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Get e-Newsletter. Back to overview overview. Share this page Share by email. Have any questions? Contact us to discuss your environment, health, safety and sustainability needs today. You are using an old version of Edge. L , Art. L, Art. D, Art. When there are less than than 50 workers the employer shall introduce a position for occupational safety and health specialist taking into consideration the specifics of the activities undertaken or entrust the occupational safety and health duties to another specialist.
In order to ensure compliance with requirements of occupational safety and health and control over their implementation, in every undertaking performing manufacturing activity with more than 50 workers, an occupational safety and health service shall be set up or an occupational safety and health officer, with adequate training or experience in this field, shall be appointed. When a company has less than 25 employees the employer himself can fulfil assistance related tasks if he has sufficient knowledge, experience and resources.
Medical surveillance of employees is mandatory. For this purpose, the employer enters into a contract with occupational medicine physician. In any case, the law states a minimum number of safety officers depending on the number of workers.
Workers dealing with OSH management and external or internal preventive services shall possess the qualifications required by the law. When occupational health service or corresponding expert assistance are engaged, they shall be sufficient in scope and shall have sufficient competence and resources for this work. In addition, the stipulations in Appendix 2 shall be fulfilled" Sec. The information shall concern both the activity as a whole and each individual workplace or each individual job" Appendix 2 of the Swedish Work Environment Authority on Systematic Work Environment Management.
The obligation to hire safety specialists depends on: a. The employer whose workforce counts from to workers in a 50 km radius, the headquarter is required to organize a medical service with the help of a graduate in medicine, a graduate in health sciences, a medical assistant or two nurses hired under employment contracts under the supervision of a physician art.
The employer whose workforce counts from to workers in a 50 km radius, the headquarter shall organize a medical service, under the guidance of a physician hired under an employment contract who provides the service personally and permanently. The physician is assisted by: - either 4 nurses whose number is fixed for at least one nurse for workers; - either graduated in medicine, graduated in health sciences or medical assistants whose number is fixed for at least one graduated in medicine, a graduate in health sciences or medical assistant for workers.
The employer whose workforce counts from to in a 50 km radius, the headquarter is required to organize a medical service under the guidance of two physicians hired under an employment contract who provide the service personally and permanently. The physicians are assisted by: - either 4 nurses whose number is fixed for at least one nurse for workers; - either two medical assistants or graduates in medicine or in health sciences which number is fixed at the rate of at least a medical assistant or a graduate in medicine or health sciences for workers.
For each additional workers in a km radius, the employer shall hire a physician who shall devote all his activity in the undertaking's medical service. This physician shall be assisted by a medical staff whose number shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of this Order. For the Hygiene and Safety Service the law also provides the number of professional- working hour per number of workers at workplaces.
These services shall be under the supervision of a specialist in occupational medicine physician in the case of preventive ccupational health services, and an engineer or OSH technician for the Department of Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare.
Arts Workplaces with 50 or more workers when there is a high risk activity. Workplaces with or more workers must have an internal Occupational Safety Service. Each establishment shall appoint full-time officers in occupational safety and health in accordance with the following table: A Highly risk establishments: Workplaces with 50 - workers: 1 OSH officer Workplaces with — workers: 2 OSH officers Workplaces with — workers: 3 OSH officers Workplaces with — workers: 4 OSH officers Workplaces with more than workers: 4 OSH offciers and an additional officer per every additional employees B Medium risk establishments: Workplaces with - workers: 1 OSH officer Workplaces with — workers: 2 OSH officers Workplaces with more than workers: 2 OSH officers and an additional officer per every additional employees Art.
An employer shall, in establishments that are not subject to the provisions of Article 30 of this Order, appoint one or more part-time qualified persons, or select one of his workers to assist him in fulfilling the special occupational safety and health requirements in conformity with the nature of hazards in his establishment.
Chapter 3, Articles 21,30, If an employer employs 10 or more workers, he shall set up an OSH programme adequate to the nature and size of the establishment. This includes the organization and management of the OSH. Part One, Chapter Two, Arts. A business entity other than those specified in the preceding paragraph shall establish a work safety management body or have full-time work safety management personnel if its number of employees exceeds ; or have full-time or part-time work safety management personnel or employ engineering technicians holding relevant professional qualifications required by the state to provide work safety management services if its number of employees is below Non-hazardous Workplace Less than workers: One 1 part-time safety man For every workers: One 1 full-time safety man.
Shipyards in which any ship, tanker and other vessels are constructed, reconstructed, repaired, refitted, finished or broken up. Factories used for processing petroleum or petroleum products. Any other factories in which or more persons are employed, except those which are used for manufacturing garments.
In any establishment of the categories from 1 to 5 that have 2 or more employees and in any establishment of the categories from 6 to 14 that have 20 or more employees, the employer shall assign an employee who is in charge of supervising, controlling, commanding, and ordering other employers to work within the scope of responsibility of each working unit, to be a safety officer at supervisor level of the establishment. Such person shall bear the qualifications as indicated in Clause 8 of this Ministerial Regulation.
In any establishment of the categories from 2 to 5 that have employees, the employer shall appoint an employee having qualifications as prescribed in Clause 11 to be a safety officer at technical level of the establishment.
Such appointed employee shall work as a safety officer for not less than the period stipulated, i. There shall be an exemption for the establishment which has already a safety officer at advanced technical level or professional level. In any establishment of the categories from 2 to 5 that have employees, the employer shall appoint an employee having qualifications as prescribed in Clause 14 to be a safety officer at advanced technical level of the establishment.
There shall be an exemption for the establishment which has already a safety officer at professional level. In any establishment of the first category that have 2 or more employees, and in any establishment in the categories from 2 to 5 that have or more employees, the employer shall appoint at least one employee bearing qualifications as stated in Clause 17 to be a safety officer at professional level of the establishment.
In the establishments of the categories from 1 to 5 that have 2 or more employees, and in the establishments of the categories from 6 to 14 that have 20 or more employees, the employers shall appoint every employee at management level who have qualifications as prescribed in Clause 20 to be a safety officer at management level of the establishment.
In case there is no employee at management level, the employer shall act as the safety officer at management level. In addition, in any establishment having 50 or more employees, the employer shall arrange to have a Committee of Occupational Safety, Health and Environment at the establishment.
The composition, acquisition and number of committee members shall be based on the workforce size following the criteria prescribed in Clause The committee shall perform duties as listed in Clause 25 of this Ministerial Regulation. Moreover, in any establishment of the category 1 that have 2 or more employees, and any establishment of the categories 2 to 5 that have or more employees, the employer shall arrange to have an OSH unit as a section, department, etc. Such OSH unit shall be maintained although, in later time, the number of employees may be reduced to less than , except the number is reduced to less than Chapter 1.
Joint Circular No. For the first category mentioned, at least one first degree OSH expert shall be appointed. However, in case where more than 70 percent of the employees are performing work in special working conditions a second degree OSH expert shall be appointed.
In the second category mentioned, at least one second degree OSH expert shall be appointed. However, in case where at least 80 percent of the employees are performing exclusively work of low risk, a first degree OSH practitioner can be appointed.
In the last category mentioned, at least one second degree and one first degree OSH practitioner shall be appointed. Additionally, on every following employees, at least one more second degree OSH practitioner shall be appointed. However, where more than employees are employed and of which at least 80 percent preform work of low risk, at least one second degree and one first degree OSH practitioner shall be appointed.
If not, he is required to seek help from experts. For companies that engage from 2 to 9 employees, the employer nominates one or more employees or appoints an expert to monitor OSH issues. In addition, the employees elect one safety representative. In companies engaging 10 to employees, the employer is required to nominate a safety committee, whose members include the employer or his representative, a medical doctor or practitioner, a safety officer, if available, and, depending on the number of the workers in the company, representatives from the workforce.
Companies with more than employees must employ a full time safety officer and have a safety committee in which the safety officer takes part. In undertakings with more than 50 employees, the employer is obliged to also use the services of an occupational physician. However, when a company has less than 25 employees the employer himself can fulfil assistance related tasks if he has sufficient knowledge, experience and resources.
Compulsory medical examinations of employees are independent of the number of workers employed. Safety officers: - for industrial premises: a up to 50 workers, one safety officer; b more than 50 workers, two safety officers per workers, where at least one of them must be a safety manager. Occupational doctors: - for industrial premises or in case of activities involving high risk, at least one hour per month for each group of 10 workers; - in other premises, at least one hour per month for each group of 20 workers.
If the doctor monitors workers from both types of premises, the number of monitored workers shall not represent more than hours of work per month for the doctor, calculated following the rules above min. According to the Recommendations of the Ministry of Labour at the position of OSH specialist might be appointed, as a rule, those who have higher professional technical education in OSH without relevant work exprerience, or specialist who have finished vocational training on OSH and has 3 years of experience as an OSH technician of the first category, or 5 years of experience in other job position relevant to OSH.
OSH specialist must undergo special training in occupational safety and health. In this respect the law reserves a whole Chapter to classify the different types of OSH functions into basic, intermediate and superior and establishes the necessary qualifications the person in charge must have depending on the level and complexity of the function.
Workers dealing with OSH management and external or internal preventive services must comply with the qualifications requirements set in the law. In undertakings with less than 50 workers the functions of OSH services could be carried out by one of the managers. ILO is a specialized agency of the United Nations.
Egypt No data available. Equatorial Guinea No data available. Eritrea No data available. Eswatini No data available. Mozambique No data available. Sierra Leone No data available. Chapter 11, Article 43 2 South Africa No data available. Sudan No data available. Tanzania, United Republic of No data available. Uganda No data available. Zambia No data available. Zimbabwe No data available. Antigua and Barbuda No data available. Argentina No data available.
Bahamas No data available. Barbados No data available. Belize No data available. Chile No data available. Cuba No data available.
Dominica No data available. Dominican Republic No data available. Ecuador No data available. El Salvador No data available. Grenada No data available. Guatemala No data available. Guyana No data available. Mexico No data available. Workplaces with less than workers shall use external services.
United States No data available. Uruguay No data available.
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