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TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1976
STUDENTS IN PART-TIME FACTORY JOBS URGED TO EXERCISE CARE ******
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY PROBLEM OF STUDENTS WHO GO TO WORK IN THE FACTORIES DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
LAST YEAR, A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WERE INJURED, SOME QUITE SERIOUSLY, IN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, MRS. SOO MOK SAU-HA, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR SAID.
THIS SHOWED THE NEED FOR EXTRA EFFORT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF WORKING STUDENTS IN THE INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT.
SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT SAID MRS. 500, PROPRIETORS SHOULD SEE THAT THE STUDENTS IN THEIR EMPLOY ARE UNDER CLOSE AND PROPER SUPERVISION AND ARE NOT GIVEN JOBS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OR WHICH INVOLVE THE OPERATION OF DANGEROUS MACHINERY.
STUDENTS, SHE SAID, ARE UNTRAINED AND INEXPERIENCED AND VULNERABLE TO INDUSTRIAL HAZARDS.
SHE REMINDED PROPRIETORS THAT A STUDENT HAD THE RIGHT TO CLAIM WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE IF HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILST AT WORK.
IN ADDITION, AN INJURED STUDENT, JUST LIKE OTHER INJURED WORKMEN, WOULD ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO CLAIM DAMAGES UNDER THE COMMON LAW.
THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ALSO REMINDED STUDENTS TO TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION AGAINST WORK ACCIDENTS IN THEIR OWN INTEREST WHEN WORKING IN THE FACTORIES.
+BEWARE OF POWER-DRIVEN MACHINERY, SHE WARNED. + IF HANDLED OR OPERATED WITHOUT CARE OR IMPROPERLY, THE MACHINERY COULD INJURE, MAIM OR EVEN KILL A PERSON.+
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND CHEMICALS USED IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES SHOULD BE HANDLED WITH CARE IN ORDER TO AVOID ACCIDENTS, SHE ADDED.
+DETAILED AND PERSONAL ADVICE ON SAFETY MEASURES AGAINST INDUSTRIAL HAZARDS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN KOWLOON,+ MRS. 500 SAID.
SHE URGED STUDENTS AND OTHERS WHO WANTED TO JOIN INDUSTRY TO VISIT THE CENTRE WHERE A PERMANENT DISPLAY OF A WIDE RANGE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY COMMONLY USED IN THE INDUSTRY IS MAINTAINED.
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