Repblica del Ecuador HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK
República del Ecuador HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK Current regulation Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
Legal Structure CONSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CODES DECREES GENERAL LAWS / SPECIFIC LAWS STANDARDS/ REGULATIONS / PROCEEDINGS Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
Ecuadorian Constitution CONSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CODES DECREES GENERAL LAWS / SPECIFIC LAWS STANDARDS/ REGULATIONS / PROCEEDINGS Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
POLITICAL CONSTITUTION Ecuadorian Constitution In effect since year 1998 ® Title III: About, rights, guarantees and duties ®Chapter 4: About economic, social and cultural rights § Of Work § Of social security Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
International Agreements CONSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CODES DECREES GENERAL LAWS / SPECIFIC LAWS STANDARDS/ REGULATIONS / PROCEEDINGS Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT Agreements Ratified by Ecuador ® Basic agreement between Ecuador and OIT (1951) ® Agreement 29 OIT (1930; R: 1954) Hard or oblitgatory work Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT Agreements Ratified by Ecuador ® Agreement 45 OIT (R: 1954) Women underground work ® Agreement 105 OIT (R: 1961) Hard work Abolition ® Agreement 24 OIT (R: 1962) Illness insurance ® Agreement 35 OIT (R: 1962) Old age obligatory insurance ® Agreement 120 OIT (R: 1969) Hygiene in comerce and offices Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT Agreements Ratified by Ecuador ® Agreement 123 OIT (R: 1969) Underground work ® Agreement 124 OIT (R: 1969) Underground work ® Agreement 127 OIT (R: 1969) Maximum weight transported by a worker ® Agreement 115 OIT (R: 1972) Ionizing radiation and Vibrations ® Agreement 110 OIT (R: 1972) Workers at Plantations Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT Agreements Ratified by Ecuador ® Agreement 119 OIT (: 1972) Machinery protection ® Agreement 78 OIT (R: 1975) Minors medical examination ® Agreement 121 OIT (R: 1978) Prestaciones for industrial accidents and occupational diseases ® Agreement 139 OIT (R: 1978) Carcinogenic substances ® Agreement 136 OIT (R: 1978) Bencene Intoxication Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT Agreements Ratified by Ecuador ® Agreement 148 OIT (R: 1978) Air pollution, noise, vibrations ® Agreement 152 OIT (R: 1988) Port workers ® Agreement 153 OIT (R: 1988) Road transports ® Agreement 162 OIT (R: 1990) Use of Asbestos Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT Agreements Still pending ratification by Ecuador ® Agreement 155 OIT (1981) Workers health and safety ® Agreement 161 OIT (1985) Health at work services ® Agreement 170 OIT (1990) Chemical Products ® Agreement 174 OIT (1993) Accident prevention in Major Industries ® Agreement 176 OIT (1995) Health and Safety in mines ® Agreement 184 OIT (2001) Health and Safety in Agriculture Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
Codes CONSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CODES DECREES GENERAL LAWS / SPECIFIC LAWS STANDARDS/ REGULATIONS / PROCEEDINGS Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
CODES Work code ® Title IV ®Chapter ®Chapter 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: Definition and responsabilities Accidents and invalidities Occupational diseases Compensantions Prevention § Article 416: Obligations on the matter of risk prevention Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
Decrees CONSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CODES DECREES GENERAL LAWS / SPECIFIC LAWS STANDARDS/ REGULATIONS / PROCEEDINGS Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
DECREES Workers health and safety and improvement of work environment Regulation Executive Decree 2393 (1986) Divided in 5 parts: I. General Regulations II. Work places general conditions III. Machines, tools and appliances IV. Transport and handling V. Collective protection Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
DECREES Workers health and safety and improvement of work environment Regulation II. Work places general conditions ® ® ® Safety at the project Buildings and presmises Permanent services Base camps, constructions and other works outdoors Chemical, Biological and Physical factors Industrial cold Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
DECREES Workers health and safety and improvement of work environment Regulation III. Machines, tools and appliances ® ® ® Instalations Protections Command buttons Use and maintenance Manual and portable Elaboration Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
DECREES Workers health and safety and improvement of work environment Regulation IV. Transport and handling ® Raise equipment ® Materials transportators ® Handling and storage ® Vehicles ® Dangerous Merchandise ® Activities in the ports Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
DECREES Workers health and safety and improvement of work environment Regulation Collective protection V. ® ® Fire: Prevention, detection, extinguishing Explotions Signposting, colors and signs Labeling Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
DECREES Safety at mining industriy Regulation Executive Decree 3934 (1996) ® Rights and obligations ® General safety standards ® Permanent services an sanitary conditions ® Use of explosives at mining industry ® Ventilation Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
Standards, Regulations, Proceedings CONSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CODES DECREES GENERAL LAWS / SPECIFIC LAWS STANDARDS / REGULATIONS / PROCEEDINGS Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
STANDARDS / REGULATIONS / PROCEEDINGS Risks at work insurance regulation (IESS) Resolution 741 (1991) ® Risks at work ®Rights, accidents, disabilities, death ® Prevention ®Work conditions ®Dangerousness evaluation ®Management Responsabilities Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
STANDARDS / REGULATIONS / PROCEEDINGS Regulations ® Regulation for the industries medical services good working order. ® Regulation of safety at work against risks in electric instalations ® Regulation for construction and public works ® Regulation of safety and higyene in port works ® Regulation for use and aplication of pesticides Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
STANDARDS /REGULATIONS / PROCEEDINGS Standards in Ecuador ® Process of Accidents investigation standard (2001) ® Transport, storage and handling of hazard chemical products (INEN 2266: 2000) ® Hazard industrial chemicals. Precautionary label (INEN 2288: 2000) Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
Present situation in Ecuador ® Basic agreement with OIT: 1951 ® OIT Agreements ratification OIT: <40% ® Industrial hygiene and safety comitees and departments organization: 1982 ® Workers health and safety and improvement of work environment Regulation: 1986 Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
Thank You Ing. Beatriz Cordovez July 2005
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