WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1993
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CORONER'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON SAFE USE OF PASSENGER HOISTS ADOPTED
THE SECRETARY
FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL SAID FOLLOWING THE TELFORD GARDEN CORONER'S INQUEST, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SAFE PASSENGER HOISTS WERE ACCEPTED.
HOWEVER, HB ADDED, HAVING REGARD TO PRACTICES RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH GENERALLY FELL OUTSIDE THE AMBIT OF CONTROL WERE NOT IMPLEMENTED.
LEUNG,
THOSE USE OF
OVERSEAS,
GOVERNMENT
IN THE
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HENRY TANG YING-YEN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR LEUNG NOTED THAT ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COURT, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAD DISCONTINUED THE USE OF ALL PASSENGER HOISTS OF THE SAME MODEL AS THE ONE IN TELFORD GARDEN AFTER IT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE DEFECTIVE DESIGN OF THE MODEL.
ON LEGISLATIVE CONTROL, ALL RELEVANT REQUIREMENTS WERE STUDIED ENSURE THAT THERE WERE ADEQUATE PROVISIONS IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
то LAWS.
HE SAID: "FOR EXAMPLE, REGULATIONS 7 AND 18 OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGULATIONS REQUIRE THE REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS AND DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES,
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"THIS WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE CORONER'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING MANDATORY REPORTING OF INCIDENTS,"
THE PROVISIONS UNDER THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SAFETY OF PASSENGER HOISTS WERE ALSO REVIEWED AND GENERALLY FOUND TO BE ADEQUATE.
AS REGARDS THE RECOMMENDATION TO REQUIRE THE LABOUR то CERTIFY THE STRUCTURAL SAFETY OF ALL HOIST TYPES, MR THIS WAS NOT CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE.
DEPARTMENT
LEUNG SAID
AND
"SUCH RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD REST WITH THE MANUFACTURER OWNER OF A HOIST, SIMILAR TO THE PRACTICE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES.
'LIKEWISE, THE RECOMMENDATION PROPOSING THAT ANY MANUFACTURERS
APPROVED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WAS NOT
MODIFICATION SHOULD BE ADOPTED," MR LEUNG ADDED.
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