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News Peruvian government moves to tackle unsafe cement bag standard

Peruvian government moves to tackle unsafe cement bag standard

Written by Global Cement staff 23 February 2022
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Peru: The Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion has initiated talks with cement producers, exporters and unions with a view to changing the standard national cement bag weight. The ministry recognised the 42.5kg/bag standard as a historical anachronism and unsafe. The Federation of Civil Construction Workers (FTCCP) has reported lower back injury as the main cause of ‘desertion of construction site.’ Beside the risk of injury, the standard has allegedly contributed to discrimination against older builders, because site managers often consider even those well below the state early retirement age of 55 to beunfit. The union has argued that 25kg bags would reduce the risk of harm to quality of life to 15%, while 15kg bags would entail a risk of just 5%.

Standards authority Produce will now hold a round table with stakeholders to review the possibility of a 41% weight reduction to the international standard of 25kg. Federation of Cement and Ready-Mix Workers of Peru (FETRACEPPE) general secretary Luis Gilvonio said that this will not solve problems overnight: where firms start instructing workers to carry two bags at a time, their net load will have increased. As such, he argued for continued awareness-raising alongside the law change.

Bagged cement accounted for 70% of Peruvian producers’ cement sales in 2021.

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