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船舶装卸工人伤害防护公约（1932年修正本）(附英文)
【分 类】 国际海事 经贸合作
【时 效 性】
【颁布时间】 1932年04月27日
【实施时间】 1934年10月30日
【条约缔结地】 日内瓦
国际劳工组织全体大会，
经国际劳工局理事会的召集于１９３２年４月１２日在日内瓦举行第１６届会议，
经议决采纳关于本届会议议程第４项所列“大会第１２届会议通过的局部修正本关于船舶装卸工人伤害防护公约”的若干提议，并
认为这些提议须采取国际公约的方式，
于１９３２年４月２７日通过下述公约，供国际劳工组织各会员国依据国际劳工组织章程的规定加以批准，此公约得称为《１９３２年伤害防护（码头工人）公约（修正本）》。
第１条
本公约所称的下列名词，其含义如下：
（１）“装卸工作”一词，系指包括在海港、内河、港埠、船坞、码头、埠头或进行船舶装卸工作的其他类似场所，在岸上或在船舶上装卸航行海洋或内河的任何船舶的工作的全部或任何一部，但军舰除外：
（２）“工人”一词，系指被雇用从事装卸工作的任何人员。
第２条
１．工人往来在装卸工作场所所须通过的船坞、码头、埠头或其他类似处所的任何要道及岸上的任何此种工作场所均应适当顾及利用此要道或工作场所的工人的安全而加以维护。
２．下列事项应予特别注意：
（１）前述岸上的工作场所及从最近公路以达工作场所的前述要道的危险部分，均应设置安全而有效的灯光；
（２）码头应经常充分清除货物，以保持抵达本公约第三条所称上下船的设备的通道无阻；
（３）如码头边缘留有空隙时，其宽度至少应有３英尺（９０米），且除固定建筑物、机械设备及应用器具外，应清除一切障碍物；
（４）斟酌运输及工作情况，在可能范围内，应依下列规定办理：
（ａ）凡前述要道及工作场所的危险部分（例如有危险的敞开处、拐角及边缘），应护以适当的栏杆，其高度不得少于２英尺６英寸（７５厘米）；
（ｂ）桥梁上危险的人行道、潜箱及船坞门，应在两旁护以栏杆，其高度不得少于２英尺６英寸（７５厘米），此项栏杆的两端，应各展长至相当距离，其长度不得超过５码（４．５米）。
（５）在批准本公约时已用的设备，如实际尺寸未少于本条第２款第（４）项所规定尺寸的百分之十以上者，应视为已符合该项所规定的尺寸。
第３条
（１）当船舶靠近一码头或其他船舶以从事装卸工作时，应有上下船的安全设备，以为工人上下船之用；但纵无专门设备，工人亦不致遭遇重大危险事故者，不在此限。
（２）上述所称的上下船设备，应如下列：
（ａ）如实际可行时，船舶应有舷梯、跳板、或其他类似的构造物；
（ｂ）在其他情况下，应有扶梯。
（３）本条第（２）款第（ａ）项所规定的设施，其宽度至少应有２２英寸（５５厘米），须相当稳固以防移动，倾斜角度应不过陡，应以质地优良现状良好的材料制作，两边并须护以坚牢的栏杆，净高不得少于２英尺９英寸（８２厘米）；如系舷梯的一面已以船边作适当的围护者，其他一面须设同样高度的坚牢栏杆。
但前述设施在本公约批准时已使用者，应依下列规定准予继续使用：
（ａ）两旁栏杆净高至少有２英尺８英寸（８０厘米）者，可沿用至重换之时；
（ｂ）两旁栏杆净高至少有２英尺６英寸（７５厘米）者，自批准之日起续用二年。
（４）本条第（２）款第（ｂ）项所规定的扶梯，应有适当的长度，并须相当坚牢稳固。
（５）（ａ）主管机关如确知在工人安全方面本条所规定的设施并无需要时，得许有例外情况，不适用本条的规定。
（ｂ）专用于装卸工作的过货栈台和过货跳板，应不适用本条的规定。
（６）除本条所规定或准许的上下船设备外，工人不得使用或被命令使用其他设备。
第４条
工人为从事装卸工作而由水上往来于船舶时，应规定适当办法，以保证其安全运送，办法中应包括运送船舶所应遵守的条件。
第５条
（１）工人如须在货舱中进行装卸工作，而自甲板面至舱底的深度超过５英尺（１．５米）者，甲板与货舱间应有进出口的安全设备，以供工人之用。
（２）前称进出口的设备通常应为扶梯，但不合于下列条件的不得认为安全：
（ａ）扶梯的踏脚处，连同扶梯背后的空隙计算在内，其深度不得少于４．５英寸（１１．５厘米），其宽度不得少于１０英寸（２５厘米），并应有稳固的扶手；
（ｂ）扶梯的安置只须其不阻碍舱口，不必过于凹入甲板之下；
（ｃ）扶梯应接连舱口栏板上的稳固扶手及踏脚的设备（例如铁栓或杯形物），并应与此种设备适合；
（ｄ）前述栏板上的设备，其踏脚处的深度连同该项设备背后的空隙计算在内，不得少于４．５英寸（１１．５厘米），其宽度不得少于１０英寸（２５厘米）；
（ｅ）如在各下层甲板间分设扶梯，应尽可能使其与上层甲板扶梯相衔接。
但遇船舶构造不适合设梯时，主管机关得准予适用其他进出口设备，仍须在可能范围内，符合本条关于扶梯规定的条件。
关于批准本公约时已有的船舶，如扶梯及其他设备的实际尺寸未少于本款第（ａ）项与第（ｄ）项所规定尺寸的百分之十以上者，应视为已符合该两项所规定的尺寸，直至其重新更换时为止。
（３）舱口栏板上应留有通路，以便设备进出舱口。
（４）轴隧两旁应设适当的扶手及踏脚处。
（５）当在无甲板货舱内应使用扶梯时，该扶梯由装卸工作的承包者负责提供。扶梯的顶端应设置钩子或其他工具，以使它牢系于栏板上。
（６）除本条所规定或准许的进出口设备外，工人不得使用或被命令使用其他设备。
（７）批准本公约时已有的船舶，在自本公约批准之日起不超过四年的期间内，应免予遵行本条第（２）款第（ａ）项与第（ｄ）项关于尺寸的规定及第（４）款的规定。
第６条
（１）当工人在船上进行装卸工作时，工人进出的货舱舱口，其自甲板面至舱底的深度超过５英尺（１．５米），并未护以净高２英尺６英寸（７５厘米）的栏板者，在无货物、煤或他种物资通过时，应护以３英尺（９０厘米）高的坚牢栏杆，或加以稳固的掩盖。吃饭及其他暂时停止工作时应否实施本款的规定，应由国家法律或条例规定。
（２）甲板中的其他任何洞口或可危害工人的安全者，在必要时，应采取同样措施以防护之。
第７条
１．当装卸工作须在船上进行时，上下船的设备，及工人工作所在处或工作时所需前往的船上一切场所，均应得到充足的照明。
２．照明设备应当既不危及工人的安全又不妨碍其他船舶的航行。
第８条
为保障工人从事移去或重置舱口盖板及盖板用的横梁时的安全起见，应依照下列规定办理：
（１）舱口盖板用的横梁，应保持良好的状况；
（２）舱口盖板应配以大小与重量相称的把手，但因舱口或舱口盖板的构造关系无需此项设备者，不在此限；
（３）盖板用的横梁，应设适当的绞辘，以便移去或重置，此项绞辘应在工人予以排整时，无须走上横梁者为适合；
（４）所有舱口盖板及纵梁横梁，如不能互相调换者，应在其上标明所属的甲板与舱口及其位置；
（５）舱口盖板不得用于过货栈台的搭建或易于招致损坏的其他用途。
第９条
１．应规定适当办法，以保证岸上或船上装卸工作所使用的升降机或与升降机联合使用的固定或活动绞辘确属安全坚牢。
２．下列规定应特别予以注意：
（１）前述的升降机、国家法律或条例所规定装置船上附属在升降机的固定绞辘及与升降机及固定绞辘联合使用的铁链与钢缆，在使用之前，应由政府机关认可的适当人员依规定方式妥为检查与试验，并证明其安全载重量；
（２）凡岸上或船上使用的升降机及国家法律或条例所规定的装置船上附属在升降机的固定绞辘，经使用之后，均应依下列规定详加查验：
（ａ）动臂、鹅头管、帆柱索、动臂索、眼头钉、拱阔及特别难于拆卸的其他固定绞辘等均应每１２个月检查一次，每４年详细检验一次；
（ｂ）所有升降机（例如起重机、绞车）、滑车、搭链以及未包括在（ａ）目内的所有其他附属绞辘，均应每１２个月详细检验一次。
所有活动绞辘（例如铁链、钢缆、环钩），除曾在前３个月内经过检查者外，应在每次使用前加以检查。
铁链不得打结缩短，并应注意防止其触及锐利的边缘而受损。
任何钢缆衔接处的箍圈或接环，至少应以缆的分股分作三卷，并分割每股的一半铁丝为二卷以结成之；但使用其他方法，而能证明与以上规定的方法有同等功效者，应不予禁止。
（３）凡铁链及国家法律或条例规定的绞辘（例如钩、环、搭链、转环），除曾按照国家法律或条例的规定切实处理者外，应在政府机关认可的适当人员监督之下，依下列规定退火：
（ａ）关于船上所带的铁链及绞辘：
（ｉ）普通用的０．５英寸（１２．５毫米）及不足半英寸的铁链或绞辘，至少每６个月一次；
（ｉｉ）所有其他普通的铁链或绞辘（包括拱阔铁链，但不包括附属于动臂或帆柱的缰链），至少每１２个月一次；
但绞辘专用于起重机及其他手力升降机件者，前列（ｉ）目原定６个月一次者，应改为１２个月一次，（ｉｉ）目原定１２个月一次者，应改为２年一次。
除铁链外，如主管机关因前述绞辘的体积、形状、质料或久置不常用的，认为本项关于退火的规定在工人的安全保护方面并无必要时，得发给证明书（亦可视情况吊销），免除此种绞辘受前述退火的限制，但证明书得规定免除退火的条件。
（ｂ）关于非船上所带的铁链及绞辘，应规定办法以确保此等铁链及绞辘的退火。
（ｃ）凡铁链及绞辘已经锻接法展长、改变、修理者，无论其为船上所带或非船上所带，均应加以试验与复验。
（４）无论在岸上或船上，均应备置经过正式登记的记录、载明安全载重量及本款第（１）项与第（２）项所称的试验与检验的日期与结果以及本款第（３）项所称的退火或其他处理的日期与结果，从而可以充分认定有关机件及绞辘的安全状况。
该项记录在奉命视察的任何人员索阅时，应由负责保管的人员出示。
（５）所有起重机、动臂、吊链，以及国家法律或条例所规定船上使用的任何类似的升降绞辘，均应标明安全载重量；吊链上所标的安全载重量，应用数码或文字记在铁链上或牢系在铁链的质料坚固的牌或环上。
（６）所有发动机、齿轮、铁链及摩擦轮、轴系、导电体及蒸汽管等，均应在可能范围内妥加围护，而同时不致妨害船舶操作的安全（但如能证明因其位置与构造关系对于工作的各工人与妥加围护者有同样的安全时，不在此限）。
（７）起重机及绞车应有相当设备，以尽量减少所载物件在升降时偶然坠落的危险。
（８）应采取适当的措施，以防止由起重机或绞车排出的蒸汽蒙蔽工人工作场所的任何部分，在可能范围内，对于进入起重机或绞车的蒸汽亦同。
（９）应采取适当的措施，以防动臂脚根偶然脱出插座或脱离撑柱。
第１０条
使用以机械或其他动力推动的升降机或运输机或发放信号给此种机械的操作人员，或在绞车末端或绞车鼓轮处照料吊货绳索的人员，均应由有充分能力并可靠的人员担任。
第１１条
下列规定均应切实施行：
（１）物件不得悬留在任何升降机上；但在悬留之际，有适当人员确实管理升降机者，不在此限。
（２）为工人的安全而有使用发信号人的必要时，应就其使用事项规定适当办法。
（３）应规定适当措施，以防止在堆货、清货、装货、卸货或与此等工作有关的处理时采用危险方法。
（４）在舱口开始工作之前，应移去其横梁，或牢系之，以防移动。
（５）当工人在货舱或中舱处理煤或其他笨重货物时，应有预防措施以便利工人的躲避。
（６）凡构造不坚、支撑不固及需要系缚时而系缚不牢的栈台，不得用于装卸工作。
在船与岸边间倾斜过陡的栈台上，不得使用载运货物的手推车，以防发生危险。
遇必要时，栈台上应覆盖适当物质，以防工人滑跌。
（７）如货舱中的工作空间只限于舱口的方孔时，除目的在于解除或连结吊链外，下列规定应予注意：
（ａ）吊钩不得系于棉花、羊毛、软木、麻袋或其他类似货物包捆的束条或扎索上；
（ｂ）因货桶或活动钩子的构造或状况，如使用活动钩子装卸货桶可能有危险时，不得予以使用。
（８）除遇有特殊情况，除国家法律或条例所许可者外，不论何种绞辘的载重，均不得超过安全载重量。
（９）岸上起重机具有不同能力者（例如其载重能力依起落臂角度变化而异者），应在机上设一自动指示器或度数表，表明依照起落臂斜度而具有的相应安全载重量。
第１２条
工人处理货物时由于固有性质或当时状况，而对其生命或健康有危险者；或贴近此处货物工作，或在装载过此种货物地方工作时，为保证工人的适当保护，国家法律或条例应视当地环境，规定所认为必要的预防措施。
第１３条
１．在经常用于装卸工作的船坞、码头、埠头及其他类似场所，应具有国家法律或条例斟酌当地环境所规定的设备，使受伤工人可迅速获得急救；如遇严重的意外事故时，且可移至最近的医疗地点。以上处所中应随时保有充足的急救设备，并准备妥当，以便在工作时间内可立即使用。此等设备应由专人负责管理，其中应包括能施急救的人员一人或多人，且在工作时间内须能随时服务。
２．前述的船坞、码头及其他类似场所，应配置适当设备，以拯救坠入水中的工人，免致溺毙。
第１４条
除经特许或确有必要外，任何护栏、跳板、绞辘、扶梯、救生器具、灯光、标记、栈台，或依照本公约需要置备的其他任何设备，任何人不得移动，或加以阻碍；即或必须移动，而至必需移动期间终了时，亦应立即恢复原状。
第１５条
１．对于船坞、码头、埠头及其他类似场所的不常有装卸工作，或运输不繁且限于小船者，或若干特殊或特种船舶或在某一小吨位以下的船舶，或因气候关系不能实施本公约的规定者，各会员国得准许其免除适用本公约的规定，或为本公约规定的例外。
２．遇有上述准许免除或例外的规定，应即通知国际劳工局。
第１６条
除本公约另有规定外，凡与船舶构造及其永久设备有关的本公约各条款，应实施于本公约批准后开始建造的船舶，并应在本公约批准后四年期限内实施于所有其他船舶；但在期限届满前，上述各条款应在合理可行的范围内实施于这些其他船舶。
第１７条
为保证所有的工人伤害防护条例的切实实施起见，应依下列规定办理：
（１）此等条例应明白规定负责遵行各该条例的个人或团体；
（２）对于有效的检查制度及违反条例的罚则，应有规定；
（３）应在经常有装卸工作的船坞、码头、埠头及其他类似场所的明显地方，张贴这些条例或其摘要。
第１８条
１．各会员国承诺与已经批准本公约的其他会员国根据本公约制定相互办法，内中特别包括相互承认各该国所规定的试验、检查与退火的办法及关于此等事项的证明书与记录。
２．关于船舶的构造与船上所用的机械、设备、记录以及依本公约的规定应在船上遵行的其他事项，每一会员国须确悉另一会员国采取的办法能保证工人的一般安全标准，从而与其本国法律及条例所规定的标准同样有效。
３．各国政府并应适当顾及国际劳工组织章程第１９条第（１１）款所规定的义务。＊
＊该款规定：“在任何情况下都不应因大会通过了任何建议书或公约草案而要求任何会员国削弱其现有立法为有关工人所提供的保护。”
由于１９４６年修改了章程，对应条款现为第１９条第８款。
第１９条
本公约的正式批准书应送请国际劳工局局长登记。
第２０条
１．本公约应仅对批准书已经国际劳工局登记的会员国具有约束力。
２．本公约应自国际劳工组织两会员国的批准书已经局长登记之日起１２个月后生效。
３．此后对于任何会员国，本公约应自其批准书已经登记之日起１２个月后生效。
第２１条
国际劳工局局长在国际劳工组织两会员国的批准书已经国际劳工局登记时，应立即通知国际劳工组织的全体会员国，此后续有其他会员国的批准书登记时，该局长亦应予以通知。
第２２条
１．凡批准本公约的会员国，自本公约初次生效之日起满１０年后，得向国际劳工局局长通知解约，并请其登记。此项解约通知书，自经国际劳工局登记之日起满１年后，始得生效。
２．凡批准本公约的会员国，在前款所述１０年期满后的１年内，如未行使本条所规定的解约权利，即须再遵守５年，此后得依本条的规定，每当５年期满，通知解约。
第２３条
国际劳工局理事会在必要时，应将本公约的实施情况向大会提出报告，并审查是否将本公约的全部或局部修正问题，列入大会议程。
第２４条
１．如本大会制定一项对本公约作全部或局部修正的新公约，且新修正公约已生效时，会员国对于新修正公约的批准，尽管有前述第２２条的规定，依法应为对本公约的立即解除。
２．自新修正公约生效之日起，本公约应即停止接受各会员国的批准。
３．但对于已批准本公约而未批准修正公约的会员国，本公约现有的形式及其内容，仍应有效。
第２５条
本公约的法文本与英文本同等为准。
CONVENTION No. 32 Convention concerning the Protection against Ac-cidents of Workers Employed in Loading or Unloading Ships (Revised), 1932
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The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the
International Labour Office, and having met in its Sixteenth Session on
12 April 1932, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to
the partial revision of the Convention concerning the protection against
accidents of workers employed in loading or unloading ships adopted by the
Conference at its Twelfth Session, which is the fourth item on the agenda
of the Session, and
Considering that these proposals must take the form of an
international Convention, adopts this twenty-seventh day of April of the
year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two the following Convention,
which may be cited as the Protection against Accidents (Dockers)
Convention (Revised), 1932, for ratification by the Members of the
International Labour Organization in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution of the International Labour Organization:
Article 1
For the purpose of this Convention
(1) the term "processes" means and includes all or any part of the
work performed on shore or on board ship of loading or unloading any ship
whether engaged in maritime or inland navigation, excluding ships of war,
in, on, or at any maritime or inland port, harbour, dock, wharf, quay or
similar place at which such work is carried on; and
(2) the term "worker" means any person employed in the processes.
Article 2
1. Any regular approach over a dock, wharf, quay or similar premises
which workers have to use for going to or from a working place at which
the processes are carried on and every such working place on shore shall
be maintained with due regard to the safety of the workers using them.
2. In particular,
(1) every said working place on shore and any dangerous parts of
any said approach thereto from the nearest highway shall be safely and
efficiently lighted;
(2) wharves and quays shall be kept sufficiently clear of goods to
maintain a clear passage to the means of access referred to in Article 3;
(3) where any space is left along the edge of any wharf or quay,
it shall be at least 3 feet (90 cm.) wide and clear of all obstructions
other than fixed structures, plants and appliances in use; and
(4) so far as is practicable having regard to the traffic and
working,
(a) all dangerous parts of the said approaches and working
places (e. g. dangerous breaks, corners and edges) shall be adequately
fenced to a height of not less than 2 feet 6 inches (75 cm.);
(b) dangerous footways over bridges, caissons and dock gates
shall be fenced to a height of not less than 2 feet 6 inches (75 cm.) on
each side, and the said fencing shall be continued at both ends to a
sufficient distance which shall not be required to exceed 5 yards (4 m.
50).
(5) The measurement requirements of paragraph (4) of this Article
shall be deemed to be complied with, in respect of appliances in use at
the date of the ratification of this Convention, if the actual
measurements are not more than 10 per cent. less than the measurements
specified in the said paragraph (4).
Article 3
(1) When a ship is lying alongside a quay or some other vessel for the
purpose of the processes, there shall be safe means of access for the use
of the workers at such times as they have to pass to or from the ship,
unless the conditions are such that they would not be exposed to undue
risk if no special appliance were provided.
(2) The said means of access shall be
(a) where reasonably practicable, the ship’s accommodation ladder,
a gangway or a similar construction;
(b) in other cases a ladder.
(3) The appliances specified in paragraph (2) (a) of this Article
shall be at least 22 inches (55 cm.) wide, properly secured to prevent
their displacement, not inclined at too steep an angle, contracted of
materials of good quality and in good condition, and securely fenced
throughout to a clear height of not less than 2 feet 9 inches (82 cm.) on
both sides, or in the case of the ship’s accommodation ladder securely
fenced to the same height on one side, provided that the other side is
properly protected by the ship’s side.
Provided that any appliances as aforesaid in use at the date of the
ratification of this Convention shall be allowed to remain in use
(a) until the fencing is renewed if they are fenced on both sides
to a clear height of at least 2 feet 8 inches (80 cm.);
(b) for two years form the date of ratification if they are fenced
on both sides to a clear height of at least 2 feet 6 inches (75 cm.).
(4) The ladders specified in paragraph (2) (b) of this Article shall
be of adequate length and strength, and properly secured.
(5) (a) Exceptions to the provisions of this Article may be allowed by
the competent authorities when they are satisfied that the appliances
specified in the Article are not required for the safety of the workers.
(b) The provisions of this Article shall not apply to cargo stages
or cargo gangways when exclusively used for the processes.
(6) Workers shall not use, or be required to use, any other means of
access than the means specified or allowed by this Article.
Article 4
When the workers have to proceed to or from a ship by water for the
processes, appropriate measures shall be prescribed to ensure their safe
transport, including the conditions to be complied with by the vessels
used for this purpose.
Article 5
(1) When the workers have to carry on the processes in a hold the
depth of which from the level of the deck to the bottom of the hold
exceeds 5 feet (1 m. 50), there shall be safe means of access from the
deck to the hold for their use.
(2) The said means of access shall ordinarily be by ladder, which
shall not be deemed to be safe unless it complies with the following
conditions:
(a) provides foothold of a depth, including any space behind the
ladder, of not less than 4 1/2 inches (11 1/2 cm.) for a width of not less
than 10 inches (25 cm.) and a firm handhold;
(b) is not recessed under the deck more than is reasonably
necessary to keep it clear of the hatchway;
(c) is continued by and is in line with arrangements for secure
handhold and foothold on the coamings (e. g. cleats or cups);
(d) the said arrangements on the coamings provide foothold of a
depth, including any space behind the said arrangements, of not less than
4 1/2 inches (11 1/2 cm.) for a width of not less than 10 inches (25 cm.);
(e) if separate ladders are provided between the lower decks, the
said ladders are as far as practicable in line with the ladder from the
top deck.
Where, however, owing to the construction of the ship, the provision
of a ladder would not be reasonably practicable, it shall be open to the
competent authorities to allow other means of access, provided that they
comply with the conditions laid down in this Article for ladders so for as
they are applicable.
In the case of ships existing at the date of the ratification of this
Convention the measurement requirements of subparagraphs (a) and (d) of
this paragraph shall be deemed to be complied with, until the ladders and
arrangements are replaced, if the actual measurements are not more than 10
per cent. less than the measurements specified in the said subparagraphs
(a) and (d).
(3) Sufficient free passage to the means of access shall be left at
the coamings.
(4) Shaft tunnels shall be equipped with adequate handhold and
foothold on both sides.
(5) When a ladder is to be used in the hold of a vessel which is not
decked it shall be the duty of the contractor undertaking the processes to
provide such ladder. It shall be equipped at the top with hooks or with
other means for firmly securing it.
(6) The workers shall not use, or be required to use, other means of
access than the means specified or allowed by this Article.
(7) Ships existing at the date of ratification of this Convention
shall be exempt from compliance with the measurements in paragraph (2) (a)
and (d) and from the provisions of paragraph (4) of this Article for a
period not exceeding four years from the date of ratification of this
Convention.
Article 6
(1) While the workers are on a ship for the purpose of the processes,
every hatchway of a cargo hold accessible to the workers which exceeds 5
feet (1 m. 50) in depth from the level of the deck to the bottom of the
hold, and which is not protected to a clear height of 2 feet 6 inches (75
cm.) by the coamings, shall, when not in use for the passage of goods,
coal or other material, either be securely fenced to a height of 3 feet
(90 cm.) or be securely covered. National laws or regulations shall
determine whether the requirements of this paragraph shall be enforced
during meal times and other short interruptions of work.
(2) Similar measures shall be taken when necessary to protect all
other openings in a deck which might be dangerous to the workers.
Article 7
1. When the processes have to be carried on a ship, the means of
access thereto and all places on board at which the workers are employed
or to which they may be required to proceed in the course of their
employment shall be efficiently lighted.
2. The means of lighting shall be such as not to endanger the safety
of the workers nor to interfere with the navigation of other vessels.
Article 8
In order to ensure the safety of the workers when engaged in removing
or replacing hatch coverings and beams used for hatch coverings,
(1) hatch coverings and beams used for hatch coverings shall be
maintained in good condition;
(2) hatch coverings shall be fitted with adequate hand grips, having
regard to their size and weight, unless the construction of the hatch or
the hatch coverings is of a character rendering the provision of hand
grips unnecessary;
(3) beams used for hatch coverings shall have suitable gear for
removing and replacing them of such a character as to render it
unnecessary for workers to go upon them for the purpose of adjusting such
gear;
(4) all hatch coverings and fore and aft and thwart-ship beams shall,
in so far as they are not interchangeable, be kept plainly marked to
indicate the deck and hatch to which they belong and their position
therein;
(5) hatch coverings shall not be used in the construction of cargo
stages or for any other purpose which may expose them to damage.
Article 9
1. Appropriate measures shall be prescribed to ensure that no hoisting
machine, or gear, whether fixed or loose, used in connection therewith, is
employed in the processes on shore or on board ship unless it is in a safe
working condition.
2. In particular,
(1) before being taken into use, the said machines, fixed gear on
board ship accessory thereto as defined by national laws or regulations,
and chains and wire ropes used in connection therewith, shall be
adequately examined and tested, and the safe working load thereof
certified, in the manner prescribed and by a competent person acceptable
to the national authorities;
(2) after being taken into use, every hoisting machine, whether
used on shore or on board ship, and all fixed gear on board ship accessory
thereto as defined by national laws or regulations shall be thoroughly
examined or inspected as follows:
(a) to be thoroughly examined every four years and inspected
every twelve months: derricks, goose necks, mast bands, derrick bands,
eyebolts, spans and any other fixed gear the dismantling of which is
specially difficult;
(b) to be thoroughly examined every twelve months: all
hoisting machines (e. g. cranes, winches), blocks, shackles and all other
accessory gear not included in (a).
All loose gear (e. g. chains, wire ropes, rings, hooks) shall be
inspected on each occasion before use unless they have been inspected
within the previous three months.
Chains shall not be shortened by tying knots in them and precautions
shall be taken to prevent injury to them from sharp edges.
A thimble or loop splice made in any wire rope shall have at least
three tucks with a whole strand of rope and two tucks with one half of the
wires cut out of each strand; provided that this requirement shall not
operate to prevent the use of another form of splice which can be shown to
be as efficient as the form hereby prescribed.
(3) Chains and such similar gear as is specified by national laws or
regulations (e. g. hooks, rings, shackles, swivels) shall, unless they
have been subjected to such other sufficient treatment as may be
prescribed by national laws or regulations, be annealed as follows under
the supervision of a competent person acceptable to the national
authorities:
(a) In the case of chains and the said gear carried on board
ship:
(i) half inch (12 1/2 mm.) and smaller chains or gear in
general use once at least in every six months;
(ii) all other chains or gear (including span chains but
excluding bridle chains attached to derricks or masts) in general use once
at least in every twelve months:
Provided that in the case of such gear used solely on cranes and
other hoisting appliances worked by hand, twelve months shall be
substituted for six months in subparagraph (i) and two years for twelve
months in subparagraph (ii);
Provided also that, if the competent authority is of opinion that
owing to the size, design, material or infrequency of use of any of the
said gear the requirements of this paragraph as to annealing are not
necessary for the protection of the workers, it may, by certificate in
writing (which it may at its discretion revoke), exempt such gear from
the said requirements subject to such conditions as may be specified in
the said certificate.
(b) In the case of chains and the said gear not carried on
board ship: measures shall be prescribed to secure the annealing of the
said chains and gear.
(c) In the case of the said chains and gear whether carried on
board ship or not, which have been lengthened, altered or repaired by
welding, they shall thereupon be tested and re-examined.
(4) Such duly authenticated records as will provide sufficient
prima facie evidence of the safe condition of the machines and gear
concerned shall be kept, on shore or on the ship as the case may be,
specifying the safe working load and the dates and results of the tests
and examinations referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article and
of the annealing or other treatment referred to in paragraph (3).
Such records shall, on the application of any person authorised
for the purpose, be produced by the person in charge thereof.
(5) The safe working load shall be kept plainly marked on all
cranes, derricks and chain slings and on any similar hoisting gear used on
board ship as specified by national laws or regulations. The safe working
load marked on chain slings shall be either in plain figures or letters
upon the chains or upon a tablet or ring of durable material attached
securely thereto.
(6) All motors, cogwheels, chain and friction gearing, shafting,
live electric conductors and steam pipes shall (unless it can be shown
that by their position and construction they are equally safe to every
worker employed as they would be if securely fenced) be securely fenced so
far as is practicable without impeding the safe working of the ship.
(7) Cranes and winches shall be provided with such means as will
reduce to a minimum the risk of the accidental descent of a load while in
process of being lifted or lowered.
(8) Appropriate measures shall be taken to prevent exhaust steam
from and, so far as practicable, live steam to any crane or winch
obscuring any part of the working place at which a worker is employed.
(9) Appropriate measures shall be taken to prevent the foot of a
derrick being accidentally lifted out of its socket or support.
Article 10
Only sufficiently competent and reliable persons shall be employed to
operate lifting or transporting machinery whether driven by mechanical
power or otherwise, or to give signals to a driver of such machinery, or
to attend to cargo falls on winch ends or winch drums.
Article 11
(1) No load shall be left suspended from any hoisting machine unless
there is a competent person actually in charge of the machine while the
load is so left.
(2) Appropriate measures shall be prescribed to provide for the
employment of a signaller where this is necessary for the safety of the
workers.
(3) Appropriate measures shall be prescribed with the object of
preventing dangerous methods of working in the stacking, unstacking,
stowing and unstowing of cargo, or handling in connection therewith.
(4) Before work is begun at a hatch the beams thereof shall either be
removed or be securely fastened to prevent their displacement.
(5) Precautions shall be taken to facilitate the escape of the workers
when employed in hold or on tween decks in dealing with coal or other bulk
cargo.
(6) No stage shall be used in the processes unless it is substantially
and firmly constructed, adequately supported and where necessary securely
fastened.
No truck shall be used for carrying cargo between ship and shore on a
stage so steep as to be unsafe.
Stages shall where necessary be treated with suitable material to
prevent the workers slipping.
(7) When the working space in a hold is confined to the square of the
hatch, and except for the purpose of breaking out or making up slings,
(a) hooks shall not be made fast in the bands or fastenings of
bales of cotton, wool, cork, gunny-bags, or other similar goods;
(b) can-hooks shall not be used for raising or lowering a barrel
when, owing to the construction or condition of the barrel or of the
hooks, their use is likely to be unsafe.
(8) No gear of any description shall be loaded beyond the safe working
load save in exceptional cases and then only in so far as may be allowed
by national laws or regulations.
(9) In the case of shore cranes with varying capacity (e. g. raising
and lowering jib with load capacity varying according to the angle) an
automatic indicator or a table showing the safe working loads at the
corresponding inclinations of the jib shall be provided on the crane.
Article 12
National laws or regulations shall prescribe such precautions as may
be deemed necessary to ensure the proper protection of the workers, having
regard to the circumstances of each case, when they have to deal with or
work in proximity to goods which are in themselves dangerous to life or
health by reason either of their inherent nature or of their condition at
the time, or work where such goods have been stowed.
Article 13
1. At docks, wharves, quays and similar places which are in frequent
use for the processes, such facilities as having regard to local
circumstances shall be prescribed by national laws or regulations shall be
available for rapidly securing the rendering of first-aid and in serious
cases of accident removal to the nearest place of treatment. Sufficient
supplies of first-aid equipment shall be kept permanently on the premises
in such a condition and in such positions as to be fit and readily
accessible for immediate use during working hours. The said supplies shall
be in charge of a responsible person or persons, who shall include one or
more persons competent to render first-aid, and whose services shall also
be readily available during working hours.
2. At such docks, wharves, quays and similar places as aforesaid
appropriate provision shall also be made for the rescue of immersed
workers from drowning.
Article 14
Any fencing, gangway, gear, ladder, life-saving means or appliance,
light, mark, stage or other thing whatsoever required to be provided under
this Convention shall be removed or interfered with by any person except
when duly authorised or in case of necessity, and if removed shall be
restored at the end of the period for which its removal was necessary.
Article 15
1. It shall be open to each Member to grant exemptions from or
exceptions to the provisions of this Convention in respect of any dock,
wharf, quay or similar place at which the processes are only occasionally
carried on or the traffic is small and confined to small ships, or in
respect of certain special ships or special classes of ships or ships
below a certain small tonnage, or in cases where as a result of climatic
conditions it would be impracticable to require the provisions of this
Convention to be carried out.
2. The International Labour Office shall be kept informed of the
provisions in virtue of which any exemptions and exceptions as aforesaid
are allowed.
Article 16
Except as herein otherwise provided, the provisions of this Convention
which affect the construction or permanent equipment of the ship shall
apply to ships the building of which is commenced after the date of
ratification of the Convention, and to all other ships within four years
after that date, provided that in the meantime the said provisions shall
be applied so far as reasonable and practicable to such other ships.
Article 17
In order to ensure the due enforcement of any regulations prescribed
for the protection of the workers against accidents,
(1) the regulations shall clearly define the persons or bodies who are
to be responsible for compliance with the respective regulations;
(2) provisions shall be made for an efficient system of inspection and
for penalties for breaches of the regulations;
(3) copies or summaries of the regulations shall be posted up in
prominent positions at docks, wharves, quays and similar places which are
in frequent use for the processes.
Article 18
1. Each Member undertakes to enter into reciprocal arrangements on the
basis of this Convention with the other Members which have ratified this
Convention, including more particularly the mutual recognition of the
arrangements made in their respective countries for testing, examining
and annealing and of certificates and records relating thereto;
2. Provided that, as regards the construction of ships and as regards
plant used on ships and the records and other matters to be observed on
board under the terms of this Convention, each Member is satisfied that
the arrangements adopted by the other Member secure a general standard of
safety for the workers equally effective as the standard required under
its own laws and regulations;
3. Provided also that the Governments shall have due regard to the
obligations of paragraph (11) of article 19 of the Constitution of the
International Labour Organization.①
[ ①That provision read as follows:
"In no case shall any Member be asked or required, as a result of the
adoption of any Recommendation or draft Convention by the Conference, to
lessen the protection afforded by its existing legislation to the workers
concerned."
As a result of the amendment of the Constitution in 1946, a
corresponding provision is now contained in article 19, paragraph 8,
thereof.]
Article 19
The formal ratifications of this Convention under the conditions set
forth in the Constitution of the International Labour Organization shall
be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office
for registration.
Article 20
1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members whose
ratifications have been registered with the International Labour Office.
2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the
ratifications of two Members of the International Labour Organization have
been registered with the Director-General.
3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member
twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been
registered.
Article 21
As soon as the ratifications of two Members of the International
Labour Organization have been registered with the International Labour
Office, the Director-General of the International Labour Office shall so
notify all the Members of the International Labour Organization. He shall
likewise notify them of the registration of ratifications which may be
communicated subsequently by other Members of the Organization.
Article 22
1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after
the expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first
comes into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not
take effect until one year after the date on which it is registered with
the International Labour Office.
2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which does not,
within the year following the expiration of the period of ten years
mentioned in the preceding paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation
provided for in this Article, will be bound for another period of five
years and, thereafter, may denounce this Convention at the expiration of
each period of five years under the terms provided for in this Article.
Article 23
At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the
International Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a
report on the working of this Convention and shall examine the
desirability of placing on the agenda of the Conference the question of
its revision in whole or in part.
Article 24
1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this
Convention in whole or in part, the ratification by a Member of the new
revising Convention shall ipso jure involve denunciation of this
Convention without any requirement of delay, notwithstanding the
provisions of Article 22 above, if and when the new revising Convention
shall have come into force.
2. As from the date of the coming into force of the new revising
Convention, the present Convention shall cease to be open to ratification
by the Members.
3. Nevertheless, this Convention shall remain in force in its actual
form and content for those Members which have ratified it but have not
ratified the revising Convention.
Article 25
The French and English texts of this Convention shall both be
authentic.
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