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30% Much of the increase in accidents reported in the
plastics industry consisted of comparatively minor accidents.
In previous years these may well have gone unreported because
the complicated assessment procedures at that time made them
not worth reporting..
The Labour Department will continue to try to reduce
industrial accidents in all sectors of industry, by inspection
and law enforcement and by encouraging safety awareness
among both employers and employees.
The
In 1984 over 24,000 people took part in courses and
talks on industrial safety organized by the Department.
industrial safety publicity campaign which began six years
ago will continue next year and, as in the past, we shall
make the fullest possible use of television, radio and
newspapers. We are discussing with Radio Television Hong Kong
joint plans to organize a series of industrial safety
programmes on television and radio. Other publicity activities
will include safety exhibitions, posters and television
announcements.
The Labour Advisory Board's Committee on Industrial
Safety and Accident Prevention and its five industry-based
safety sub-committees play a major role in bringing
together all those involved in industrial safety. The plastics
industry sub-committee, thanks to the energy and enthusiasm
of Mr. Kenneth Tongson, has been one of the more active.
Its programme last year included a very successful safety
seminar and the production of a code of safe practice for the
industry. The sub-committee is now making its plans for the
coming year.
On the enforcement side, the Factory Inspectorate
pays particular attention to the guarding of plastic