THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1976
BUILDING INDUSTRY URGED TO COMPLY WITH SAFETY REGULATIONS VIOLATION LIABLE TO HEAVY FINES ******
A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY WARNED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS DETERMINED TO DISCOURAGE ANYONE IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY FROM FLOUTING SAFETY REGULATIONS. OFFENDERS, HE SAID, WOULD BE LIABLE TO HEAVY FINES.
HE WAS COMMENTING ON A CASE BROUGHT BEFORE MAGISTRATE A.G.T. WANE AT TSUEN WAN MAGISTRACY YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY), WHEN A CONSTRUCTION FIRM WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $12,000 FOR VIOLATING SAFETY REGULATIONS BETWEEN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR AND JANUARY THIS YEAR.
THE DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY INSPECTORS WHO VISITED THE FIRM'S WORK SITE AT TUEN MUN, NEW TERRITORIES, FOUND THAT IT HAD NOT SECURELY FENCED TWO WORKING PLATFORMS AND FLOOR EDGES, USED A POWER DRIVEN TOWER CRANE FOR LIFTING PEOPLE AND FAILED TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO ENSURE THE WORKERS ON CONSTRUCTION SITE WEARING SAFETY HELMETS. IT WAS FINED $4,000 FOR THE FIRST OFFENCE, $3,000 FOR THE SECOND AND $5,000 FOR THE THIRD.
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