Article 13
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Statutory Documents - ILO Conventions - ILO 152 - International Labour Conference (ILO) Convention No. 152 - Convention Concerning Occupational Safety and Health in Dock Work - Part III. Technical Measures - Article 13

Article 13

  1. All dangerous parts of machinery shall be effectively guarded, unless they are in such a position or of such a construction as to be as safe as they would be if effectively guarded.

  2. Effective measures shall be provided for promptly cutting off the power to any machinery in respect of which this is necessary, in an emergency.

  3. When any cleaning, maintenance or repair work that would expose any person to danger has to be undertaken on machinery, the machinery shall be stopped before this work is begun and adequate measures shall be taken to ensure that the machinery cannot be restarted until the work has been completed: Provided that a responsible person may restart the machinery for the purpose of any testing or adjustment which cannot be carried out while the machinery is at rest.

  4. Only an authorised person shall be permitted to -

  • (a) remove any guard where this is necessary for the purpose of the work being carried out;

  • (b) remove a safety device or make it inoperative for the purpose of cleaning. adjustment or repair.

  5. If any guard is removed, adequate precautions shall be taken, and the guard shall be replaced as soon as practicable.

  6. If any safety device is removed or made inoperative, the device shall be replaced or its operation restored as soon as practicable and measures shall be taken to ensure that the relevant equipment cannot be used or inadvertently started until the safety device has been replaced or its operation restored.

  7. For the purpose of this Article, the term "machinery" includes any lifting appliance, mechanised hatch cover or power-driven equipment.

Parent topic: Part III. Technical Measures
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