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Tuesday, September 5, 1972
NEW DEVICE TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
A new piece of equipment to demonstrate the latest safety
devices for industrial machinery is to be displayed by the Labour
Department's Industrial Safety Training Centre in Kowloon,
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The new device, to be fitted to a paper cutting guillotine,
is worked by a photo-electric cell. The ones at present on display
are fitted with simpler fixed guards or interlocking devices.
The Industrial Safety Training Officer, Mr. A.H. Carter, pointed
out that the safety method to be demonstrated by the machine is suitable
for large power presses and guillotines now in use in Hong Kong, and
would contribute towards reducing accidents in industry.
One of the aims of the Industrial Safety Training Centre is the
reduction of industrial accidents through the instruction of supervisors
and foremen who will in turn teach their workers the rudiments of accident
prevention.
The new machine, costing $27,500, is expected to arrive from
Germany in about two months.
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