TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1993
ACP CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AWARD SCHEME LAUNCHED
A NEW CONSTRUCTION (TUESDAY) TO ENCOURAGE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME
SAFETY AWARD SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED TODAY CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS INVOLVED IN THE (ACP) PROJECTS ΤΟ ESTABLISH GOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ON SITE AND TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECTS IN A SAFE MANNER.
AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, SAID THE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT RATE ON CONSTRUCTION SITES IN HONG KONG HAD BEEN SHAMEFULLY HIGH.
EACH YEAR, ONE IN THREE WORKERS WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT
WHICH RESULTS IN INCAPACITY FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS.
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"SUCH A HIGH LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS CANNOT ВЕ TOLERATED ON GOVERNMENT SITES, HE SAID. "FOR THE ACP CONTRACTS, WB HAVE THEREFORE IMPLEMENTED A SERIES OF MEASURES SEEKING ΤΟ ENSURE THAT THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ACHIEVED."
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HE NOTED THAT THE ACP CONSTRUCTION STEERING COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED TO ADDRESS ACP-WIDE CONSTRUCTION SAFETY MATTERS.
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IN ADDITION, A SITE SAFETY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WAS FORMED EACH ACP SITE TO MONITOR CONTRACTORS' COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, AND A SAFETY MANAGEMENT UNIT HAD BEEN SET UP IN THE WORKS BRANCH TO AUDIT THE CONSTRUCTION SAFETY STANDARDS ON ACP SITES, HE ADDED.
"WE ARE GATHERING AND SCRUTINISING SITE SAFETY STATISTICS IN AN IMPROVED MANNER, SO THAT ANY UNDESIRABLE TRENDS ARE SPOTTED EARLY ENOUGH FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION TO BE TAKEN," MR BLAKE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT WHEN SELECTING CONTRACTORS, OFFICES WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ASPECTS.
PROJECT
"CONDITIONS ARE INCORPORATED INTO ACP CONTRACTS TO REQUIRE THE CONTRACTORS TO PREPARE SAFETY PLANS AND ΤΟ EMPLOY FULL-TIME SAFETY PERSONNEL ON SITE AND ΤΟ PROVIDE TRAINING то THEIR WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT, HE SAID.
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AN ACP CONSTRUCTION SAFETY MANUAL HAS BEEN PUBLISHED TO ASSIST PROJECT OFFICES IN ADMINISTERING CONSTRUCTION SAFETY MATTERS,
"OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ALSO ASSIST IN ENSURING ON ACP SITES," HE SAID.
SAFETY
"FOR INSTANCE, BESIDES OFFERING TECHNICAL ADVICE, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS ASSIGNED A TEAM OF INSPECTORS TO INSPECT ACP SITES, TO INVESTIGATE ACCIDENTS AND TO ATTEND SITE SAFETY MEETINGS.
"THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE MARINE
HAVE MADE SIMILAR CONTRIBUTIONS."
DEPARTMENT ALSO
/MR BLAKE