www.Droit-Afrique.com Art.D.170-27.- Scaffolds, gangways, cantilevered floor, elevated platforms, as well as their respective access ways must have strong rigid balustrades placed at a height of 90 centimetres. The flying bridges or gangways used to load or offload vessels shall have to form a rigid whole and have rigid 90 centimetres high parapets on both sides. Art.D.170-28.- Wells, hatches, vats, tanks, reservoirs, pits and descending openings shall have to be built, installed or protected in conditions that ensure workers' safety. Appropriate measures should protect workers from risks of spillage or splashing, as well from risk of pouring over the walls of vats, tanks, reservoirs, carboys or canisters containing products capable of causing thermally-induced burns. Art.D.170-29.- Maintenance ladders should be placed or fastened such that they cannot slip from below or fall over. Rungs shall have to be rigid, spaced out equally and embedded into the stiles. Considering the weight to be borne and presence of all the rungs, only sufficiently resistant ladders may be used. It shall be prohibited to use rungs to transport loads weighing over 50kg. The stiles of double ladders must, during their use, be fixed or coupled using a rigid device. Art.D.170-30.- Workers who are called upon to work in wells, pipes, sewage pits, tanks or any equipment that contains poisonous gases shall have to wear a safety belt. Art.D.170-31.- Lifting equipment, such as lifts and station lifts, whose booths or platforms move in between guide rails or vertical or sensibly vertical guides shall be installed and built such that workers do not run the risk of falling into the void, being hit by a fixed or moving object, or in the event an object falls, being hit by it. Art.D.170-32.-The counterweights of lifting equipment should be installed such that there is no risk Implementing Decree of the Labour Code Mali of collision with the booth or fall from it. Art.D.170-33.- The head of the institution shall have to, under his/her responsibility, examine on a daily basis the state of safety devices and the proper functioning of lifting equipment. He/she shall be obliged to ensure that the equipment is serviced and lubricated, inspect the hoisting ropes and lifting chains every six months and the safety parts once every year. The name and title of those tasked with this servicing, the inspection dates and the remarks made in the wake of these activities shall be recorded in a register made available to the labour inspector. Art.D.170-34.- All lifting equipment should visibly bear a statement from the manufacturer on the maximum or standard weight that the equipment can lift. Art.D.170-35.- Any machine with a defect that could cause an accident should be inspected at least once quarterly. These inspections shall be conducted by a specialist, appointed for this purpose by the head of the institution and answerable to the latter. The results of the inspections shall be recorded in a register known as “safety register” opened by the head of the institution and constantly made available to the labour inspector. Art.D.170-36.- Rooms housing generators and alternators shall be accessible only to workers assigned to operate and service these machines. In instances where these machines are not found in separate premises, they shall be isolated using rigid protective partitions or barriers, which are at least 90cm high. Art.D.170-37.- An agreed sign must always be given before machines powered by one command are collectively launched and stopping. Art.D.170-38.- The apparatus to stop alternators must always be placed outside the dangerous area and such that those operating these machines can easily and immediately start it. 20/29