific hazards or risks
- 9.1 Biological hazards
  No data available.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 9.2 Chemical hazards
  Yes.
  - 9.2.1 Handling, storage, labelling and use
    Summary / Citation: There is a number of legal provisions regarding hazardous chemical substances.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 10(4))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 9.2.2 Duty of manufacturers, suppliers and importers of chemicals in relation to the safety and health of users
    Summary / Citation: The manufacturer, importer, distributor and supplier of chemicals are required to deliver to the customer, free of charge, a safety data sheet for each chemical, which must contain the following information:
    a) identification of the chemicals manufacturer;
    b) information on ingredients (composition);
    c) identification of hazards;
    d) measures for first aid;
    e) measures in case of fire;
    f) measures in case of accidental release;
    g) handling and storage;
    h) exposure controls and personal protection;
    i) physical and chemical properties;
    j) stability and reactivity;
    k) toxicological information;
    l) ecological information;
    m) information about the disposition of the product;
    n) transport information;
    o) regulatory information,
    p) other information.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 10(4)(4))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 9.2.3 Pesticides
    No data available.
- 9.3 Ergonomic hazards
  Summary / Citation: Ergonomics are mentioned as a science to be taken into consideration in the OSH protection but there are not any further specific provisions in this respect.
  The design and construction of guards of machinery, equipment and tools must meet basic ergonomic principles, so as to ensure the safety and health of workers throughout the process of working with them.
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 1, Annex II § 8(1)(2))
- 9.4 Physical hazards
  Sometimes.
  - 9.4.1 Ionising radiation
    Summary / Citation: There is a specific Resolution issued by the Ministry of Environment on the exposure to ionising radiation.
    • Resolución núm. 25/98 por la que se aprueba el reglamento de autorización de prácticas asociadas al empleo de las radiaciones ionizantes
  - 9.4.2 Vibration and noise
    Summary / Citation: There is a specific section which covers vibration and noise.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 10(2))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148) Observation 2006
    • Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148) Direct Request 2015
  - 9.4.3 Working at height
    Summary / Citation: Working at height risks are addressed in a number of provisions regarding buildings and premises, stairs, new constructions, elevators and forklifts.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, §§ 2-5)
  - 9.4.4 Working in confined spaces
    Summary / Citation: Every workplace must provide a space of at least two square meters per worker and there must be at least one meter distance between the machines.
    
    The space assigned to each equipment or machinery is indicated on the floor. The main and auxiliary corridors assigned to the use of workers must be at least one meter wide.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, §§ 2(3),(4))
  - 9.4.5 Risks arising from poor maintenance of workplace facilities
    Summary / Citation: There is a specific section which covers maintenance and cleanliness of the workplace.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 7)
  - 9.4.6 Exposure to extreme temperatures
    Summary / Citation: There is a specific section which covers ventilation, temperature and humidity at the workplace. With regard to the exposure to extreme temperatures the law indicates that in workplaces subject to high temperatures, the effects of these temperatures shall be reduced by any artificial ventilation system or insulation of the ceilings, walls and floors.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 10(1))
  - 9.4.7 Fire risks
    Summary / Citation: There is a specific section on protective measures against fire.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 9(2))
  - 9.4.8 Tobacco
    Summary / Citation: The Law establishes that the prevention programs must include protective measures against toxic habits.
    
    The Occupational Safety Manual of every workplace must define the preventive measures which must be taken against smoking and the way the preventive program will be designed in this regard.
    • Resolución núm. 51/2008 que aprueba la metodología para la elaboración del Manual de Seguridad en el Trabajo (§ 7- Atención a la salud ocupacional.)
  - 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
    Summary / Citation: The Law establishes that the prevention programs must include protective measures against HIV-AIDS at the workplace.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (§ 36)
- 9.5 Psychosocial hazards
  No data available.
  - 9.5.1 Psychosocial risks
    No data available.
  - 9.5.2 Occupational violence
    No data available.
- 9.6 Other hazardous substances
  Summary / Citation: There is a number of legal provisions regarding cylinders for hazardous gases and steam boilers.
  • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, §§ 8(6),(8))
- 9.7 Machineries
  Sometimes.
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 9.7.1 Risks related to machinery and tools
    Summary / Citation: There is a specific section which covers machinery and tools.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 10(8))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 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: There is a specific section in the leading OSH rules which covers machinery labelling.
    Remarks / comments: It is not explicitly conceived as a duty upon designers but since mentioned provisions are related to the design phase of the machinery it can be interpreted as a duty upon the machinery designers.
    • Resolución núm. 39/2007 sobre Bases Generales de la Seguridad y Salud en el trabajo. (Annex II, § 8(1))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 9.7.3 Duty of designers, manufacturers, importers or suppliers of machineries to provide machineries information
    Summary / Citation: Suppliers are required to:
    a) whether of domestic or imported production, respond to the legal OSH requirements;
    b) ensure that during storage, custody and maintenance of machinery, materials and technological equipment are retained in safe conditions until delivery;
    c) ensure that the equipment, tools, machinery or any other means of work are provided with the documents explaining their design features and technical data and details for safe operation.
    • Decreto núm. 101 por el que se expide el reglamento general de la ley de protección e higiene del trabajo. (§ 17)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 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) Observation 2010
  - 9.7.5 Maintenance of machinery and equipment
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
    - 9.7.5.1 List of equipment where applicable
      No data available.
      Related CEACR Comments
      • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 9.8 Provisions to protect workers in specific condition of vulnerability
  Sometimes.
  - 9.8.1 Protection of pregnancy at work
    Summary / Citation: Pregnant women or women who have a child up to the age of one year, have the right not to work overtime, double shifts, or outside the locality where the workplace is located.
    (Código de Trabajo, §§ 215-216)
    
    Pregnant women which due to their pregnancy cannot perform their work tasks and following a medical report will be moved to another position suitable to their physical condition. Pregnant women must not work night shifts, during the gestation period determined in the Regulations.
    (Ley núm. 13 de Protección e Higiene del Trabajo, §§ 39-40)
    • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§§ 215-216)
    • Ley núm. 13 de protección e higiene del trabajo (§§ 39-40)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) Observation 2007
    • Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) Direct Request 2013
  - 9.8.2 Protection of lactating women at work
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) Observation 2007
    • Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) Direct Request 2013
  - 9.8.3 Limits to women’s access to specific occupations, undertakings or shifts
    Summary / Citation: Pregnant women or women intending to have children cannot be employed for activities or jobs that affect their gynaecological organs, reproductive function or the pregnancy.
    (Código de Trabajo, § 213)
    
    The administrations of labour entities must respect the medical certificate issued for a woman when employing her for a position which is not recommended for women.
    (Código de Trabajo, § 214)
    
    Lists of posts and activities not recommended for women are proposed by the Ministry of Public Health and approved by the State Committee on Labour and Social Security and they take into consideration the international agreements signed by Cuba in the OSH field, medical-scientific criteria, as well as technological progress and changes in the working conditions.
    (Reglamento General de la Ley de Protección e Higiene del Trabajo, §§ 123-127).
    • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§§ 213-214)
    • Decreto núm. 101 por el que se expide el reglamento general de la ley de protección e higiene del trabajo. (§§ 123-127)
    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: Fifteen and sixteen-year old adolescents could be authorized under exceptional circumstances to work, with training purposes and in order to develop their professional skills.
    Upon the employment of an adolescent the labour entity is obliged to ask the adolescent to complete a medical examination as well as to obtain a medical certification determining that the adolescent is physically and mentally fit for the job.
    
    Adolescents are subject to special working conditions. The working day of teenagers can not exceed seven hours per day or forty per week, and they are not allowed to work on holidays, unless the work they provide has an exceptional social importance.
    
    Prohibitions. Adolescents must be employed for a position appropriate to their physical and mental development. Adolescents cannot be employed in the following cases:
    a) work where heavy weights are handled;
    b) extraction of minerals;
    c) presence of corrosive pollutants, reactive or toxic substances.
    ch) underground work;
    d) working at height;
    e) work at night (from 10.00 pm- 06.00 am)
    f) positions in which their safety or that of other persons is subject to their responsibility.
    
    Seventeen old adolescents cannot be employed in underground work or in any other job where substances that may affect their health or development are handled until the age of eighteen.
    Remarks / comments: The provisions from the Regulations on Protection and Hygiene at Work reflect the civil code provisions' content.
    • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§§ 220-225)
    • Decreto núm. 101 por el que se expide el reglamento general de la ley de protección e higiene del trabajo. (§§ 128-129)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Observation 2014
    • Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Direct Request 2017
    • Night Work of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946 (No. 79) Observation 2011
    • Night Work of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946 (No. 79) Direct Request 2006
    • Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 90) Observation 2016
    • Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 90) Direct Request 2006
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) Observation 2010
  - 10.1.1 Work-related accidents
    Summary / Citation: All accidents must be investigated and those that imply that one or more work days are lost must be recorded.
    • Resolución núm. 19/03 de 8 de septiembre de 2003 sobre el registro e investigación de accidentes de trabajo
    • Decreto núm. 101 por el que se expide el reglamento general de la ley de protección e higiene del trabajo. (§ 81)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 10.1.2 Near miss incidents
    No data available.
  - 10.1.3 Occupational diseases
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 10.2 Employers’ duty to notify OSH authorities of work related death and/or injuries to health
  Summary / Citation: If the accident results in the worker's death the administration of the labour centre must inform the Provincial Office of the National Labour Inspectorate and the Municipal Labour Director within the following 24 hours.
  • Resolución núm. 19/03 de 8 de septiembre de 2003 sobre el registro e investigación de accidentes de trabajo (§ 11)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2015
  • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2015
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
11 OSH inspection and enforcement of OSH legislation
- 11.1 Appointment of OSH inspectors
  Summary / Citation: The National Labour Inspectorate (ONIT) has the mission to monitor compliance with the labour, wage, occupational safety and health and social security laws and apply the legal provisions established in these rules.
  The National Labour Inspectorate subordinated to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security is the State unit specialized in labour inspection and all provincial branches are subordinated to it.
  • Resolución núm. 20/2007 por la que se dicta el Reglamento del Sistema de Inspección Nacional del Trabajo. (§§ 1-2)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
- 11.2 OSH inspectors’ powers
  Sometimes.
  - 11.2.1 Power to enter workplaces
    Summary / Citation: Labour inspectors are entitled to access workplace premises at any time of day or night.
    • Resolución núm. 20/2007 por la que se dicta el Reglamento del Sistema de Inspección Nacional del Trabajo. (§ 26(b))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2015
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2015
  - 11.2.2 Power to inspect and carry out any examination, test or enquiry
    Summary / Citation: Among other things labour inspectors are authorised to take and examine any documentation, books, records, take and remove samples in order to analyse them, interview workers etc. in order to verify compliance with the legislation.
    • Resolución núm. 20/2007 por la que se dicta el Reglamento del Sistema de Inspección Nacional del Trabajo. (§ 26)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2015
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2015
  - 11.2.3 Power to investigate
    No data available.
  - 11.2.4 Duty to provide advice on OSH
    Summary / Citation: Under its responsibilities, the National Labour Inspectorate must provide information and advice to governments, trade unions, workers and the general public on laws, safety and protection and social security.
    • Resolución núm. 20/2007 por la que se dicta el Reglamento del Sistema de Inspección Nacional del Trabajo. (§ 4(c))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2015
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2015
- 11.3 OSH inspectors’ enforcement powers
  Sometimes.
  - 11.3.1 Power to issue orders or notices
    Summary / Citation: The National Labour Inspectorate has the power to require the correct application of the existing provisions on labour, wages, occupational safety and health and social security.
    • Resolución núm. 20/2007 por la que se dicta el Reglamento del Sistema de Inspección Nacional del Trabajo. (§ 4(a))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2015
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2015
  - 11.3.2 Power to impose financial penalties
    Summary / Citation: In the event that the inspector verifies an infraction during the inspection procedure he/she has the obligation to impose the fine and other administrative measures that are indicated in the law.
    • Decreto-Ley núm. 246 de las infracciones de la legislación laboral, de protección e higiene del trabajo, y de seguridad social. (§ 36)
  - 11.3.3 Power to revoke or suspend licenses or authorisations
    Summary / Citation: The inspectors have the power to impose the administrative measures provided in the law including removal and cease of licenses and authorisations issued by the competent authorities among others.
    • Decreto-Ley núm. 246 de las infracciones de la legislación laboral, de protección e higiene del trabajo, y de seguridad social. (§§ 8, 36)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2015
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2015
  - 11.3.4 Power to require the cessation of dangerous work
    Summary / Citation: The National Labour Inspectorate has the power to implement the necessary measures required by the law in cases of imminent danger to the safety and health of workers as well as in cases of fatal accidents and major breakdowns.
    • Resolución núm. 20/2007 por la que se dicta el Reglamento del Sistema de Inspección Nacional del Trabajo. (§ 4(f))
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2015
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2015
  - 11.3.5 Power to initiate prosecutions
    Summary / Citation: The State Labour Inspectorate has the power to require, where applicable, the initiation of disciplinary proceedings or criminal proceedings.
    • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 301(c))
  - 11.3.6 Power to conduct prosecutions
    No data available.
  - 11.3.7 Other enforcement powers
    Summary / Citation: The State Labour Inspectorate has among others the power to ensure remediation of infringements and verify the compliance with the given orders.
    (Código de Trabajo, § 301(a)(ch))
    
    The law provides for penalties in case of violations of OSH provisions to be required by inspectors.
    (Código de Trabajo, § 308)
    
    The possibility to appeal these fines before the National Labour Inspectorate exists. The decision issued by the National Labour Inspectorate is definitive. No further appeals are allowed by the law neither before the Administration nor before Courts and Tribunals.
    Penalties are provided for failing to report serious accidents where the death of workers have occurred, failing to investigate accidents, obstruction of inspectors in the course of their duties, etc.
    (Decreto Ley Núm. 246 de las infracciones de la legislación laboral, de protección e hygiene del trabajo y de seguridad social, § 43)
    • Decreto-Ley núm. 246 de las infracciones de la legislación laboral, de protección e higiene del trabajo, y de seguridad social. (§ 43)
    • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 301(a)(ch), 308)
- 11.4 Application of sanctions by courts
  Yes.
  - 11.4.1 Financial penalties for legal persons
    Summary / Citation: Penalties range from 1000-6500 pesos (45USD-292USD).
    • Decreto-Ley núm. 246 de las infracciones de la legislación laboral, de protección e higiene del trabajo, y de seguridad social. (§§ 29-32)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 11.4.2 Financial penalties for natural persons
    Summary / Citation: Penalties range from 50-500 pesos (2,25USD- 225USD).
    • Decreto-Ley núm. 246 de las infracciones de la legislación laboral, de protección e higiene del trabajo, y de seguridad social. (§§ 29-32)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 11.4.3 Non-financial sanctions
    Summary / Citation: Inspectors and Courts can require the immediate cessation of machinery and closure of premises or facilities considered dangerous for the health and safety of workers or, in general, for the population.
    • Decreto-Ley núm. 246 de las infracciones de la legislación laboral, de protección e higiene del trabajo, y de seguridad social. (§§ 8, 33)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 11.4.4 Criminal liability
    Summary / Citation: Criminal responsibility may be required by the Inspectors and the Staff Union.
    (Código de Trabajo, § 308)
    
    When the facts verified during the inspection may lead to a criminal responsibility, the inspector must not proceed to impose administrative sanctions but he/she must file a complaint to the appropriate authority.
    (Decreto Ley Núm. 246 de las infracciones de la legislación laboral, de protección e hygiene del trabajo y de seguridad social, § 4)
    
    When the infringement of OSH protective measures results in the death of a worker, the person responsible for the implementation and enforcement of these measures will be subject to imprisonment from two to five years.
    2. In the event that the infringement of OSH protective measures results in serious injuries or damage to the health of a worker, the responsible person will be subject to imprisonment from six months to two years or a fine from two to five hundred quotas.
    3. In the event that the person responsible to implement the OSH protective measures did not implement them causing the death of a worker, the responsible person will be subject to imprisonment from one to three years or a fine from three hundred to one thousand quotas.
    4. In the event that the person responsible to implement the OSH protective measures did not implement them causing serious injury or damage to the health of a worker, the responsible person will be subject to imprisonment from three months to one year or a fine of one hundred to three hundred quotas.
    (Código Penal, § 296)
    • Decreto-Ley núm. 246 de las infracciones de la legislación laboral, de protección e higiene del trabajo, y de seguridad social. (§ 4)
    • Ley núm. 62, Código Penal (§ 296)
    • Ley núm. 49 por la que se promulga el Código de Trabajo. (§ 308)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010
  - 11.4.5 Terms of imprisonment for natural persons
    Summary / Citation: Minimum: 6 months
    Maximum: 5 years
    • Ley núm. 62, Código Penal (§ 296)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) Observation 2010

Cuba - 2013

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