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SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1994

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS DURING WET SEASON URGED

SPECIAL RAINY AND

SITE MANAGEMENT STAFF SHOULD BE MORE VIGILANT AND TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AT THEIR CONSTRUCTION SITES DURING THE TYPHOON SEASON TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS.

MR KAN HAD BEEN

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR HON-SANG SAID (SUNDAY) THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION LAUNCHING A SPECIAL TASK FORCE CAMPAIGN SINCE MARCH THIS YEAR AS OF ITS EFFORTS TO STEP UP ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TO IMPROVE SITE AND TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN THE WET SEASON.

THE SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT EXERCISE WILL LAST UNTIL OCTOBER,

MR KAN NOTED THAT FALLING OBJECTS, COLLAPSE OF SCAFFOLDS

ELECTRICAL STRONG WIND, CAVE-IN OF SLOPES OR EXCAVATIONS AND DURING HEAVY RAIN WERE THE COMMON MISHAPS IN SUMMER.

"EVEN AFTER

PART

SAFETY

UNDER FAULTS

OR RAINSTORM SIGNALS, LOWERING OF TYPHOON THE

UNSTABLE WORKING AND WET FLOOR, ACCIDENTS

BY CAUSED

SLIPPERY

DISLODGMENT PLATFORMS, DETERIORATED SCAFFOLDS, IRRUPTION OF WATER OR OF EARTH IN EXCAVATION OR UNSTABLE LIFTING APPLIANCES MAY ALSO OCCUR, HE SAID.

ΤΟ

PERSONNEL IN ORDER TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS, MR KAN REMINDED SITE

AFFECTED WHEN TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ON WORKS THAT MIGHT BE

ABOUT TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 3 OR THE RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL "RED" WAS TO BE HOISTED.

"CRANES SHOULD NOT BE USED WHEN THE WEATHER CONDITION IS LIKELY STACKING OF ΤΟ ENDANGER ITS STABILITY. GOOD HOUSE KEEPING, PROPER

INSTALLATIONS AND MATERIALS, SUITABLE PROTECTION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTS ARE ALSO NECESSARY DURING BAD WEATHER CONDITION.

AND SCAFFOLDS LASHING OR

"IN ADDITION, STABILITY OF LIFTING APPLIANCES SHOULD BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED BY WALL-TIES, BALLASTING, GUY ROPES," HE SAID.

MR KAN ALSO URGED SITE PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE ADVICE MEASURES TO WORKERS WHO WERE REQUIRED TO WORK AT HEIGHT.

ON SAFETY

AND

NOTING THAT THE STABILITY OF LIFTING APPLIANCES, SCAFFOLDS

ΤΟ EXPOSURE

ADVERSE WEATHER EXCAVATIONS MIGHT BE AFFECTED AFTER

PERSONS TO CONDITIONS, MR KAN ASKED CONTRACTORS TO ASSIGN COMPETENT

THEY WERE TO ENSURE THAT

STABLE, RE-EXAMINE THESE AREAS OF WORK SECURE AND SAFE.

"IF REMEDIAL WORKS ARE REQUIRED, CONTRACTORS SHOULD

WORKERS SAFE SYSTEM OF WORK AND SHOULD FULLY INSTRUCT THE THE JOB ON DETAILS OF THE SYSTEM,

11 HE SAID.

ADOPT A EXECUTING

"UNDER THE LAW, THEY SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE SUPERVISION AS WELL AS PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENTS TO THE WORKERS,

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HE ADDED.

/THE FACTORIES