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Senegal - 2013

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1 Description of national OSH regulatory framework
- 1.1 Description of OSH regulatory framework
  Summary/citation: The main laws governing OSH in Senegal are the Labour Code which dedicates Title XI to occupational hygiene and safety, and the General Decree No. 5253 I.G.T.L.S./A.O.F. of 19 July 1954 which Implements the General Measures for Occupational Hygiene and Safety in French West Africa.
  
  There are a number of decrees implementing the OSH provisions of the Labour Law. There is also a substantial number of implementing regulations which govern OSH requirements in specific fields and for workers exposed to particular hazards.
  
  It is relevant to note that Senegal dispose of nearly thirty pieces of legislation related to OSH. A considerable part of this legislation has been issued in the 1950s, during the French colonization.
  
  The Ministry of the Civil Service, Labour and Relations with the Institutions of Senegal made available to the public “The Manual of the Worker”, a publication which gathers together all existing labour laws in Senegal, easyly accessible through the official web site of the Ministry.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail.
  • Arrêté général nº 5253 I.G.T.L.S/A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 fixant en application des dispositions de l’article 134 du Code du Travail Outre-Mer les mesures générales d’hygiène et de sécurité
  • Official Website of Ministry of the Civil Service, Labour and Relations with the Institutions
  • Online Legal Database SenLex
  • Official Website of the Ministry of Justice
  • Official Website of the State Gazette
2 Scope, coverage and exclusions
- 2.1 Health and safety covers physical and psychological health
  Summary/citation: Employers are required to set up a medical service in the company for all workers in order to contribute to the establishment and maintenance of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental well-being of workers.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 186(3))
- 2.2 Definition of worker
  Summary/citation: Worker is defined as any person who, regardless of sex or nationality, is engaged in a professional activity against remuneration, under the direction and authority of an either public or private, natural or legal person. The status of a worker shall not be determined by the legal status of the employer or the worker.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 2)
  - 2.2.1 Coverage of particular categories of workers
    - 2.2.1.1 Migrant workers
      Summary/citation: Migrant workers fall under the definition of worker. Worker is defined as any person who, regardless of sex or nationality, is engaged in a professional activity against remuneration, under the direction and authority of an either public or private, natural or legal person. The status of a worker shall not be determined by the legal status of the employer or the worker.
      • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 2)
    - 2.2.1.2 Domestic workers
      Summary/citation: Domestic workers fall under the definition of worker. Worker is defined as any person who, regardless of sex or nationality, is engaged in a professional activity against remuneration, under the direction and authority of an either public or private, natural or legal person. The status of a worker shall not be determined by the legal status of the employer or the worker.
      • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 2)
    - 2.2.1.3 Home workers
      No data available.
    - 2.2.1.4 Self-employed persons
      No data available.
- 2.3 Definition of employer
  Summary/citation: Employer is any public or private, natural or legal person, who employs one or more workers.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 3)
- 2.4 Exclusion of branches of economic activity
  Sometimes.
  - 2.4.1 Agriculture
    No data available.
  - 2.4.2 Construction
    No data available.
  - 2.4.3 Services
    No data available.
  - 2.4.4 Public sector
    Summary/citation: Public sector is excluded. Civil servants working at a public administration are not subject to the provisions of the Labour Law.
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 2)
  - 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: There is a specific Interministerial Decision on Professional Diseases.
    • Arrêté interministériel n° 006048 du 24 juillet 1991 portant tableaux des maladies professionnelles.
  - 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: Measures relating to the organization and functioning of bodies whose mission is to assist in the supervision of hygiene and safety requirements, and contribute to the improvement of working conditions and the protection of workers’ health shall be fixed by decrees.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 168(2))
  - 3.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions
    No data available.
  - 3.1.2 Chairperson and composition
    No data available.
- 3.2 National OSH research programme or institute
  No data available.
  - 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.
  - 3.3.1 Consultation on the national OSH programme
    No data available.
4 Employers’ duties and responsibilities to protect the safety and health of workers and others
- 4.1 Duty to ensure the health and safety of employees
  Summary/citation: The employer is responsible for the implementation of the measures prescribed by the provisions on occupational safety and health set out in the Labour Law and the texts implementing them (§ 169).
  
  The employer must ensure that the workplace, machinery, equipment, substances and work processes under its control do not expose the safety and health of workers to risks. In this respect, control is provided by:
  1. technical measures applied to new facilities or new processes during their design or marketing, or by technical additions to the existing processes;
  2. measures relating to the organization of occupational health services;
  3. measures relating to the organization of work (§ 171).
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§§ 169, 171)
- 4.2 Duty to protect the health and safety of people other than their own employees
  No data available.
- 4.3 Collaboration among two or more employers at the same workplace
  No data available.
- 4.4 Surveillance of workers’ health in relation to work
  Summary / Citation: The health of workers should be subject to regular surveillance in the terms and conditions established by the administrative authority. This surveillance includes a medical examination prior to employment and periodic examinations and shall not entail any cost for the worker.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 176)
  - 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: The employer must ensure that the workplace, machinery, equipment, substances and work processes under its control do not expose the safety and health of workers to risks. In this respect, control is provided by:
  1. technical measures applied to new facilities or new processes during their design or marketing, or by technical additions to the existing processes;
  2. measures relating to the organization of occupational health services;
  3. measures relating to the organization of work (§ 171).
  
  The employer is required to regularly monitor the compliance with safety and hygiene standards and to undertake periodic analyzes and assessments of the working environment conditions, and where necessary, undertake collective or individual protective measures to prevent breaches of safety and health of workers. The employer must collect data on the safety and health of workers and the workplace (§ 179).
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§§ 171, 179)
- 4.6 Duty to provide personal protective equipment
  Summary / Citation: If the measures taken under Article 171 of the Labour Law are not sufficient to ensure the safety and health of workers, personal protective measures against occupational hazards should be implemented. When these personal protective measures require the use by workers, appropriate equipment, it shall be provided and maintained by the employer. In this case no worker shall be admitted at the workplace without his/her personal protective equipment.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 172)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Observation 2008
  • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Direct Request 2014
- 4.7 Duty to ensure the usage of personal protective equipment
  Summary / Citation: If the measures taken under Article 171 of the Labour Law are not sufficient to ensure the safety and health of workers, personal protective measures against occupational hazards should be implemented. When these personal protective measures require the use by workers, appropriate equipment, it shall be provided and maintained by the employer. In this case no worker shall be admitted at the workplace without his/her personal protective equipment.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 172)
- 4.8 Duty to provide first-aid and welfare facilities
  Sometimes.
  - 4.8.1 Arrangements for first-aid
    Summary / Citation: Employers must provide any measures for emergencies and accidents including adequate first aid arrangements (Code du Travail, § 178).
    
    Without prejudice to the measures provided for in the Law, each company where hazardous works are performed and which employs at least 20 people for more than 15 days, one or more workers not belonging to nursing staff should be trained to provide first aid in emergencies (Décret no 89-1329 du 7 novembre 1989 fixant l'organisation et les règles de fonctionnement des services de médecine du travail, § 17).
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 178)
    • Décret no 89-1329 du 7 novembre 1989 fixant l'organisation et les règles de fonctionnement des services de médecine du travail. (§ 17)
  - 4.8.2 Sanitary installations
    Summary / Citation: The employer must provide sink and, if necessary, changing rooms for their staff (Arrêté général sur les mesures générales d'hygiène et de sécurité, § 12).
    
    In workplaces where some unhealthy works, which will be determined by decree, are carried out, showers must be made available to staff in the conditions laid down by this decree. The floor and walls of the shower must be made from waterproof material and it must be painted in a clear tone. The premises must be kept clean (Arrêté général sur les mesures générales d'hygiène et de sécurité, § 13).
    
    Regardless of the number of workers at the workplace, there shall be washrooms. These facilities shall not communicate directly with the closed premises where staff is expected to stay. They will be arranged and ventilated so as not to release any odor. An interceptor shall always be installed between the septic cabin and the sewer (Arrêté général sur les mesures générales d'hygiène et de sécurité, § 14).
    
    • Arrêté général nº 5253 I.G.T.L.S/A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 fixant en application des dispositions de l’article 134 du Code du Travail Outre-Mer les mesures générales d’hygiène et de sécurité (§§ 12-14)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Observation 2008
    • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Direct Request 2014
  - 4.8.3 Drinking water
    Summary / Citation: The employer must take measures to provide workers with good quality drinking water, at a minimum rate of six liters per worker and per day.
    • Arrêté général nº 5253 I.G.T.L.S/A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 fixant en application des dispositions de l’article 134 du Code du Travail Outre-Mer les mesures générales d’hygiène et de sécurité (§ 11)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Observation 2008
    • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Direct Request 2014
  - 4.8.4 Rest and eating areas
    No data available.
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
    No data available.
  - 5.1.2 Appointment of a person for health and safety
    No data available.
  - 5.1.3 Written risk assessment
    No data available.
  - 5.1.4 Safe operating work systems and procedures
    No data available.
  - 5.1.5 Training and information on risks
    Summary/citation: All workers must be fully informed of existing occupational hazards in the workplace and must receive adequate instructions on the available means to prevent these risks and protect themselves. This information and instructions must be provided to workers in a way that allows them to acquire a good general training in occupational safety and hygiene.
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 177)
  - 5.1.6 Review or assessment of the results of preventive measures
    No data available.
  - 5.1.7 Consultation with workers in health and safety
    No data available.
- 5.2 Obligation to implement a specific OSH management system or standard
  Summary/citation: A decree shall establish the general and specific measures of protection, prevention and safety to be implemented at the workplace (Code du Travail, § 168(1)).
  
  Employers are required to set up an occupational safety service and a committee on occupational health and safety. The occupational safety service assists and advises the employer, and if necessary the workers or their representatives, on the implementation of a health and safety program. This service can serve only one company or be common to several companies or, even can be provided by an external agency. Workers’ delegates on occupational safety and a joint health and safety committee shall cooperate in the development of this program. The organization, duties, operation and means of action of the occupational safety services, the modalities of participation of safety representatives and joint health and safety committees are set by decree (Code du Travail, § 185).
  
  At the beginning of each year, the employer with the members of the Occupational Hygiene and Safety Committee shall establish an annual program for the prevention of occupational risks including all measures to be taken during the year, based on the analysis of the risks which may affect workers (Décret fixant les modalités d'organisation et de fonctionnement des comités d'hygiène et de sécurité du travail, § 13).
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§§ 168(1),185)
  • Décret no 94-244 du 7 mars 1994 fixant les modalités d' organisation et de fonctionnement des comités d''hygiène et de sécurité du travail. (§ 13)
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
  No data available.
- 7.2 Duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others
  No data available.
- 7.3 Supervisors’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others
  No data available.
- 7.4 Senior officers’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others
  No data available.
- 7.5 Self-employed persons’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect their own and other people’s health and safety
  No data available.
- 7.6 Duty to comply with OSH-related requirements
  Summary / Citation: Workers are required to strictly follow the guidelines designed to ensure the health and safety of the workplace.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 181)
- 7.7 Right to enquire about risks and preventive measures
  No data available.
- 7.8 Right to remove themselves from a dangerous situation
  Summary / Citation: However, the worker shall report to the immediate supervisor and to the Inspector of Labour and Social Security any situation which he/she has reason to believe involves a serious and imminent danger to the his/her life or health. The employer is required to take all useful actions to stop the risk in question. If the risk persists it is prohibited for the employer to keep the concerned worker at the workstation.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 183)
- 7.9 Right to be reassigned to non-hazard work
  Summary / Citation: When it is not recommended for medical reasons to keep a worker at its current professional position, all means must be used to reassign the worker to another position compatible with his/her state of health.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 176)
  - 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 is established within the Ministry of Labour to study issues relating to health and safety of workers. The composition and functioning of the technical advisory committee shall be determined by decree.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 210)
  - 8.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions
    Summary / Citation: The National Technical Advisory Committee is under the obligation to give advice in certain cases as required by the provisions of the Labour Code and the laws relating to its application. It can be also consulted on all matters relating to the health and safety of workers.
    • Décret no 69-137 du 12 février 1969 fixant en application de l'article 158 du Code du travail (SL 1987-Sén.1) les règles d'organisation et de fonctionnement du Comité technique consultatif national pour l'étude des questions intéressant l'hygiène et la sécurité. (§ 1)
  - 8.1.2 Constitution and chairmanship modalities
    Summary / Citation: The committee is composed of an equal number of workers’ representatives and employers' representatives.
    Other members in addition to the Director of Labour and Social Security
    who is the President, are:
    - the Director of Public Health;
    - the Director of Public Works;
    - the Director of Mines and Geology;
    - the Director of Emergency Preparedness;
    - a physician labor inspector appointed by the Minister of Labour;
    - the Director of Energy and Water.
    (Décret no 69-137 du 12 février 1969 fixant en application de l'article 158 du Code du travail (SL 1987-Sén.1) les règles d'organisation et de fonctionnement du Comité technique consultatif national pour l'étude des questions intéressant l'hygiène et la sécurité (§ 2)
    
    The sixteen seats in the National Technical Advisory Committee for the analysis of occupational hygiene and safety questions allocated to professional organizations are distributed as follows:
    - eight seats are allocated to workers' representatives. All of these seats are allocated to the National Confederation of Workers of Senegal (CNTS);
    - eight seats are allocated to employers’ representatives: five seats are allocated to the Inter-Union Alliance of Enterprises and Industries (UNISYNDI) and two seats are allocated to West African National Union of Small and Medium Enterprises and Small and Medium Size Industries (SYPAOA).
    (Arrêté interminiteriel nº 5326 MFPET – DTSS en date du 2 juin 1981 fixant la répartition des sièges entre les organisations professionnelles au sein du comite technique consultatif national pour l’étude des questions intéressant l’hygiène et la sécurité des travailleurs (§ 1))
    • Arrêté interministériel nº 5326 MFPET – DTSS en date du 2 juin 1981 fixant la répartition des sièges entre les organisations professionnelles au sein du comite technique consultatif national pour l’étude des questions intéressant l’hygiène et la sécurité des travailleurs (§ 1)
    • Décret no 69-137 du 12 février 1969 fixant en application de l'article 158 du Code du travail (SL 1987-Sén.1) les règles d'organisation et de fonctionnement du Comité technique consultatif national pour l'étude des questions intéressant l'hygiène et la sécurité. (§ 2)
- 8.2 Employers’ duty to consult workers on risks
  No data available.
- 8.3 Workers’ right to select their representatives for health and safety matters
  No data available.
  - 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
  No data available.
  - 8.4.1 Right to inspect the workplace
    No data available.
  - 8.4.2 Right to access OSH information
    No data available.
  - 8.4.3 Right to be present at interviews
    No data available.
  - 8.4.4 Right to receive professional assistance from OSH experts
    No data available.
  - 8.4.5 Right to accompany inspectors
    No data available.
  - 8.4.6 Right to use facilities
    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.
  - 8.5.2 Right to investigate suspected non-compliance with OSH legislation
    No data available.
  - 8.5.3 Right to consult with workers
    No data available.
  - 8.5.4 Right to advise workers
    No data available.
  - 8.5.5 Right to initiate enforcement action
    No data available.
- 8.6 Joint OSH Committee
  Summary / Citation: It is mandatory to establish an Occupational Hygiene and Safety Committee in all establishments mentioned in Article 2 of the Labour Code which employ at least fifty employees (§ 1).
  
  In the establishments where Occupational Hygiene and Safety Committee is not mandatory, the Inspector of Labour and Social Security may require the creation and organisation of a Hygiene and Social Security Committee, particularly based on reasons relating to the nature of work, arrangement or equipment of workplaces (§ 2).
  • Décret no 94-244 du 7 mars 1994 fixant les modalités d' organisation et de fonctionnement des comités d''hygiène et de sécurité du travail. (§§ 1-2)
  - 8.6.1 Participation of workers’ representatives in joint OSH committee
    Summary / Citation: The Occupational Hygiene and Safety Committee is composed by:
    - The employer or his/her representative: Chairman;
    - The Head of Safety Service or the officer in charge of safety issues:
    Secretary;
    - The doctor of the establishment or of the inter-company medical service;
    - Three workers, nominated according to their knowledge of the workplace and health and safety regulations.
    The list of committee members must be posted at the workplace (§ 3)
    
    Committee members are designated for a period of three years. They may be reappointed (§ 4).
    • Décret no 94-244 du 7 mars 1994 fixant les modalités d' organisation et de fonctionnement des comités d''hygiène et de sécurité du travail. (§§ 3-4 )
  - 8.6.2 Conditions for establishing a joint OSH committee
    Summary / Citation: It is mandatory to establish an Occupational Hygiene and Safety Committee in all establishments mentioned in Article 2 of the Labour Code which employ at least fifty employees (§ 1).
    
    In the establishments where Occupational Hygiene and Safety Committee is not mandatory, the Inspector of Labour and Social Security may require the creation and organisation of a Hygiene and Social Security Committee, particularly based on reasons relating to the nature of work, arrangement or equipment of workplaces (§ 2).
    • Décret no 94-244 du 7 mars 1994 fixant les modalités d' organisation et de fonctionnement des comités d''hygiène et de sécurité du travail. (§§ 1-2)
  - 8.6.3 Objectives, roles and/or functions of joint OSH committees
    Summary / Citation: The Occupational Hygiene and Safety Committee is responsible for:
    - Contributing to the protection of the health and safety of workers in the establishment and those made available by an external institution, including temporary workers, as well as the improvement of work conditions.
    - Proceeding or conducting an investigation on the occasion of every occupational accident or disease resulting in death or seemed to result in permanent disability or which has shown, during a series of repeated accidents or reaching several workers, the existence of a serious danger.
    - Ensuring the implementation of the legislative and regulatory requirements and
    instructions concerning health and safety and observation of protection provisions, including those relating to the first-aid box.
    - Organizing with the relevant departments training for fire and rescue services and ensuring the observance of instructions issued by these services.
    - Developing workers’ reflex and collecting from them any suggestion contributing to improve hygiene, safety and working conditions.
    • Décret no 94-244 du 7 mars 1994 fixant les modalités d' organisation et de fonctionnement des comités d''hygiène et de sécurité du travail. (§ 5)
  - 8.6.4 Keeping record of the work of joint OSH committees
    Summary / Citation: Minutes of committee meetings and reports prepared by it as required in Article 5 of this Decree shall be recorded in a special register.
    • Décret no 94-244 du 7 mars 1994 fixant les modalités d' organisation et de fonctionnement des comités d''hygiène et de sécurité du travail. (§ 12)
  - 8.6.5 Sharing the minutes of joint OSH committees meetings
    Summary / Citation: The register, as well as statistics of occupational accidents and diseases must be always made available to the Inspector of Labour.
    They must be also made available to workers for one working day every fifteen days, in non working hours.
    • Décret no 94-244 du 7 mars 1994 fixant les modalités d' organisation et de fonctionnement des comités d''hygiène et de sécurité du travail. (§ 12)
- 8.7 Mandatory training for members of joint OSH committee(s)
  Summary / Citation: The employer must ensure the training of members of the Occupational Hygiene and Safety Committee.
  • Décret no 94-244 du 7 mars 1994 fixant les modalités d' organisation et de fonctionnement des comités d''hygiène et de sécurité du travail. (§ 3)
- 8.8 Protection against reprisals
  No data available.
- 8.9 Immunity from civil and criminal liability for exercising OSH related rights and duties
  No data available.
9 Specific hazards or risks
- 9.1 Biological hazards
  No data available.
- 9.2 Chemical hazards
  Sometimes.
  - 9.2.1 Handling, storage, labelling and use
    No data available.
  - 9.2.2 Duty of manufacturers, suppliers and importers of chemicals in relation to the safety and health of users
    Summary / Citation: The measures relating to the distribution and use of substances or preparations which expose workers to hazards shall be established in a decree.
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 168(4))
  - 9.2.3 Pesticides
    No data available.
- 9.3 Ergonomic hazards
  No data available.
- 9.4 Physical hazards
  Sometimes.
  - 9.4.1 Ionising radiation
    No data available.
  - 9.4.2 Vibration and noise
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Observation 2008
    • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Direct Request 2014
  - 9.4.3 Working at height
    Summary / Citation: Scaffolding, catwalks, cantilevered floors, platforms in elevation, and their means of access shall be constructed, installed and protected so that the workers who use them are not exposed to falls. They will be equipped with high rigid railings of minimum 90 inches in height.
    
    Footbridges or gateways (ground equipment) used for the loading or unloading of vessels, shall be rigid and be equipped with two rigid sides of guardrails of 90 cm at least in height.
    
    Wells, hatches, tanks, ponds, reservoirs and ditches shall be constructed, installed or protected in conditions that ensure the safety of workers. They shall dispose, if necessary, of a closed strong rigid guardrail of 90 centimeters in height at least, to prevent workers from falling.
    • Arrêté général nº 5253 I.G.T.L.S/A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 fixant en application des dispositions de l’article 134 du Code du Travail Outre-Mer les mesures générales d’hygiène et de sécurité (§§ 30-31)
  - 9.4.4 Working in confined spaces
    No data available.
  - 9.4.5 Risks arising from poor maintenance of workplace facilities
    Summary / Citation: Workplace shall be in a constant state of cleanliness. The soil will be thoroughly cleaned at least once a day. In schools or parts of the establishment where the work is not continuously performed day and night, cleaning is carried out prior to or after the end of work but never during the work. The cleaning will be done either by suction or by other methods that does not involve dust, such as washing, using wet brushes or cloths. The walls and ceilings are subject to frequent cleaning.
    • Arrêté général nº 5253 I.G.T.L.S/A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 fixant en application des dispositions de l’article 134 du Code du Travail Outre-Mer les mesures générales d’hygiène et de sécurité (§ 2)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Observation 2008
    • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Direct Request 2014
  - 9.4.6 Exposure to extreme temperatures
    Summary / Citation: Closed workplaces shall be ventilated. They shall have windows or other openings and shall ensure adequate ventilation to prevent excessive temperature rise.
    • Arrêté général nº 5253 I.G.T.L.S/A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 fixant en application des dispositions de l’article 134 du Code du Travail Outre-Mer les mesures générales d’hygiène et de sécurité (§ 7)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Observation 2008
    • Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Direct Request 2014
  - 9.4.7 Fire risks
    Summary / Citation: There are three groups of inflammable materials and adequate fire preventive measures are provided for each group (§§ 18-20).
    
    Employers must take the necessary measures to ensure that an outbreak of fire can be quickly and effectively fought.
    Each facility must have a sufficient number of fire extinguishers in good operation condition. There will be at least one fire extinguisher per floor. At least once a year the fire extinguishers must be tested and verified by a qualified person. The name and status of the person, the date of the test and the observations will be entered on a data sheet for each device.
    There are a number of measures foreseen by the regulations to prevent and respond to fire (§§ 28-29).
    • Arrêté général nº 5253 I.G.T.L.S/A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 fixant en application des dispositions de l’article 134 du Code du Travail Outre-Mer les mesures générales d’hygiène et de sécurité (§§ 18-20, 28-29)
  - 9.4.8 Tobacco
    No data available.
  - 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
  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: Dust and unhealthy or toxic gases are evacuated directly outside the workplace at the same time they are produced. For vapors, gases and light dust, a chimney hoods or other efficient removal device will be installed. For dust caused by grinding, drummers, shredders and other mechanical devices, an effective dust removal will be installed. For heavy gases such as mercury and sulfur vapor, the ventilation will be "per descensum": tables or working facilities will be directly communicated to the fan. Spraying toxic and corrosive materials or other operations, such as sieving and barreling of these materials will be done mechanically in closed devices.
  In exceptional cases where the implementation of protective measures against dusts, irritating or toxic vapors or gases, prescribed above is deemed to be impossible by the Inspector of Labour and Social Legislation, appropriate masks and protective equipment will be made available to workers.
  The business owner must take all necessary measures to ensure that these masks and devices are maintained in good working condition and that they are disinfected before being assigned to a new owner.
  • Arrêté général nº 5253 I.G.T.L.S/A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 fixant en application des dispositions de l’article 134 du Code du Travail Outre-Mer les mesures générales d’hygiène et de sécurité (§ 5)
- 9.7 Machineries
  Sometimes.
  - 9.7.1 Risks related to machinery and tools
    Summary / Citation: A number of measures are foreseen to control machinery and tools so as to prevent occupational accidents (§§ 44-49).
    
    There are specific provisions governing the use of hazardous machinery (§§ 50-58).
    • Arrêté général nº 5253 I.G.T.L.S/A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 fixant en application des dispositions de l’article 134 du Code du Travail Outre-Mer les mesures générales d’hygiène et de sécurité (§§ 44-49, 50-58)
  - 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: The measures relating to the exhibition, sale or disposal of machines and equipment which expose workers to hazards shall be established in a decree.
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 168(3))
  - 9.7.3 Duty of designers, manufacturers, importers or suppliers of machineries to provide machineries information
    No data available.
  - 9.7.4 Duty to purchase machineries from authorised/certificated suppliers or only if approved/certificated
    No data available.
  - 9.7.5 Maintenance of machinery and equipment
    Summary / Citation: Any machine which is likely to cause an accident, will be inspected at least once per quarter. However, the Inspector of Labour and Social Law may impose higher number of maintenance visits but not more than one visit per month.
    The visits will be conducted by qualified personnel designated for that purpose by the workplace manager and under of his/her responsibility.
    The result of the visits will be recorded in a register called "Register of security" opened by the workplace manager and which must be always available to the Inspector of Labour and Social Law.
    • Arrêté général nº 5253 I.G.T.L.S/A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 fixant en application des dispositions de l’article 134 du Code du Travail Outre-Mer les mesures générales d’hygiène et de sécurité (§ 44)
    - 9.7.5.1 List of equipment where applicable
      No data available.
- 9.8 Provisions to protect workers in specific condition of vulnerability
  Yes.
  - 9.8.1 Protection of pregnancy at work
    Summary / Citation: In any agricultural, commercial or industrial establishments, either public or private, secular or religious, it is forbidden to employ pregnant women for works beyond their strength, hazardous or which by their nature and the conditions under which they are delivered, are likely to harm their morals.
    • Arrêté général n° 5254 I.G.T.L.S./A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 relatif au travail des femmes et des femmes enceintes (§ 1 )
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) Direct Request 2019
  - 9.8.2 Protection of lactating women at work
    Summary / Citation: For a period of fifteen months from the birth of the child, the lactating worker has the right to rest for breastfeeding. The total duration of breaks shall not exceed one hour per day. The lactating worker may, during this period, leave the workplace without notice and without paying compensation for breach of contract.
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 144)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) Direct Request 2019
  - 9.8.3 Limits to women’s access to specific occupations, undertakings or shifts
    Summary / Citation: The nature of work prohibited to women and pregnant women shall be established by decrees (Code du Travail, § 142).
    
    The Labour and Social Security Inspector may require the examination of women and children by a licensed physician, to ensure that the work they are performing is not beyond their strength. This requirement is subject to the request of an interested party. The woman or the child shall not be kept in a job defined by the Inspector as being beyond their strength and must be reassigned to a suitable job. If this is not possible, the contract should be resolved and the worker paid compensation (Code du Travail, § 146).
    
    In any agricultural, commercial or industrial establishments, either public or private, secular or religious, it is forbidden to employ pregnant women for works beyond their strength, hazardous or which by their nature and the conditions under which they are delivered, are likely to harm their morals (Arrêté général relatif au travail des femmes et femmes enceintes, § 1)
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§§ 142, 146)
    • Arrêté général n° 5254 I.G.T.L.S./A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 relatif au travail des femmes et des femmes enceintes (§ 1)
  - 9.8.4 Limits to workers’ access to specific occupations, undertakings or shifts by reason of age
    Summary / Citation: Children cannot be employed in a company, even as apprentices, before the age of fifteen, unless an exception is granted by decree of the Minister of Labour, taking into account local circumstances and tasks that might be involved in the job.
    A decree of the Minister of Labour shall determine the nature of work and the types of businesses which are not allowed to employ young people and the age limit to which this prohibition applies (Code du Travail, § 145).
    
    The Labour and Social Security Inspector may require the examination of women and children by a licensed physician, to ensure that the work they are performing is not beyond their strength. This requirement is subject to the request of an interested party. The woman or the child shall not be kept in a job defined by the Inspector as being beyond their strength and must be reassigned to a suitable job. If this is not possible, the contract should be resolved and the worker paid compensation (Code du Travail, § 146).
    
    The law considers children all people under the age of 18 years.
    The minimum age for work is set up at the age of 15 years.
    The minimum age can be reduced to 12 years for light and family works which are not dangerous for the health, morality and the educational development of the child.
    The minimum age can be raised to 18 years for dangerous work. This prohibition applies to all kind of undertakings. The law contains provisions relating to shifts and breaks applicable to children (Arrêté relatif au travail des enfants, §§ 1-2).
    • Arrêté n° 3748/MFPTEOP/DTSS du 6 juin 2003 relatif au travail des enfants. (§§ 1-2)
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§§ 145-146)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Observation 2019
    • Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Direct Request 2010
    • Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1919Â (No. 6) Observation 2008
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
  No data available.
  - 10.1.1 Work-related accidents
    No data available.
  - 10.1.2 Near miss incidents
    No data available.
  - 10.1.3 Occupational diseases
    No data available.
- 10.2 Employers’ duty to notify OSH authorities of work related death and/or injuries to health
  Summary / Citation: The employer is required to notify the Inspector of Labour and Social Security, following the procedure prescribed by the Code of Social Security, of any occupational accident or disease diagnosed in the company. Under the conditions and procedure prescribed by the Code of Social Security. This notification shall be urgently done in case of fatal accidents.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 170)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2020
  • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2020
11 OSH inspection and enforcement of OSH legislation
- 11.1 Appointment of OSH inspectors
  Summary / Citation: The Inspector of Labour and Social Security supervises the compliance with OSH provisions by the employer.
  • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 170)
- 11.2 OSH inspectors’ powers
  No data available.
  - 11.2.1 Power to enter workplaces
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2020
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2020
  - 11.2.2 Power to inspect and carry out any examination, test or enquiry
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2020
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2020
  - 11.2.3 Power to investigate
    No data available.
  - 11.2.4 Duty to provide advice on OSH
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2020
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2020
- 11.3 OSH inspectors’ enforcement powers
  Sometimes.
  - 11.3.1 Power to issue orders or notices
    Summary / Citation: When the Inspector finds out that an employer is not complying with standards or requirements, the Inspector shall give notice to the employer requiring him/her to comply. In addition, when the Inspector discovers working conditions hazardous to the safety or health of workers which are not covered by the implementing decrees pursuant to Article 168 of the Labour Law, the Inspector shall issue a notice to the employer to remedy them.
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 170)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2020
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2020
  - 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 2020
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2020
  - 11.3.4 Power to require the cessation of dangerous work
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2020
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2020
  - 11.3.5 Power to initiate prosecutions
    No data available.
  - 11.3.6 Power to conduct prosecutions
    No data available.
  - 11.3.7 Other enforcement powers
    Summary / Citation: The use of processes, substances, machinery or equipment specified in the regulations which expose workers to occupational hazards at the workplace must be brought in writing to the attention of the Inspector of Labour and Social Security, who can subject this use to certain practical measures or ban it if the protection of the worker does not appear to be adequate.
    (Loi no. 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant le Code du Travail, § 174)
    
    The Inspector General of Labour and Social Law may, on the report of the territorial Inspectors of Labour and Social Law, and after consultation with the Federal Advisory Technical Committee on Hygiene and Security, grant a permanent or temporary exemptions to the execution of some of the requirements set in the General Decree No. 5253 I.G.T.L.S./A.O.F. of 19 July 1954 which Implements the General Measures for Occupational Hygiene and Safety when the application of these requirements is practically impossible and the health and safety of workers is ensured in conditions at least equivalent to those laid down by the provisions in question.
    Arrêté général no. 5253 I.G.T.L.S./A.O.F. of 19 July 1954 which Implements the General Measures for Occupational Hygiene and Safety, § 65).
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§ 174)
    • Arrêté général nº 5253 I.G.T.L.S/A.O.F du 19 juillet 1954 fixant en application des dispositions de l’article 134 du Code du Travail Outre-Mer les mesures générales d’hygiène et de sécurité (§ 65)
- 11.4 Application of sanctions by courts
  Sometimes.
  - 11.4.1 Financial penalties for legal persons
    Summary / Citation: Minimum: 500.000 CFA (Central African Franc) [997.995 USD]
    Maximum: 2.000.000 CFA (Central African Franc) [3,930.27 USD}
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§§ 279, 281)
  - 11.4.2 Financial penalties for natural persons
    Summary / Citation: Minimum: 500,000 CFA (Central African Franc) [997.995 USD]
    Maximum: 2,000,000 CFA (Central African Franc) [3,930.27 USD]
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§§ 279, 281)
  - 11.4.3 Non-financial sanctions
    No data available.
  - 11.4.4 Criminal liability
    Summary / Citation: Whoever, by mistake, carelessness, negligence or failure to comply with regulations, involuntarily commit homicide or injury shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to five years and a fine of 20,000 to 300,000 CFA (Central African Franc) [39.9195 USD- 598.797 USD].
    • Loi n° 65-60 du 21 juillet 1965 portant Code pénal (tel que modifié). (§ 307)
  - 11.4.5 Terms of imprisonment for natural persons
    Summary / Citation: The law foresees imprisonment sanctions which may vary from a minimum of 15 days to 3 months for certain OSH infringements, and from 6 months to 5 years for a number of violations of OSH provisions.
    • Loi no 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du Travail. (§§ 279, 281)

Senegal - 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