Guyana’s manufacturing sector can anticipate having to comply with a range of new occupational safety and health (OSH) regulations as the time draws closer for the enactment of legislation prepared for the sector by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Stabroek Business has learnt that the impending safety and health regulations for the manufacturing sector could have a comprehensive impact on the manner in which the country’s manufacturing sector is run. Among other things, the regulations are likely to impact on the administrative requirements for starting up or operating a manufacturing enterprise.
Any new legislation will also address a comprehensive range of general safety requirements including access to and egress from workplaces, safety in relation to machinery and equipment, safety in relation to plant, powered mobile equipment, electrical safety, safety in relation to protective equipment,