TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1993
THEY INCLUDED STEPPING ON OR STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS (13,680), MANUAL LIFTING OF WEIGHTS (8,099), FALL OF PERSONS (5,513), USE OF MACHINERY (4,168), USE OF HAND TOOLS (2,327), AND FALLING OBJECTS
(2,142).
THE REMAINING ACCIDENTS RELATED TO HOT OR CORROSIVE SUBSTANCES, TRANSPORT, EXPLOSION OR FIRE, ELECTRICITY, GASSING, POISONING AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND COLLAPSE OF SOIL.
MR CHAN SAID OF THE 64 WORKERS KILLED, 48 WERE EMPLOYED IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
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"THEY INCLUDED 24 KILLED IN FALLS FROM A HEIGHT, FIVE BY MACHINERY, FOUR RESULTING FROM STEPPING ON OR BEING STRUCK BY OBJECTS, THREE BY FALLING OBJECTS, THREE ELECTROCUTED, THREE IN EXPLOSION OR FIRE, THREE BY GASSING, POISONING AND OTHER TOXIC SUBSTANCES. AND ONE IN TRANSPORT.
"IN THE MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN CATERING, FIVE WERE KILLED BY MACHINERY, FOUR BY STEPPING ON OR BEING STRUCK BY OBJECTS, TWO IN FALLS FROM A HEIGHT, TWO IN EXPLOSION OR FIRE, TWO ELECTROCUTED, AND ONE IN TRANSPORT, HE ADDED.
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IN ADDITION, MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ALSO ANALYSED, FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR, ACCIDENTS IN THE CATERING INDUSTRY.
"UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1990 WHICH TOOK EFFECT IN DECEMBER 1991, CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND COOKED FOOD SHOPS ARE BROUGHT UNDER THE DEFINITION OF INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS, MR CHAN SAID.
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"A TOTAL OF 15,138 ACCIDENTS, MOSTLY MINOR
ONES, WITH ONE FATALITY WERE RECORDED IN 1992, THE CAUSES OF WHICH WERE WORK ACCIDENTS IN THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, SAID.
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"MAJORITY OF THEM WERE RESULTED FROM THE USE OF HAND TOOLS (4,995), HOT OR CORROSIVE SUBSTANCES (3,195), MANUAL LIFTING OF WEIGHTS (1,878), STEPPING ON OR STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS (1,875), FALL OF PERSONS (1,830).
"OTHER CAUSES INCLUDED FALLING OBJECTS, EXPLOSION OR FIRE, USE OF MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORT, HE ADDED.
MR CHAN SAID THE NEW LEGISLATION WAS AIMED AT ENSURING BETTER PROTECTION OF WORKERS' SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE CATERING TRADE.
HE REMINDED EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS то COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION.
"ANY PROPRIETOR, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE CATERING TRADE, WHO BREACHES THE SAFETY PROVISIONS IN THE LEGISLATION IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $50,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR 12 MONTHS, MR CHAN SAID.
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