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WORK ACCIDENT TOLL DROPS
SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1974.
11 KILLED, 912 INJURED IN JAN-MARCH QUARTER
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FIFTY-EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 6,457 INJURED AT WORK DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
RELEASING THE FIGURES TODAY, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR, MR. NEIL HENDERSON SAID: +COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR, THE TOTAL ACCIDENTS REPORTED SHOW AN INCREASE OF 151.
+BUT THERE IS A DROP OF 35 IN THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES,
AND THE OVERALL REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF MORE THAN ONE THIRD. ACCIDENT TOLL FOR THE QUARTER IS THE LOWEST FOR A YEAR, IN TERMS 'OF BOTH DEATHS AND INJURIES.
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+LT COMPARES WITH 93 DEAD AND 6,271 INJURED IN THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR 65 DEAD AND 7,299 INJURED IN THE JUNE QUARTER LAST YEAR= 85 DEAD AND 8,579 INJURED IN THE SEPTEMBER QUARTER= AND 61 DEAD AND 8,065 INJURED IN THE DECEMBER QUARTER.+
MR. HENDERSON SAID THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY REMAINED THE WORST KILLER INDUSTRY DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, KILLING 11 WORKERS AND INJURING 912 - ONE IN EVERY FIVE KILLED AND ONE IN EVERY SEVEN INJURED IN ALL WORK ACCIDENTS IN HONG KONG IN THE PERIOD.
AND HE WARNED: +WITH THE ADVENT OF BIG ENGINEERING PROJECTS SUCH AS THE DESALTER PLANT AND THE UNDERGROUND MASS TRANSIT, MORE HEAVY MACHINERY WILL BE PUT TO USE ON SITES. BUILDING CONTRACTORS WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TAKING INCREASING CARE IN APPLYING SAFETY MEASURES.+
+THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS 1973, WHICH CAME IN FORCE ON MAY 1, LAY DOWN - AMONG OTHER THINGS - STRINGENT CONTROL ON THE USE OF LIFTING GEAR, CRANES AND HOISTS.+
+CONTRACTORS SHOULD REFER FREQUENTLY TO THE REGULATIONS AND SEEK THE FREE ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT BY RINGING 3-691588.+
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MR. HENDERSON SAID THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY ACCOUNTED FOR 833 ACCIDENTS DURING THE-FIRST THREE MONTHS THIS YEAR, TWO OF THEM FATAL, MAKING IT THE SECOND WORST ACCIDENT-RISK INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG
HE SAID THE BUILDING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES, TOGETHER WITH THE MANUFACTURE OF MACHINERY, METAL PRODUCTS AND GARMENTS, WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY HALF OF ALL WORK ACCIDENTS IN HONG KONG.
BREAKING DOWN THE MAJOR CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS, MR. HENDERSON SAID SOME 20 PER CENT INVOLVED MACHINERY, 13 PER CENT MANUAL HANDLING, 11 PER CENT FALLS OF PERSONS AND NINE PER CENT THE USE OF HAND TOOLS.
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