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MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1975

NEW RULES TO ENSURE SAFE OPERATION OF ABRASIVE WHEELS

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NEW REGULATIONS TO PROTECT WORKERS AGAINST ABRASIVE WHEEL ACCIDENTS WILL COME INTO FORCE ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 1).

THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (ABRASIVE WHEELS) REGULATIONS, WHICH CARRY A MAXIMUM PRE OF $5,000, GOVERN THE PROPER AND SAFE MAIBER OF LOUNTING AN USING ABRASIVE VIIEELS.

THECE REGULATIONS ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO CUT DOWN THE RISING TOLL OF ABRASIVE WHEEL ACCIDERS THICH, IN THE 16-MOUTH PERIOD ENDING LAUT S.PTULAR, KILLED A (ALKER AND SER IGUSL. /

INJURED 265 OTTERS.

REMINDING PROPRIETORS AND WORKERS OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE REGULATIONS, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LADDUR, MRS. SOO MOK SAU-HA, TODAY STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS LEGISLATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS.

+BY VIRTUE OF ITS CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIAL, SUCH A WHEEL IS BRITTLE AND CAN SHATTER IF HANDLED IMPROPERLY.+

→DECAUSE OF THE HIGH SPEED AT WHICH THESE WHEELS ROTATE, FRAGMENTS FROM BURST MACHINES FLY OFF WITH THE FORCE OF A PROJECTILE AND GAN IEGAPACITÀ E OR EVEN KILL, SHE SAID.

UNDER THOSE REGULATIONS, WHICH WERE APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON APRIL 23 THIS YEAR, PROPRIETORS ARE REQUIRED TO CLUME:

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THAT PERMISSIDLE SPEEDS OF ABRASIVE WHEELS AND SPINDLES ARE NOT EXCEEDED=

THAT NOTICES INDICATING THESE SPEEDS ARE DISPLAYED-

THAT THE WHEELS ARE PROPERLY KOUNTED BY COMPETENT PEOPLE- ALD

THAT ADEQUATE SAFETY MEASURES SUCH AS GUARDS, PROTECTION FI ALGES AND MACHINE CONTROLS, DE PROVIDED.

IN ADDITION, THE REGULATIONS SET OUT CLEARLY THE RESPONSIBILI- TIES OF UGE TAG WHICH IN.LUDE THE PROPER USE OF GUARDS, FLANGES, MACHINE CONTROLS, AND OTHER PROJECTIVE DEVICES, THEY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE ¡ 0.1 ŘETURTING ANY DEFECT TO THE PROPRIETOR.

MRS. SCO SAID A GUIDE EXPLAINING THE REGULATIONS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE HAD BEEN PRINTED FOR DISTRIBUTION, GIVING PROPRIETORS AND UTILRS A BETTER UH)RSTANDING OF THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ALD TEIR OBLIGAT1013 ULDER THE LAW.

AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CUIDE, A SEPARATE EXPLANATORY COCKLET CONTAINING PRACTICAL ADVICE ON THE SAFE OPERATION OF 7. SE ACHI. S LAS LEING PREPARED AND WOULD BE AVAILACLE SHORTLY, SE AED.

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