MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1976
FACTORY OWNERS URGED TO GUARD DANGEROUS MACHINES
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PROPRIETORS OF FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO ENSURE THAT ALL DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINERY IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS ARE SECURELY FENCED, A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
HE STRESSED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS DETERMINED TO SEE THAT THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CONTAINED IN THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGULATIONS WERE COMPLIED WITH.
HE WAS COMMENTING ON A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH THE PROPRIETOR OF A METAL WORKS IN SAN PO KONG WAS SENTENCED TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 PRESCRIBED BY THE REGULATIONS.
IN THE CASE WHICH WAS HEARD IN THE NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY, THE MAGISTRATE, MR. R.S. SANDERS, WAS TOLD THAT THE PROPRIÉTOR OF THE METAL WORKS - THE WING TAT METAL WORKS FAILED TO SECURELY FENCE TOOL-AND-DIE PARTS OF 14 POWER PRESSES AND THREE HYDRAULIC PRESSES IN HIS FACTORY.
-THE OFFENCE WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE FACTORY BY AN OFFICER OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY INSPECTORATE.
THE FACTORY HAD HAD TWO SIMILAR CONVICTIONS AND 22 ACCIDENTS RELATING TO POWER PRESSES SINCE 1972, THE SPOKESMAN DISCLOSED.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE, COMMENTING SAID: +FOR SOME TIME NOW I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON NEW AND MORE PRECISE REGULATIONS FOR THE GUARDING OF DANGEROUS MACHINERY AND I AM THIS WEEK STARTING MY USUAL CONSULTATIONS WITH
INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS.+
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