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SAFETY TALKS FOR STUDENTS
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SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1988
FACTORY INSPECTORS FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ARE CONTINUING THEIR ROUND OF VISITS TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO DELIVER TALKS ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
THE VISITS FORM PART OF A PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME TO INCULCATE IN STUDENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK.
SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MID-MAY THIS YEAR, FACTORY INSPECTORS HAVE VISITED 24 SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND TALKED TO MORE THAN 6,000 STUDENTS ON THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION, GENERAL SAFETY WORK PRACTICES AS WELL AS DANGEROUS MACHINERY AND PROCESSES THAT STUDENTS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM OPERATING.
PLANS ARE NOW IN HAND TO VISIT ANOTHER 16 SCHOOLS WITH SOME 4,000 STUDENTS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
"IF SCHOOL AUTHORITIES INTEND TO INVITE FACTORY INSPECTORS TO CONDUCT TALKS TO THEIR STUDENTS, THEY ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT 5-8523565, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT EACH YEAR A LARGE NUMBER WERE EXPECTED TO TAKE UP JOBS DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
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OF STUDENTS
THESE STUDENTS, BEING UNTRAINED AND INEXPERIENCED, DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ARE PRONE TO ACCIDENTS.
YEAR.
STATISTICS SHOW THAT 41 SUMMER JOB WORKERS WERE INJURED LAST
OF THE TOTAL, 25 WERE INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION OF MACHINERY AND EIGHT WERF RELATED TO STEPPING ON OR STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS,
OTHER INJURIES WERE CAUSED BY HOT OR CORROSIVE SUBSTANCES, HANDLING WITHOUT MACHINERY, USE OF HAND TOOLS AND FALLING OBJECTS.
AS A RESULT, SIX SUMMONSES WERE TAKEN OUT AGAINST EMPLOYERS WITH FINES RANGING FROM $2,000 TO $3,000.
THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED SUMMER JOB SEEKERS TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT IS SIMPLE AND EASY IN NATURE.
"JOBS
THAT
INVOLVE POWER-DRIVEN MACHINERY, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT OR HEAVY MANUAL LABOUR, SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED.'
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