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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1994

MR BLAKE SAID THE OVERALL ACP ACCIDENT RATE SIGNIFICANT DOWNWARD TREND SINCE MID-1993.

HAD SHOWN

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FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDING APRIL 30 THIS YEAR, THE RATE WAS DOWN TO 86 ACCIDENTS PER THOUSAND WORKERS PER YEAR, HE SAID.

MR BLAKE ATTRIBUTED THE FALL TO THE ACP SAFETY MEASURES INTRODUCED SINCE 1992 WHICH HE SAID WERE PRODUCING POSITIVE RESULTS.

ACCIDENT NON-FATAL

RATE AND FATAL

ACCIDENT

THE

RATE FROM COMMENCEMENT OF ACP CONTRACTS, UP TO THE END OF APRIL 1994, WAS 96 PER

PER YEAR AND 0.9 PER THOUSAND THOUSAND WORKERS

WORKERS PER YEAR

RESPECTIVELY.

THESE RATES WERE MUCH LOWER THAN THE CORRESPONDING RATES DURING 1993 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE OF 295 AND 1.4.

DESPITE THE IMPROVING TREND, THE ACP ACCIDENT RATES WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND MORE MUST BE DONE, SAID MR BLAKE.

STILL

SOME PRIORITY

"THEY ARE STILL HIGHER THAN THE ACP SAFETY TARGETS, WHICH CONTRACTORS HAVE SHOWN ARE ACHIEVABLE IF GIVEN ADEQUATE

ACP AND EFFORT.

ONLY BE THEIR

"IT IS CLEAR THAT THESE VERY STRINGENT TARGETS WILL ACHIEVED BY THE ACP AS A WHOLE IF EVERYBODY INVOLVED INCREASES SAFETY ENDEAVOUR STILL MORE.

"WORKERS, CONTRACTORS, CONSULTANTS AND GOVERNMENT STAFF MUST ALL PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE AND STRIVE HARDER TOWARDS OUR HE SAID.

THE

ALIKE TARGETS,

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SINCE 1992,

THE

BETTER SAFETY

IN ADDITION TO

INTRODUCED MEASURES GOVERNMENT HAD MADE FURTHER EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT A CULTURE.

THESE INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING:

* THE

PRODUCTION

OF POCKET-SIZED SAFETY DISTRIBUTION TO WORKERS AND SUPERVISORY STAFF;

HINT

CARDS

FOR

*

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT ARE HOLDING TALKS TO EDUCATE AND SUPERVISORY STAFF ON SAFETY ON BOARD MARINE VESSELS;

WORKERS

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THE APPOINTMENT OF CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE SAFETY TRAINING TO GOVERNMENT'S MANAGEMENT AND

STAFF SITE SUPERVISORY UPGRADE THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND;

LABOUR

THE

ITS SPECIAL DEPARTMENT HAD STRENGTHENED TASKED WITH CONSTRUCTION SAFETY FOR ACP PROJECTS.

AHEAD,

LOOKING

HE SAID MORE STRINGENT REGULATORY BEING FINALISED AGAINST CONTRACTORS WHO VIOLATED SAFETY OR HAVE HIGH ACCIDENT RATES.

TEAM

ACTION REQUIREMENTS

WAS

PROVIDE PROGRESS.

AND SAFETY UNITS WERE BEING SET UP IN

AND TO CARRY OUT SAFETY SAFETY ADVICE

WORKS

DEPARTMENTS TO

AUDIT OF WORKS IN

/THE ACP

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