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As a result, the worker suffered a fracture to his left leg and he also had to have his right leg amputated.
Investigations by factory inspectors resulted in the prosecution of the proprietor of Kwong Ming Transportation Company, Lau Kei-kwong, for breaching the General Duties Provisions. He was fined $200,000 for two summonses issued under Section 6A(2)(b) and Section 6A(2)(c) of FIUO.
Mr Chan reminded all container depot owners that they should make proper arrangements to ensure the safety and absence of risks to health of all persons in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of containers in depots.
The arrangements should be as follows:
* to provide separate designated zones to confine the movements of
and cranes/vehicles;
to post suitable warning notices/signs in conspicuous positions;
* to define and implement standardised safe working procedures; and
persons
to ensure effective use of communication equipment between the crane driver and the container examiner for the checking of each other's current position.
Mr Chan disclosed that since the enactment of the General Duties Provisions of FIUO in December 1990, the Labour Department had by the end of May this year taken out a total of 102 summonses against factory, catering establishment and construction site operators for breaching this particular piece of industrial safety legislation.
"Under this legislation, employers and employees should work together to ensure all workplaces are safe and healthy.
"An employer who contravenes this provision will be liable to a maximum fine of $200,000 and to imprisonment for six months and the maximum fine for an offending employee is $50,000 and six months in jail," he said.
End/Thursday, November 30, 1995