TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1974.
ACCIDENT PREVENTION COMMITTEES ADVOCATED
TO HELP CUT DOWN INDUSTRIAL · ACCIDENTS
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LADOUR, 17. IAN PRICE, TODAY CALLED ON TRADE AND EMPLOYER ORGÁNISATIONS TO SET UP SPECIAL COMMITTEES TO EXAMINE IN DETAIL WAYS OF IMPROVING VORK SAFETY IN THEIR FIELDS.
OFFICIALLY OPENING THE SECOND CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SEMINAR, KR. PRICE CRITICISED EMPLOYERS AND MANAGERS VIO ATTEMPTED TO PLACE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SOLELY ON THE GOVERMENT – AND DID LITTLE ABOUT IT THEMSELVES.
AND HE SAID IT WAS ALSO A RESPONSIBILITY OF TRADE UNIONS - A RESPONSIBILITY RARELY DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG - TO DO ALL THEY COULD TO STOP WORKERS LECOMING ACCIDENT VICTIMS.
+I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS POINT RECOGNISED IN HONG KONG BY TRADE UNIONS SPONSORING ACCIDENT PREVENTION SEMINARS,+ HE SAID.
+IN ALL TOO MANY CASES, ACCIDENTS OCCUR BECAUSE WORKERS MAY NOT APPRECIATE THE DANGER OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING. PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY TIE BACK OR RENDER OPERATIVE GUARDS DESIGNED TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS OCCURRING,+
THE COMMISSIONER VARIJED DELEGATES TO THE CMA SAFETY SEMINAR AGAINST <MERELY TALKING ABOUT ACCIDENT PREVENTION+.
HE TOLD THEM THEY SHOULD PRODUCE PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS TO REDUCE THE CONTINUING, APPALLING+ WORK ACCIDENT TOLL IN HONG KONG.
HE STRESSED MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND HEALTHY VORKING ENVIRONMENT AND URGED MANUFACTURING AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS TO INSTITUTE THEIR OWN ACCIDENT PREVENTION POLICIES AND BRING THEM TO THEIR MEMBERS' ATTENTION.
MR. PRICE PRAISED THE CMA FOR TAKING THE LEAD AMONG EMPLOYER GROUPS IN PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. HE SAID THE ASSOCIATION HAD INITIATED INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SEMINARS, SET UP AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY COMMITTEE AND EMPLOYED ITS OWN SAFETY OFFICER- OCE OF THE FIRST GRADUATES FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OFFICER COURSES.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, ITS SAFETY OFFICER'S RESPONSIBILITIES HAD SO FAR BEEN CONFINED TO SUCH THINGS AS THE ORGANISATION OF SAFETY SEMINARS.
+IT SHOULD, I SUGGEST, BE PART OF HER TASKS TO VISIT INDIVIDUAL FACTORIES WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHA AND OFFER
+IN PRACTICAL ADVICE ON POSSIBLE DANGER POINTS,+ HE SAID. THIS WAY, SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEED BACK INFORMATION TO THE CMA'S OWN SAFETY COMMITTEE.+
AND HE URGED