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República del Ecuador

República del Ecuador. HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK. Current regulation. Legal Structure. Ecuadorian Constitution. POLITICAL CONSTITUTION. Ecuadorian Constitution. In effect since year 1998 Title III: About, rights, guarantees and duties Chapter 4: About economic, social and cultural rights

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República del Ecuador

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  1. República del Ecuador HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK Current regulation

  2. Legal Structure

  3. Ecuadorian Constitution

  4. 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

  5. International Agreements

  6. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT AgreementsRatified by Ecuador • Basic agreement between Ecuador and OIT (1951) • Agreement 29 OIT (1930; R:1954) Hard or oblitgatory work

  7. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT AgreementsRatified 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

  8. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT AgreementsRatified 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

  9. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT AgreementsRatified 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

  10. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT AgreementsRatified 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

  11. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OIT AgreementsStill 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

  12. Codes

  13. CODES Work code • Title IV • Chapter 1: Definition and responsabilities • Chapter 2: Accidents and invalidities • Chapter 3: Occupational diseases • Chapter 4: Compensantions • Chapter 5: Prevention • Article 416: Obligations on the matter of risk prevention

  14. Decrees

  15. DECREES Workers health and safety and improvement of work environment RegulationExecutive Decree 2393 (1986) Divided in 5 parts: • General Regulations • Work places general conditions • Machines, tools and appliances • Transport and handling • Collective protection

  16. DECREES Workers health and safety and improvement of work environment Regulation • 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

  17. DECREES Workers health and safety and improvement of work environment Regulation • Machines, tools and appliances • Instalations • Protections • Command buttons • Use and maintenance • Manual and portable • Elaboration

  18. DECREES Workers health and safety and improvement of work environment Regulation • Transport and handling • Raise equipment • Materials transportators • Handling and storage • Vehicles • Dangerous Merchandise • Activities in the ports

  19. DECREES Workers health and safety and improvement of work environment Regulation • Collective protection • Fire: Prevention, detection, extinguishing • Explotions • Signposting, colors and signs • Labeling

  20. DECREES Safety at mining industriy RegulationExecutive Decree 3934 (1996) • Rights and obligations • General safety standards • Permanent services an sanitary conditions • Use of explosives at mining industry • Ventilation

  21. Standards, Regulations, Proceedings

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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)

  25. 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

  26. Thank You

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