Health, Safety and Environment - International Labour Organization

Manual 6:HOW TO RATIFY & USE ILO CONVENTION NO. 184ON SAFETY & HEALTH IN AGRICULTUREWHAT THE CONVENTIONSAYS(c) take immediate stepsto stop any operation wherethere is an imminent andserious danger to safety andhealth and to evacuateworkers as appropriate.WHAT YOUR LAWSSAYAMENDMENTS NEEDEDTO YOUR NATIONAL LAWIUF Comment on Article 7The requirement in Article 7.1 for employers to “carry out appropriate risk assessments inrelation to the safety and health of workers” and then to then to “adopt preventive andprotective measures”, is an important step forward in ensuring greater worker protection.This requirement is supplemented by paragraphs 4 (1) & (2) of the Recommendation (seebelow) which gives the government a role in ensuring that a system for risk assessment is setup and provides a non-exhaustive list – which can be added to – of the potential topics to becovered in an employer’s risk assessment. Paragraph 5 (below) spells out in detail, thehierarchy of elimination/prevention and control measures to be followed in the order thatthey are written.293 Health, Safety and EnvironmentA Series of Trade Union EducationManuals for Agricultural Workers