Article 4

     1. National laws or regulations  shall  prescribe  that  measures
complying  with  Part  III of this Convention be taken as regards dock
work with a view to -
     (a) providing  and maintaining workplaces,  equipment and methods
of work that are safe and without risk of injury to health;
     (b) providing  and  maintaining  safe  means  of  access  to  any
workplace;
     (c) providing the information, training and supervision necessary
to ensure the protection of  workers  against  risks  of  accident  or
injury to health arising out of or in the course of their employment;
     (d) providing workers with any personal protective equipment  and
protective clothing and any life-saving appliances reasonably required
where adequate protection against  risks  of  accident  or  injury  to
health cannot be provided by other means;
     (e) providing and maintaining suitable and adequate first-aid and
rescue facilities;
     (f) developing and establishing proper procedures  to  deal  with
any emergency situations which may arise.
     2. The measures to be taken in pursuance of this Convention shall
cover -
     (a) general requirements relating to the construction,  equipping
and maintenance of dock structures and other places at which dock work
is carried out;
     (b) fire and explosion prevention and protection;
     (c) safe means of access to ships,  holds, staging, equipment and
lifting appliances;
     (d) transport of workers;
     (e) opening  and closing of hatches,  protection of hatchways and
work in holds;  (f) construction,  maintenance and use of lifting  and
other cargo-handling appliances;
     (f) construction, maintenance and use of staging;
     (g) rigging and use of ship`s derricks;
     (h) testing,  examination,  inspection  and   certification,   as
appropriate,  of lifting appliances,  of loose gear,  including chains
and ropes,  and of slings and other  lifting  devices  which  form  an
integral part of the load;
     (i) handling of different types of cargo;
     (j) stacking and storage of goods;
     (k) dangerous  substances  and  other  hazards  in  the   working
environment;
     (l) personal protective equipment and protective clothing;
     (m) sanitary and washing facilities and welfare amenities;
     (n) medical supervision;
     (o) first-aid and rescue facilities;
     (p) safety and health organisation;
     (q) training of workers;
     (r) notification  and investigation of occupational accidents and
diseases.
     3. The practical implementation of the requirements prescribed in
pursuance of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be ensured or  assisted
by  technical standards or codes of practice approved by the competent
authority,  or by other appropriate methods consistent  with  national
practice and conditions.