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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1988
WERE 18,265 INDUSTRIAL
IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, THERE ACCIDENTS AND 32 WORKERS WERE KILLED, MR HAMMOND SAID.
THESE FIGURES REPRESENTED A SLIGHT DECREASE OF ABOUT TWO PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
"IN SPITE OF THIS SMALL IMPROVEMENT, IT IS STILL VERY WORRYING TO SEE SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF WORKERS SUFFERING FROM VARIOUS DEGREES OF INJURY, NOT TO MENTION THOSE WHO SO TRAGICALLY HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, HE SAID.
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IT WAS FOUND THAT A GREAT PROPORTION OF ACCIDENTS MINOR IN NATURE AND WERE CAUSED BY EITHER OVERSIGHT ON THE PART OF THE MANAGEMENT OR BY A MOMENT OF CARELESSNESS ON THE PART OF THE INJURED WORKERS THEMSELVES.
MR HAMMOND THEREFORE URGED BOTH PARTIES TO BE MORE ALERT ABOUT SAFETY AT WORK WHICH COULD PREVENT A LOT OF THESE CASES FROM HAPPENING.
TO INCREASE GENERAL AWARENESS, HE SAID SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS COULD ONLY BE INCULCATFD BY WAY OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
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"IN ADDITION ΤΟ THEIR REGULATORY INSPECTION DUTIES, FACTORY INSPECTORATE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ALSO SPFND A LOT OF THEIR EFFORT IN THESE AREAS.
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IN 1987 OUR SAFETY COURSES
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"THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAININ TRAINING COURSES FREE OF CHARGE FOR INDUSTRY, ALONE, MORE THAN 22,000 PERSONS PARTICIPATED AND TALKS.
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ΤΟ ACHIEVE A MULTIPLYING EFFECT, THE CENTRE INTENDED то CONCENTRATE IN FUTURE ON THE TRAINING OF THE TRAINERS WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAFFTS TRAINING IN THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES.
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MR HAMMOND SAID A NUMBER OF TRAINING PACKAGES HAD ALREADY DEVELOPED BY STAFF OF THE CENTRE FOR USE BY THOSE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN RUNNING THEIR OWN SAFETY COURSES,
ON THE CONCEPT OF SELF-REGULATORY APPROACH TO SAFETY, MR HAMMOND SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ESTABLISRED PROGRAMME PROMOTION UNIT IN APRIL LAST YEAR.
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ITS JOB WAS TO OFFER ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO ORGANISATIONS THE SETTING UP OF IN-HOUSE SAFETY COMMITTEES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFETY POLICIES.
HE SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT 67 SAFETY COMMITTEES HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE THE UNIT CAME INTO OPERATION.
THE COMMISSIONER HOPED THAT MANY MORE SUCH SAFETY COMMITTEES WOULD BE SET UP IN THE FUTURE.
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