8
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1989
MADE
IN THE
"IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT UNAUTHORISED ALTERATIONS HAD BEEN TO THE KIERS AND SOME OF THEM HAD NO PRESSURE REDUCING VALVES SUPPLY STEAM PIPING ARRANGEMENT.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TO AVOID ACCIDENTS, OWNERS OF EQUIPMENT SHOULD OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES:
PRESSURE
ACCESSORIES SHOULD MAJOR OVERHAULS BE CARRIED OUT THE SUPERVISION
BE
TO
BY
OF
KIERS OR PRESSURE VESSELS AND THEIR
TIMES AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED AT ALL BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSLES MUST REPUTABLE
FIRM UNDER GOVERNMENT APPOINTED EXAMINERS;
ENGINEERING
THE MODIFICATIONS TO PRESSURE EQUIPMENT MUST BE APPROVED BY
DIVISION OF THE LABOUR MAKER AND THE PRESSURE EQUIPMENT
DIVISION IN DEPARTMENT, AND A REPORT SHOULD BE MADE TO THE CASE OF DOUBT ARISING FROM SURVEY INSPECTIONS;
KIERS OR STEAM RECEIVERS
MUST
LOWER IS
BE EQUIPPED WITH PRESSURE PRESSURE REDUCING VALVES IF THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE WORKING
THAN FOR OPERATION
THE BOILER
SUPPLY
STEAM
PRESSURE;
NO STEAM RECEIVER SHALL BE OPERATED EXCEPT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A
COMPETENT PERSON POSSESSING
CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY; AND
章
MAKERS' OPERATION GUIDE
BOOKS,
PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES
DIRECT
A RELEVANT
AND MANUALS
SAFE WORKING SHOULD BE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED
INSIDE THE PLANT FOR EASY REFERENCE.
THE SPOKESMAN
SAID
THE
PRESSURE EQUIPMENT
DIVISION
IS
EMPOWERED UNDER THE BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS ORDINANCE TO ENSURE THE SAFE USE AND OPERATION OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING BOILERS,
AIR RECEIVERS AND THERMAL OIL STEAM RECEIVERS, STEAM
HEATERS.
CONTAINERS,
MORE THAN
BOILERS 21,300 AT THE END OF JUNE THIS YEAR, 53,000 PRESSURE VESSELS WERE REGISTERED WITH THE DIVISION.
AND
THE DIVISION ADOPTS A
IN ORDER TO ENHANCE SAFETY AWARENESS, TWO-PRONGED APPROACH THROUGH EDUCATION AND INSPECTION.
"BOOKLETS CONTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT TECHNICAL AND SAFETY ASPECTS
THE PROPER FOR
AS PUBLISHED
THE
STATUTORY,
OPERATION OF DISSEMINATION
TO
AS WELL VESSELS ARE BOILERS AND OWNERS AND ATTENDANTS OF SUCH EQUIPMENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
PRESSURE
INSPECTORS
ARE ALSO MADE BY "SPOT CHECKS OF FACTORIES PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACHES OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE TAKEN OUT AGAINST OFFENDERS WHERE NECESSARY.'
AS THE BOILERS AND
PRESSURE
AND WILL BE
ALL
VESSELS ORDINANCE REQUIRES
BY COMPETENT TYPES OF BOILERS AND STEAM RECEIVERS TO BE ATTENDED TO PERSONS DURING THEIR OPERATION, THE DIVISION CONDUCTS EXAMINATIONS CANDIDATES FOR THE AWARD OF CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY FOR TYPES OF BOILERS AND STEAM RECEIVERS.
VARIOUS
/DURING 1988,