294
Appendix 21
(Chapter 4: Employment)
Factory registrations and inspections
1970
1971
Applications received for registration...
3,170
3,576
Registration Certificates issued
1,454
1,720
Applications refused (premises unsuitable)
17
Applications withdrawn
310
509
Factories closed and Registration Certificates surrendered ...
572
788
*Places of employment registered at December 31
10,793
11,678
Factories 'recorded' at December 31
8,630
7,724
62,113 54,003
Routine visits by inspectorate for enforcement of safety,
health and welfare provisions
+
Inspections in connection with industrial or occupational
accidents and workmen's compensation
Visits for wage enquiries
...
+
Visits about employment of women and young persons Night visits to enforce regulations on employing women and
young persons at prohibited hours ...
Visits in connection with enforcement of the Industrial Em- ployment (Holidays with Pay and Sickness Allowance) Ordinance
2,278 2,878
540
506
37,706 42,117
20,467 42,946
3,292 4,013
* Undertakings which are in the course of registration and those which are not registrable but
are inspected by the Labour Department staff.
Appendix 22
(Chapter 4: Employment)
Industrial and occupational accidents
Persons involved
Deaths
Persons injured in registrable workplaces
Deaths in registrable workplaces
Accident rate per 1,000 industrial workers Fatality rate per 1,000 industrial workers
+
:
1970
1971
24,610
27,192
259
379
9,561 15,057
39
40
16.46
24.89
0.067
0.066