Tuesday, July 25, 1972
SAFETY HINTS FOR NEW WORKERS
Young people taking up work in factories during the summer vacation
were advised today that life on "the factory floor" would be completely
different from that at school or elsewhere.
The Labour Department's Industrial Safety Training Officer, Mr. A.H.
Carter, said that many accidents involving young workers and new entrants to
industry were due not so much to carelessness as to ignorance of the hazards
which exist in the industrial environment.
Mr. Carter invited students about to enter industry to visit the
Industrial Safety Training Centre where a wide range of properly guarded
machinery and personal protective clothing equipment are on display.
He also gave a list of 16 safety hints for the guidance of new
workers which ranged from the use and maintenance of tools to avoiding simple
accidents such as tripping over objects.
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