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CALL FOR MACHINERY SAFETY
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1992
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING A PUBLICITY DRIVE TO PUT ACROSS THE MESSAGE OF PROPER GUARDING OF MACHINERY TO ENSURE WORKERS' SAFETY.
DURING THE TWO-MONTH CAMPAIGN, FACTORY INSPECTORS WILL VISIT WORKPLACES TO EXPLAIN TO EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVELY GUARDING THE DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINES.
INSPECTORS WILL ALSO STRESS THE NEED FOR PROPER MAINTENANCE OF GUARDS AND THE SUPERVISION AND TRAINING OF MACHINE OPERATORS.
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"ALTHOUGH MACHINERY ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN ON THE DECLINE IN PAST FEW YEARS, SOME 6,000 ACCIDENTS WERE RECORDED IN 1991, ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT ONE-EIGHTH OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR KAN HON-SANG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
"DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINERY, IF NOT PROPERLY GUARDED, OFTEN CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS RESULTING IN LOSS OF LIMBS OR EVEN DEATHS, KAN SAID.
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"SOME MACHINES ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS, SUCH AS POWER PRESSES, GRANULATORS, AND MACHINES USED IN WOODWORK PAPER AND CATERING INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS PRINTING AND PLASTICS FACTORIES," HE SAID.
"AS MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE TAKING UP TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT IN SUMMER, A CAMPAIGN ON SUMMER JOB SAFETY
IS CONCURRENTLY HELD REMIND THEM OF WORK SAFETY," MR KAN SAID.
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"ADVICE ON SAFETY WILL BE GIVEN, AND PUBLICITY LEAFLETS DISTRIBUTED, TO SUMMER JOB WORKERS DURING THE VISITS," HE ADDED.
DURING THE CAMPAIGN, INSPECTORS WILL ALSO TAKE OUT PROSECUTIONS AGAINST OFFENDERS UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS IF UNGUARDED MACHINERY ARE FOUND TO BE OPERATING.
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HE APPEALED TO EMPLOYERS TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ENSURE MACHINERY SAFETY AND URGED WORKERS TO CO-OPERATE WITH EMPLOYERS TAKING NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
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