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Art. 190.- The Health Services (Los Servicios de Salud) will establish in each case the reforms or minimum hygiene and safety measures that the jobs and the health of the workers advise. For this purpose, they may provide that competent officials visit the respective establishments and tasks at the times and opportunities they deem appropriate, and they shall set the term within which these reforms or measures must be carried out.
Said visit may also be motivated by a complaint made by any person who reports the existence of a fact or circumstance that puts the health of workers at serious risk.
Art. 191.- Labour Department (Dirección del Trabajo): Control of compliance with the basic legally required measures relating to the proper functioning of facilities, machines, equipment and work instruments
Law No. 16744 lays down rules on accidents at work and occupational diseases
The Book III “Health and Safety Environment at Workplaces” of the Health Code approved by Decree No. 725 provides for general rules regarding equipment, machinery, materials and other elements in order to protect life and health of workers.
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WORKPLACES
Art. 82.- The regulations shall include rules such as those relating to:
(a) the health and safety conditions which workplaces, equipment, machinery, plant, materials and other elements must meet in order to effectively protect the life, health and well-being of workers and employees and of the general public; ...
Decree 40
Regulations on Occupational Risk Prevention
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