FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1976
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CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY URGED TO HELP REDUCE ACCIDENTS
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE, TODAY CALLED FOR THE WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT OF ALL CONNECTED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TO HELP REDUCE ACCIDENTS.
HE WAS OPENING A ONE-DAY MOBILE SAFETY EXHIBITION AT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY SITE AT KOWLOON BAY.
MR. PRICE SAID THAT LEGISLATION ALONE COULD NOT STOP ACCIDENTS BUT THE ATTITUDE OF SUPERVISORS, THE RESPONSE OF WORKERS AND THE GENUINE INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT WERE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN PROMOTING SAFETY.
THE MAIN HAZARDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, HE SAID, AROSE FROM THE FACT THAT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OFTEN HAD TO WORK AT GREAT HEIGHTS, ON TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, AND IN AN OFTEN CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AS WORK PROGRESSED.
MANAGERS,
HE WENT ON: +SAFETY IS EVERYONE'S BUSINESS SUPERVISORS AND WORKERS, AND ALL NEED TO CO-OPERATE WHOLE-HEARTEDLY TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS AND TO PROMOTE SAFETY AT WORK.+
MR. PRICE SAID THAT BY STAGING THE EXHIBITION ON A MOBILE VAN, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT MEANT TO BRING THE SAFETY MESSAGE RIGHT TO THE DOOR STEP OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS.
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