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Friday, October 20, 1972
ACCIDENTS ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITES
Artificial lighting should be provided where natural lighting in
buildings under construction is inadequate.
Mr. A.H. Carter, the Industrial Safety Training Officer of the
Labour Department, said this would enable workers to see where they were
going and serve as a safety precaution on building sites.
In September, four workers were killed and 324 injured while
working on building construction sites. Of this number, 70 were the result
of accidental falls.
Mr. Carter said: "The number of workers injured by falling from
height could be substantially reduced if higher standards were employed in
the construction of safer working platforms and means of access."
"Many of the falls which occur on the level would not happen if
good housekeeping were maintained."
He continued: "Materials should be neatly stacked, rubbish, debris
and unwanted material removed from the site at regular intervals. They must
not be allowed to accumulate in untidy stacks and piles."
All excavations should be fenced as should be all openings in
floors and lift shafts to prevent workers from falling into them, he added.
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