Article
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Each employer shall provide appropriate safety measures to protect workers against the hazards
of occupational injuries and diseases that may
occur during the work, and also against fire
and other hazards that may result from the use of machines and
other work tools. He shall also adopt all other safety
measures prescribed by the Ministry of Labour and Social
Affairs. Every worker shall use the protective gear and the
clothing supplied to him for this purpose, shall comply with all
instructions given by the employer to protect him against
hazards, and shall
refrain from taking any action that might obstruct the enforcement
of such instructions.
Article 92
Each employer shall display in a conspicuous position at the workplace detailed instructions indicating the measures to be taken to prevent fire and protect the workers
against hazards to which they may be exposed while performing
their work. Such instructions shall be in Arabic and
in another language understood by the
worker.
Article 93
Every employer shall provide one or more first-aid
boxes containing medicines; the Ministry of Labour and Social
Affairs may prescribe bandages, antiseptics and such other
first-aid material as. There shall be one
first-aid box for every 100 workers; the box shall be located in a
conspicuous place, within the easy reach of the workers,
and shall be controlled by a person specialised in administering first aid.
Article 94
Without prejudice to the regulations and orders issued by the competent government authorities,
an employer shall ensure that each workplace is perfectly clean, ventilated and provided
with adequate lighting, drinking water and toilets.
Article 95
An employer shall arrange for one or more medical practitioners to
carry out general medical examination, at regular intervals
of not more than six months, on those of his workers who
are exposed to any of the occupational diseases specified in the
Schedule attached hereto, and shall record the findings of
such examinations in his records as well as in the workers’
personal files.
The medical practitioners shall immediately inform the
employer and the labour department of cases of
occupational disease occurring among the workers, and of resulting
deaths, after the facts have been confirmed through
appropriate medical and laboratory tests. The employer shall in turn report these findings to the
labour department.
The medical practitioner carrying out the
periodic examination may order that any worker who has been exposed
to an occupational disease be re-examined after a period
shorter than the interval prescribed in the first paragraph of
this article, if he believes that the worker's condition so
warrants.
Article 96
An employer shall provide his workers with medical
care facilities up to the
standards laid down by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in conjunction with
the Minister of Health.
Article 97
The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs may,
after consulting the Ministry of Health, issue resolutions
prescribing the general precautions and health-related safety measures
applicable to all firms employing workers, particularly
measures relating to safety, lighting, ventilation, dining
rooms, supply of water for drinking and washing purposes,
elimination of dust and smoke pollutants, and
the precautions to be taken against fire and electricity
hazards.
Article 98
The employer or his representative shall inform each worker, upon
recruitment, of the occupational hazards involved and the protective measures he must
take,
and shall post detailed written instructions in this respect at the
workplaces.
Article 99
It shall be unlawful for an employer, his representative
or any person having authority over workers to bring or
allow any one else to bring any kind of alcoholic beverages into
a workplace for consumption therein or to allow any person
in a state of drunkenness to enter or remain on the
premises.
Article 100
Each worker shall comply with the orders and instructions related
toindustrial security and
safety precautions, shall use the appropriate protective devices and treat any such devices
in his possession with due care. No worker shall
commit any act leading to non-compliance
with such instructions, or to the misuse, damage or destruction of
the equipment provided for protecting the health and safety of the
workers.
An employer may prescribe in the disciplinary
regulation penalties to be imposed on workers contravening the
provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 101
Each employer employing workers in areas remote
from towns and not
covered by regular means of transport shall provide his workers with the
following services:
1- Suitable means of transport.
2- Suitable living accommodation.
3-
Drinking water.
4- Adequate food supplies.
5-
First-aid facilities.
6- Recreation and sports facilities.
The
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs shall specify the areas to
which the provisions of this Article wholly or partially apply in a
resolution. Save for food supplies, the cost of the
services referred to in this Article shall be borne by the
employer and none of it may be charged to the
workers.