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SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1991
FACTORIES REMINDED TO GUARD DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINERY
FACTORY PROPRIETORS MUST PROPERLY GUARD ALL DANGEROUS PARTS MACHINERY OR PLANT TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM POSSIBLE INJURY.
LABOUR THE
OF
DEPARTMENT MADE THE APPEAL TODAY (SATURDAY) CHUEN METAL FACTORY FOLLOWING A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH THE WING
ΤΟ FAILING
COMPLY WITH THE LTD IN TSUEN WAN WAS FINED $25,000 FOR REQUIREMENT.
ALL HIS
FINGERS
AMPUTATED
IN THE CASE, A WORKER HAD TO HAVE AFTER THEY WERE CRASHED BY AN UNGUARDED POWER PRESS HE WAS OPERATING.
"
ΤΟ THE OPERATION
FACTORY AND
OF
INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS FACTORY PIECE OF LABOUR
SENIOR
'ACCORDING
AND (GUARDING
MACHINERY) REGULATIONS, PROPRIETORS MUST EFFECTIVELY GUARD DANGEROUS PARTS OF EVERY
THE POWER," MACHINERY OR PLANT DRIVEN BY OFFICER (PROSECUTIONS), MR TSANG KIN-WO, SAID.
MECHANICAL
THE "IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS NOT TO OBSERVE EVEN THE MOST CAREFUL OPERATIVES ARE VULNERABLE MR TSANG SAID, THEIR CONTROL, ENSURE SAFE OPERATION AT ALL TIMES.
REGULATIONS AS ΤΟ ACCIDENTS BEYOND ADDING THAT PROPER GUARDING COULD
DISABILITY то
HE POINTED OUT THAT INJURIES RESULTING FROM MACHINERY ACCIDENTS WERE OFTEN SERIOUS AND COULD CAUSE PERMANENT THE VICTIM.
MACHINE
IS WHICH
NOT DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE
"WORKERS MUST THEREFORE NOT WORK ON A
AVOID COMING INTO PROPERLY GUARDED, AND DANGEROUS, MOVING PARTS OF A MACHINE," HE ADDED.
PROPRIETOR WHO ANY REQUIREMENTS UNDER OF $30,000.
FAILS TO COMPLY THE REGULATIONS IS LIABLE
WITH TO A
THE MAXIMUM
SAFETY FINE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND
MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS
* * * *
DATE
HKEF
$ MILLION
CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT ON
31.5.91
380
EFFECT OF FORWARDS TO BE SETTLED ON
1.6.91
NEUTRAL
EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS MORNING
NEUTRAL
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