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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1974.
SAFETY RULES ON LIFTING APPLIANCES EFFECTIVE FROM NOVEMBER 1
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REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SAFE OPERATION OF LIFTING APPLIANCES AND GEAR USED IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS WILL COME INTO FORCE ON NOVEMBER 1.
THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. DAVID LIN, TODAY REMINDED EMPLOYERS, WORKERS AND EQUIPMENT INSPECTORS THAT CONTRAVENTION OF THE REGULATIONS CARRIED A FINE UP TO $5,000 ON CONVICTION.
+PLENTY OF TIME HAS BEEN GIVEN TO OWNERS OF LIFTING APPLIANCES AND GEAR TO MAKE THE NECESSARY PREPARATION+,+ HE SAID.
+WE HOPE EVERYONE CONCERNED WILL CO-OPERATE IN MAKING SURE THE NEW REGULATIONS ARE FOLLOWED AND HELP IN THE DRIVE FOR IMPROVEMENT IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.t
THE REGULATIONS THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS CLIFTING APPLIANCES AND LIFTING GEAR) REGULATIONS 1974 WERE MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. JAN PRICE, LAST NOVEMBER.
THEY COVER THE SAFE USE OF LIFTING APPLIANCES IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS INCLUDING ANY DOCK, QUAY, WHARF OF WAREHOUSE.
THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS EXCLUDED FROM THE REGULATIONS.. BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS WHICH CAME ·
INTO FORCE IN MAY THIS YEAR, INCLUDE DETAILED REGULATIONS ON LIFTING APPLIANCES USED IN CONSTRUCTION SITES.
MR. LIN SAID: +UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS, OWNERS MUST ENSURE THEIR LIFTING APPLIANCES AND GEAR ARE OF SOUND CONSTRUCTION.
+ THE EQUIPMENT MUST BE TESTED AND EXAMINED BY COMPETENT EXAMINERS BEFORE BEING USED AND MUST HAVE PERIODICAL TESTS AFTER THAT.
+THESE APPLIANCES AND GEAR MUST NOT BE USED FOR LOADS GREATER THAN THEIR MAXIMUM WORKING LOADS, WHICH HUST BE LEGIBLY MARKED ON THE EQUIPMENT.
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