FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1990
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CALL TO HEED WORK SAFETY ON GONDOLAS
AND
USING GONDOLAS
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON CONTRACTORS WORKERS TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN AT WORK SITES.
YESTERDAY IN COLLAPSED GONDOLA UNDER INVESTIGATION
THE APPEAL WAS MADE FOLLOWING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WHICH TWO WORKERS WERE KILLED AFTER FALLING FROM A AT A BUILDING SITE IN QUEENSWAY. THE ACCIDENT IS BY THE DEPARTMENT.
PRECAUTIONS
"TRAGEDIES OF THIS KIND CAN BE AVOIDED IF ADEQUATE
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
ARE TAKEN BY THE PARTIES CONCERNED,
IT
TO PREVENT SUCH ACCIDENTS, THE SPOKESMAN ASKED
OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING SAFETY MEASURES:
BE
CONTRACTORS TO
OF SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION THE GONDOLA USED SHOULD SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH PROPER RAILINGS;
AND
IT MUST BE THOROUGHLY TESTED BY USE, AND INSPECTED AFTERWARDS, AT REGULAR INTERVALS;
A COMPETENT
EXAMINER
BEFORE
UNIT
MUST BE
FOR HANGING THE GONDOLA AND SAFE CONSTRUCTION OF
THERE MUST BE SECURE ROOF ANCHORAGE AND THE DRIVING
OPERATION;
IT SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH A SAFE DEVICE TO GUARD AGAINST DESCENT:
FAST
NUMBER THE
OF RIDERS PERMITTED ALL CONTROLS ON THE GONDOLA,
AND MARKED; AND SAFE WORKING LOAD SHOULD BE CLEARLY SPECIFIED AND
WORKERS CONCERNED SHOULD BE PROPER OPERATION OF THE GONDOLA.
ON WELL-BRIEFED
THE SAFE AND
WORKERS ON THE GONDOLA ARE IN ADDITION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID
BE ANCHORED TO A REQUIRED TO WEAR PROPER SAFETY BELTS WHICH SHOULD SECURE ANCHORAGE OR AN INDEPENDENT LIFE LINE.
"IT IS THE DUTY
OF THE CONTRACTOR
TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT AND TO ENSURE THAT IF IS PROPERLY USED BY THE STRESSED.
SUCH WORKERS,
"I
SAFETY HE
APPLIANCES REGULATIONS.
ARE
SAFETY MEASURES ON REQUIRED
THE USE OF GONDOLAS AND OTHER
CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE
LIFTING SITES (SAFETY }
PROVISIONS ARE LIABLE
CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS WHO BREACH THE TO MAXIMUM FINES OF $50,000 AND $30,000 RESPECTIVELY.
/THE SPOKESMAN