MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1992
BLITZ ON UNSAFE CONSTRUCTION SITES
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL OPERATION TOMORROW (TUESDAY) IN A BID CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
LAUNCH A
TO PREVENT
TASK SPECIAL
ACCIDENTS
FORCE IN THE
FIRST
"THE TWO-MONTH EXERCISE IS, IN FACT, AN EXTENSION OF THE
** DEPUTY CHIEF OPERATION CARRIED OUT BETWEEN APRIL AND JULY THIS YEAR, FACTORY INSPECTOR KAN HON-SANG SAID.
WILL
CONCENTRATE ON
"DURING THE OPERATION, FACTORY INSPECTOR BLACK SPOTS SUCH AS PLACES LIABLE ΤΟ CAUSE FALLS OF PERSONS AND CAISSON WORKS," INSPECTOR KAN SAID.
"THEY WILL ALSO CHECK ON THE USE OF PERSONAL
SAFE OPERATION OF LIFTING EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS THE MACHINERY, ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS, AND HOUSE-KEEPING,
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PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT AND
HE ADDED.
SAID: NOTING THE SUCCESS IN THE FIRST OPERATION, INSPECTOR KAN
AND ROUTINE "WE HOPE THIS KIND OF EXERCISE
INSPECTIONS WILL HELP IMPORTANCE
SAFETY OF WORK CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS REALISE THE
AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS MINIMISING INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS."
FI
TOTAL "OF THE 251 SITES INSPECTED, A
OF 288 SUMMONSES WERE TAKEN OUT AGAINST 135 SITES FOR VIOLATION OF THE SAFETY REGULATIONS, INSPECTOR KAN SAID.
AREAS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT MOST OF THE OFFENCES RELATED TO
HIGH RISK
FAILING "THESE INCLUDE
TO PROVIDE GUARD
WORKING RAILS ON
TO WEAR SAFETY PLATFORMS AND FLOOR EDGES, FAILURE TO ENSURE WORKERS
SUITABLE SCAFFOLD, FAILURE HELMETS, WORKING PLATFORMS TOO SMALL, NO
THE HOISTWAY ENCLOSURE AND TO PROVIDE A GATE TO
FAILURE TO KEEP HOISTWAY ENCLOSURE GATE CLOSED," INSPECTOR KAN SAID.
ORDINANCE AND UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS CONSTRUCTION SITES
REGULATIONS, (SAFETY)
IT IS THE
THE DUTY OF WORKERS AT WORK IN EMPLOYERS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF
CONSTRUCTION
THAT ADDING
WORKERS MUST ALSO USE SITES, MR KAN REITERATED, REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO AVOID BEING INJURED.
THE
WORKERS WHO CHOOSE TO TURN A THE LAW WILL BE PROSECUTED, HE
AND "UNSCRUPULOUS CONTRACTORS BLIND EYE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF STRESSED.
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