SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1987
BY THE
FACTORY
THE INVESTIGATIONS
INSPECTORATE OF
LABOUR THE DEFENDANT HAD DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS, FAILED TO GUARD THE RECIPROCATING TOOL AND DIES OF A MECHANICAL PRESS.
THE HEAVY FINE WAS OF THE RECORDS
DETERRENT
IN PASSING SENTENCE, THE MAGISTRATE SAID
VIEW IMPOSED IN
OF THE
CONVICTION BAD PREVIOUS DEFENDANT. HE ALSO EXPRESSED HOPES THAT IT WOULD SERVE AS A TO OTHERS.
YEAR,
THE LABOUR PERSONS UNDER THE MILLION BEING
THE
NINE MONTHS OF DURING
FIRST
THIS DEPARTMENT HAD TAKEN OUT PROSECUTIONS AGAINST 491 REGULATIONS RESULTING IN TOTAL FINES OF MORE THAN $1.6 IMPOSED.
THAT FACTORY PROPRIETORS A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN NOTED CHOSE NOT TO GUARD THEIR MACHINERY FOR THE SAKE OF CONVENIENCE.
OFTEN
THE MOST RELIABLE AND CAREFUL BUT HE POINTED OUT THAT EVEN OPERATIVE COULD MAKE MISTAKE, ESPECIALLY IN FAMILIAR WORK.
TRAINING, SKILL FOR EFFECTIVE GUARDING 13 UNPREDICTABLE AND NOT CONSTANT,
"MOREOVER, A MERE RELIANCE ON THE OPERATIVE'S
SUBSTITUTION DANGEROUS BECAUSE HUMAN NATURE IS
OR CONSTANT
ATTENTION
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
IN
HE STRONGLY
ADVISED
STEPS IF THEY HAD NOT
ALREADY
DANGEROUS PARTS OF
THEIR
FACTORY DONE MACHINERIES
PROPRIETORS
so, то
ΤΟ EFFECTIVELY
TAKE
IMMEDIATE
GUARD THE
AS
IN STIPULATED
THE
FIRST
SCHEDULE OF THE REGULATIONS.
GUARDING
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO PRODUCED A HANDBOOK ON
IS AVAILABLE FREE AT ALL BRANCH OFFICES OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION.
AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY WHICH
COURSES FOR TECHNICAL SUBJECTS TEACHERS
ON COURSES
WILL. CONDUCT A ONE-DAY COURSE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TECHNICAL DRAWING FOR DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS AND FOUR ON WORKSHOP LAYOUT FOR TECHNICAL TEACHERS.
WILL TAKE
OF THE
THE COURSE ON DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP LAYOUT
CENTRE TEACHING 20 AT
TECHNICAL THE ON NOVEMBER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN JUNCTION ROAD, KOWLOON CITY.
PLACE
/THE COURSE