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FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1994
WITH
REGARD
INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENTS,
THE
FACTORY WERE
то
CHIEF INSPROTOR DISCLOSED THAT A TOTAL OF 46,797 INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS REPORTED LAST YEAR IN WHICH 92 WORKERS DIED.
DECREASING "THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN
OF ACCIDENTS IN THE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND THAT THE NUMBER
16,573 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 18,815 IN 1992 TO IN 1993, OR A DROP OF 11 PER CENT. MR CHAN SAID.
"HOWEVER, THE
CONSTRUCTION
INCREASE OF FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE INDUSTRY FROM 48 IN 1992 TO 80 IN 1993 HAS BEEN MOST DISTURBING.
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IN THIS REGARD, A NUMBER OF MEASURES ARE BEING ADOPTED WITH
SAFETY, MR VIEW ΤΟ STRENGTHENING THE CONTROLS ON CONSTRUCTION SITE CHAN NOTED.
TAKEN
"FIRST OF ALL, MORE VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WILL BE AGAINST BLATANT OFFENDERS UNDER SAFETY REGULATIONS ON SITES, INCLUDING CONTRACTORS, SUB-CONTRACTORS AND EMPLOYEES.
ΤΟ "A SPECIAL TASK FORCE HAS BERN MOBILISED EARLIER THIS MONTH
HIGH-RISK WORK TARGET SITES WITH BAD ACCIDENT RECORDS OR INVOLVING ACTIVITIES.
"MORE
FACTORY
INSPECTORS
WILL BE DEPLOYED
TO
MONITOR
SITE
SAFETY.
PLAY MR CHAN SAID AS REGISTERED SAFETY OFFICERS ON SITES WOULD
FACTORY INSPECTORS WOULD A KEY ROLE IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF SAFETY,
THEM
WHENEVER WITH
WITH CLOSELY
ADVICE THEM AND PROVIDED LIAISE
TO INFLUENCE NECESSARY TO ASSIST THEM TO FULFIL THEIR FUNCTIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS.
ON HELPING THE "IN THE LONG RUN, EMPHASIS WOULD BE PLACED
SUCH AS PERFORMANCE, MANAGEMENT EMPLOYERS IMPROVE THEIR SAFETY ASSISTING THEM TO CARRY OUT THEIR OWN RISK ASSESSMENT, IMPROVING THEIR SAFETY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, AND PLANNING THEIR SAFETY AUDIT SYSTEM.
IS
IN
"THIS LONG-TERM POLICY
UPON THE CENTRED ESSENCE
HAZARDS PREVAILING PHILOSOPHY THAT THOSE WHO CREATE AND WORK WITH THE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ELIMINATING THEM,
ACT AS A FULFIL
"TO BACK IT UP, THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO CATALYST AND A FACILITATOR TO HELP EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES TO THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS SO THAT THERE WILL BE FEWER ACCIDENTS AND LESS
MR CHAN ADDED. ILL HEALTH IN OUR PLACE OF WORK,
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