SUNDAY, TOBER 20, 1991
EMPLOYERS PROSECUTED DURING MACHINE SAFETY CAMPAIGN
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN OUT PROSECUTION AGAINST 624 INDUSTRIAL PROPRIETORS DURING A RECENT MACHINE SAFETY CAMPAIGN FOR FAILURE TO RENDER THEIR MACHINES SAFE FOR USE BY WORKERS.
THIS FIGURE REPRESENTS AN 89 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE 330 PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND RELATED REGULATIONS TAKEN OUT DURING A SIMILAR CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR.
"THE INCREASE WAS DUE MAINLY TO NEGLIGENCE OF EMPLOYERS IN THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF SAFETY GUARDS ON MACHINES AS WELL AS INSUFFICIENT SUPERVISION IN THEIR OPERATION," THE ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR KAN HON-SANG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
MR KAN NOTED THAT 197 OF THE PROSECUTIONS RELATED TO INEFFECTIVE GUARDING OF POWER PRESSES, WHILE OTHERS INVOLVED PLÁSTIC INJECTION MOULDING MACHINES, CIRCULAR SAWS, PRINTING MACHINES AND GENERAL ENGINEERING MACHINES.
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"THE THREE-MONTH CAMPAIGN, WHICH ENDED IN AUGUST, WAS PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORT IN PROMOTING MACHINE SAFETY, HE SAID, ADDING THAT 2,504 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THE USE OF MACHINERY WERE RECORDED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
DURING THE CAMPAIGN, FACTORY INSPECTORS VISITED 15,460 FACTORIES AND CONSTRUCTION SITES TO EXPLAIN TO BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES WAYS TO KEEP THEIR MACHINES SAFE, AND DISTRIBUTED SOME 17,600 SAFETY LEAFLETS, BOOKLETS AND POSTERS.
"OUR INSPECTORS ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPRESS ON THE EMPLOYERS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER MAINTENANCE OF MACHINERY AND SAFETY TRAINING FOR MACHINE OPERATORS," MR KAN ADDED.
HE URGED EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES TO STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE MACHINE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE LAW AND ΤΟ CO-OPERATE CLOSELY IN ENSURING SAFETY AT WORK.
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CLOSED CIRCUIT TV SYSTEM FOR AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL
WORKS CONTRACT TO SET UP THE HONG KONG
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS
CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEM.
AWARDED AN
$8.1 MILLION CIVIL AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL
CLOSED
TELEVISION VISUAL DEPARTMENT
UPON COMPLETION OF THE WORKS IN LATE NEXT YEAR, THE
AREA
BY TRAFFIC CONTROL
PROVIDING SPOKESMAN FOR THE
SYSTEM WILL FACILITATE
SURVEILLANCE OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, A SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
"PROMPT RESPONSE