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10. THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES INCLUDE WORKMEN WHO DIED FROM
NATURAL CAUSES AT PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, AND IS THEREFORE IN EXCESS OF FATAL ACCIDENTS ARISING FROM WORK, FOR WHICH NO SEPARATE FIGURE IS AVAILABLE. THERE WERE 86 IN 1975 AND 115
IN 1976 FATAL (FOLLOWING WORD UNDERLINED) INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AS OPPOSED TO OCCUPATIONAL FATALITIES.
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(A) UNSUCCESSFUL CLAIMS (1.E. CLAIMS WHERE NO AWARD MADE)
ARE USUALLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FOLLOWING FACTORS
(1)
(11)
THE CLAIMANT CANNOT ESTABLISH HIS RELATIONSHIP AND/OR
DEPENDENCY WITH THE DECEASED WORKMAN.
THE WORKMAN'S DEATH DID NOT ARISE OUT OF AND IN THE
COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT.
(111) THE WORKMAN DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES WHILST AT WORK,
BUT THE CLAIMANT PROCEEDED WITH MAKING A CLAIM THROUGH
THE COURTS.
(B) SOME CASES ARE STILL PENDING AFTER A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD
DECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS
(1) MANY OF THE DEPENDANTS ARE RESIDENTS OUTSIDE HONG
(11)
KONG, MOSTLY IN CHINA, AND IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR THEM
TO OBTAIN AND SEND THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO HONG KONG SUCH AS THE CERTIFICATE OF RELATIONSHIP AND DEPENDENCY AND LETTERS OF AUTHORIZATION WHICH HAVE TO BE AUTHENTICATED
BY THE BRITISH CONSUL IN PEKING.
IN MANY CASES, THE DEPENDANTS IN CHINA DO NOT PERSONALLY
KNOW THEIR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES IN HONG KONG, WHO ARE VERY OFTEN STAFF MEMBERS OF A BANK WITH OFFICES IN BOTH HONG KONG AND. CHINA. THUS IT OFTEN TAKES SOME TIME BEFORE CLAIMS FROM CHINA CAN BE PROCESSED.
(THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS DETAILS OF FATAL CASES IN 1975 AND 1976).
YEAR TOTAL
NO OF
NO OF UNSUCCESSFUL CLAIMS
NO OF
SUCCESSFUL------
PENDING NO OF
CLAIMS CASES
CASES
CLAIMS
1975
212
86
1976
宮
ဝင်
CLAIMS CLAIMS DROPPED TOTAL SETTLED- DISMISSED BY DEPENDANTS/-- ---- OUT OF
BY COURT NO RESPONSE
FROM
DEPENDANTS
COURT
3
56
59
28
39
28
3d
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