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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1990
WILL
SITE
"IN VIEW OF THE EXIGENCY OF THE MATTER, THE DEPARTMENT ISSUE AN ORDER TO EACH CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR A CONSTRUCTION REQUIRING HIM TO PROVIDE WORKERS ONLY WITH SAFETY HELMETS CONFORMING TO SPECIFIED NATIONAL STANDARDS," MR YIP SAID.
"LETTERS AND COPY OF THE ORDER ARE BEING SENT TO ALL
WORKERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, CONSTRUCTION
UNIONS, INSTITUTES OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, RELATED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL AND OTHER CONCERNED ORGANISATIONS, NOTIFYING THEM OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON SAFETY HELMETS."
THE HELMETS SHOULD BE MADE TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS:
AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD INSTITUTE ANSI Z 89.1 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL HEAD PROTECTION
AUSTRALIAN STANDARD SPECIFICATION AS 1801
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY HELMETS
BRITISH STANDARDS SPECIFICATION BS 5240 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY HELMETS
CANADIAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION CSA Z 94.1 SAFETY HELMETS
FRENCH STANDARD SPECIFICATION NF S72-202
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY HELMETS
GERMAN INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS SPECIFICATION DIN 4840 PROTECTIVE HELMETS USED IN INDUSTRY
JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL STANDARD JIS T8131 SAFETY HELMETS
IN
ADDITION,
CONTRACTORS
ARE ALSO REQUIRED ΤΟ MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES IN MEETING THE REQUIREMENT WITH IN A MONTH FROM ISSUE OF THE ORDER.
THE
THE
"AFTERWARDS, FACTORY INSPECTORS WILL VISIT THE SITES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDER BY THE CONTRACTORS, MR YIP SAID.
THE
"ANY CONTRACTOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH
ORDER COMMITS AN OFFENCE WHICH CARRIES A MAXIMUM FINE OF $30,000," HE STRESSED.
TO
FACTORY
COINCIDE WITH THE ABOVE INSPECTORATE
WOULD HOLD
SAFETY
MR
AN
SAFETY EQUIPMENT '90" ON SEPTEMBER 28 PIAZZA IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
DRIVE,
YIP SAID THE EXHIBITION ON INDUSTRIAL AND 29 AT THE
KOWLOON PARK
"PARTICIPATED BY 13 SAFETY
PROTECTIVE
CROSS, THE EXHIBITION WILL INCLUDE
PERSONAL DEMONSTRATION ON THE TESTING OF SAFETY HELMETS," HE NOTED.
EQUIPMENT USED
IN
EQUIPMENT COMPANIES AND THE RED A DISPLAY ON VARIOUS TYPES OF
AS INDUSTRY,
WELL AS A
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