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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1989
THE MAJOR CAUSES OF THE ACCIDENTS REMAINED VERY MUCH THE SAME AS THOSE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
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THEY INCLUDED STEPPING ON OR STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS (10.241 CASES) LIFTING WEIGHTS WITHOUT USING MACHINERY (5,578 CASES), ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MACHINERY (1.989 CASES | FALL OF PERSONS (2,574 CASES), ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HAND TOOLS (2.119 CASES) AND FALLING OBJECTS (1.899 CASES).
OTHERS WERE DUE TO
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TRANSPORT. HOT OR CORROSIVE SUBSTANCES,
EXPLOSION OR FIRE. ELECTRICITY AND SO ON.
OF THE 69 FATAL CASES, 38 INVOLVED WORKERS FALLING FROM A HEIGHT WHILE NINE INVOLVED WORKERS KILLED BY FALLING OBJECTS.
FORTY-EIGHT OF THE FATAL CASES WERE IN
THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY.
OTHER FATALITIES RELATED TO ELECTRICITY (EIGHT CASES), ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MACHINERY (FIVE CASES), EXPLOSION OR FIRE (FOUR CASES), TRANSPORT (TWO CASES). HOT OR CORROSIVE SUBSTANCE LONE
CASE, AND LIFTING WEIGHTS WITHOUT USING MACHINERY (ONE CASE). ONE OTHER CASE IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED,
FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN TO START TOMORROW
AN EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT EDINBURGH PLACE IN CENTRAL TO MARK THE LAUNCHING OF THIS YEAR'S FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN.
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"THE MAIN THEME OF THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN IS ELECTRICAL FAULT WHICH IS REGARDED AS A MAJOR CAUSE OF DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL FIRES. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY WORKING GROUP SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
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"ELECTRICAL FAULTS CAN BE AVOIDED IF REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF POWER POINTS AND APPLIANCES IS CARRIED OUT BY PROFESSIONALS. HE ADDED.
TWO SETS OF DISPLAY PANELS. ONE ON ELECTRIC FAULTS AND THE OTHER ON COUNTRYSIDE FIRE PREVENTION. WILL BE MOUNTED. THERE WILL ALSO BE A LION DANCE AND DEMONSTRATION ON FIRE FIGHTING TECHNIQUES.
NO.
6.
WILL
TO
ARE WELCOME
A MODERN VESSEL IN THE FIREBOAT FLEET. FIREBOAT BE BERTHED AT QUEEN'S PIER AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GO ON BOARD TO LOOK AT ITS FACILITIES.
/A FIRE