1969-HKRS30-8-59_Part01 — Page 47

Amendment of regulation 19.

Amendment of

Schedule.

in such industrial undertaking so as to cause him to be in- capable of performing his ordinary work for one day or more shall be reported within forty-eight hours of its occurrence

(a) in the case of an industrial undertaking other than

a quarry, to an inspector; and

(b) in the case of a quarry, to the Superintendent of

Mines.

(3) If any accident causing disablement is reported under paragraph (2) and the person disabled subsequently dies as a result of the accident, notice in writing of the death shall be given within twenty-four hours of the death--

(a) in the case of an industrial undertaking other than a quarry, to an inspector and to the police station nearest to the industrial undertaking in which the accident occurred; and

(b) in the case of a quarry, to the Superintendent of Mines and to the police station nearest to the quarry

in which the accident occurred.".

5. Regulation 18 of the principal regulations is amended- (a) by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following-

"(1) Every dangerous occurrence which occurs in an industrial undertaking, whether any personal injury has been caused or not, shall be reported within twenty-four bours of its occurrence-

(a) in the case of an industrial undertaking other

than a quarry, to an inspector; and

(b) in the case of a quarry, to the Superintendent

of Mines.":

(b) in paragraph (2), by deleting "the building in which the accident occurred or to the machinery or plant therein" and substituting the following-

6.

"any building machinery or plant in the industrial undertaking in which the accident occurred".

The Schedule to the principal regulations is amended by adding after paragraph 6 the following-

"7. Total or partial collapse of any overburden, face, tip or embankment in a quarry.

8. Overturning of, or collision with any object by, any bulldozer, dumper, excavator, grader, lorry or shovel loader,

or any mobile machine used for the handling of any sub- stance in a quarry.”.

Made by the Commissioner of Labour on the 10th day of February 1969.

R. my sistermyön

Commissioner of Labour,

Explanatory Note.

(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport),

The main purpose of these regulations is to make certain consequential amendments to the principal regulations following the introduction of the Quarries (Safety) Regulations 1969. Formerly, the word "mine” in the principal regulations included a stone quarry. However, because “quarry" is now defined separately in the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, it is necessary to add separate reference to a quarry in every place la the principal regulations where there is a reference to a mine.

Regulation 3 of these regulations amends tegulation 5 of the principal regulations for this purpose while regulations 4 and 5 amend regulations 17 and 18 of the principal regulations to make separate provision for the reporting of accidents in quarries.

Regulation 6 adds to the Schedule to the principal regulations, two new categories of dangerous occurrence which relate only to quarries.

The definition of “building or engineering construction site" in regula» tion 2 of the principal regulations is also amended in consequence of an identical amendment to paragraph (c) of the definition of "industrial undertaking" in section 2 of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, made to enable the introduction of regulations dealing with blasting by abrasives.

(Secretariat GR 16/2961/46IV)