WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1978
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN 1977
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON. PETER WILLIAMS SAID TODAY ASSUMING THE PATTERN OF MA IN CAUSES FOR LAST YEAR'S INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS FOLLOWED THAT OF 1976, FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DURING 1977 WERE MAINLY CAUSED BY +FALLING FROM HEIGHTS+ AND +VEHICLES AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.+
HE EXPECTED THIS WOULD BE THE CASE AND BASED ON THIS, HE SAID, THE FIRST CATEGORY OF FATAL ACCIDENTS WOULD TAKE UP 32 PER CENT AND THE SECOND CATEGORY 22 PER CENT OF TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
MR. WILLIAMS WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM THE HON. FRANCIS TIEN WHO ASKED FOR LAST YEAR'S TOTAL NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND THE IR MAIN CAUSES.
MR. WILLIAMS SAID TOTAL FIGURES FOR LAST YEAR WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL LATE NEXT MONTH AS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THERE WERE STILL A NUMBER OF ACCIDENT NOTIFICATIONS TO BE RECEIVED AND PROCESSED.
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HOWEVER, HE GAVE A ROUGH INDICATION OF THE 1977 FIGURES. THE CASE OF NON-FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, HE SAID THE MAIN CAUSES WERE STEPPING ON OR STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS+ 30 PER CENT +FALLING FROM HEIGHTS+ - 18 PER CENT AND SO CALLED +HANDLING WITHOUT MACHINERY+- 17 PER CENT.
IN THE CASE OF NON-FATAL INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, THE MAIN CAUSES WERE STEPPING ON OR STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS+ - 28 PER CENT, AND +MACHINERY ACCIDENTS+ -- 27 PER CENT.
MR. WILLIAMS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT DURING THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1977 THERE WERE 67 FATAL AND 9,300 NON-FATAL ACCIDENTS IN NON-REGISTRABLE INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS- 30 FATAL AND 16,600 NON- FATAL ACCIDENTS IN REGISTRABLE INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS- AND 86 FATAL AND 8,700 NON-FATAL ONES IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.
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