SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1985
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NEED FOR GUARDING MACHINERY STRESSED
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FACTORY PROPRIETORS WERE REMINDED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT OF THE NEED TO GUARD THE DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINERY.
THE REMINDER FOLLOWED A RECENT INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT IN WHICH A WORKER'S RIGHT HAND WAS SEVERED BY A PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDING MACHINE HE WAS OPERATING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS, PROPRIETORS OF FACTORIES MUST EFFECTIVELY GUARD DANGEROUS PARTS OF EVERY PIECE OF MACHINERY AND PLANT DRIVEN BY MECHANICAL POWER.
HE SAID THE PROPRIETOR IN THE CASE WAS LATER FINED $15 000 BY A COURT AND ORDERED TO PAY A COURT CHARGE OF $5 000.
THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR THE OFFENCE IS $30 000.
FACTORY PROPRIETORS ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR ADVICE ON - ANY MATTERS CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
CAS OPENS NEW CADET CENTRE
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THE CIVIL AID SERVICES' NEW CADET TRAINING CENTRE WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR DAVID JEAFFRESON.
MR JEAFFRESON FIRST UNVEILED A PLAQUE AND THEN DOTTED THE EYES OF A LION TO START A LION DANCE, PERFORMED BY CAS CADETS FOR THE OPENING.