Tuesday, September 25, 1973
MANY STILL IGNORE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
Managements and workers are still adopting an "indifferent at-
titude" towards industrial safety, Mr. A.H. Carter, Industrial Safety
Training Officer of the Labour Department, said today.
"This is indeed discouraging as it can only lead to unnecessary
waste of life and limb."
He was cormenting on the number of accidents on construction sites
in August when three workers were killed and 395 others injured. This
compared with two deaths and 380 injuries in July.
As in previous months, one of the major causes of injury was
persons falling from heights.
In one of the fatal accidents the worker fell to his death from
a bamboo scaffolding when a series of cross-bars of the scaffolding broke
off.
Mr. Carter said scaffolding was not designed to support heavy
Furthermore,
loads, and heavy materials should never be stacked on it.
scaffoldings should be regularly examined to ensure their stability.
"One could well imagine that had the worker worn a safety belt,
his life might have been saved," he added.
Mr. Carter said another important aspect of accident prevention
general tidiness and or-
on construction sites was "good housekeeping"
ganisation.
"A high standard of 'housekeeping' will definitely help reduce the
number of accidenta oaused by workers tripping over objects or being struck
by falling objects," he said.
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