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TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1977

+BUT REGULATORY ACTION ALONE IS NOT SUFFICIENT, + MR.

WILLIAMS SAID, AND SO THE INSPECTORATE ALSO ASSUMED THE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATING ALL GRADES OF SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS IN THEIR DUTY OF PREVENTING INJURIES TO THEIR WORKFORCE.+

HE ADDED THAT HE HAD QUICKLY CONCLUDED IN HIS FIRST FEW WEEKS AS COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR THAT EDUCATION PROPERLY BACKED BY ENFORCEMENT WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACH.

MR. WILLIAMS RECOUNTED THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO INDUSTRY.

FOR THOSE EMPLOYERS WHO WERE NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO ENGAGE FULL-TIME SAFETY PERSONNEL, HE OFFERED THE SERVICES OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE FOR ON-THE-SPOT ADVICE.

THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE, HE SAID, OFFERED A VARIETY OF SAFETY TRAINING COURSES FREE OF CHARGE TO INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES AT VARIOUS LEVELS.

THE INSPECTORATE ALSO ORGANISED SAFETY EXHIBITIONS TO PUT ACROSS THE SAFETY MESSAGE TO BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.

FACTORY INSPECTION, MR. WILLIAMS SAID, HAD DONE MUCH TO MAKE WORKING CONDITIONS IN INDUSTRY SAFER AND HEALTHIER BUT SUCH INSPECTIONS AND ENFORCEMENT WERE ONLY A PART OF THE JOB TO BE DONE.

+MUCH MORE MUST BE DONE TO ENCOURAGE THE VOLUNTARY CO-OPERATION OF EMPLOYERS,+ HE CONTINUED.

+THE MANAGEMENT THAT REALISES HOW AND WHY ACCIDENTS COST MONEY WILL TURN ITS ENERGIES MORE AND MORE TO THE JOB OF ELIMINATING THEM, AND WILL IN THIS WAY DO FAR MORE TO SAFEGUARD ITS EMPLOYEES THAN IT COULD BE COMPELLED TO DO BY LAW, THE COMMISSIONER ADDED.

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