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SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1994

EMPLOYERS MUST ENSURE MACHINERY AND SUMMER JOB SAFETY * * * * *

ARE

WORKERS FACE PROSECUTION

OWNERS

REMINDED ACTIONS.

ΤΟ

MACHINERY AND EMPLOYERS OF SUMMER JOR OF ENSURE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OR THEY WILL

ANNOUNCING THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS YEAR'S MACHINERY AND SUMMER DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY JOB SAFETY CAMPAIGN, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INSPECTOR

"IT IS MR

HON-SANG SAID TODAY

EXTREMELY KAN

(SUNDAY): DANGEROUS TO LEAVE A MACHINE UNGUARDED OR INADEQUATELY GUARDED AS EVEN THE MOST EXPERIENCED OPERATORS CAN MAKE MISTAKES.

DANGEROUS

OFTEN

PARTS OF MACHINERY, IF NOT PROPERLY GUARDED, CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS RESULTING IN LOSS OF LIMBS OR EVEN DEATHS," HE POINTED OUT.

MR

PROVIDE

1988 TO PROPER POTENTIAL HAZARDS,

RESULTING FROM KAN SAID ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THE USE OF MACHINERY HAD BEEN DECLINING FROM SOME 8,800 IN

THE DUTY ΤΟ 2,500 LAST YEAR, EMPLOYERS HAD ABOUT MAINTENANCE

GUARDS AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON SUPERVISION AND TRAINING TO MACHINE OPERATORS.

OF

"SOME

MACHINES

ARE

PARTICULARLY

DANGEROUS,

SUCH

AS

POWER PAPER

FACTORIES,

..

PRESSES, GRANULATORS, DOUGH MIXERS, MACHINES USED IN WOODWORK, AND CATERING INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS PRINTING AND PLASTICS HE SAID.

"PROPER

GUARDING OF MACHINERY CAN HELP AVOID INJURIES TIMES AND GIVES CONFIDENCE TO OPERATORS," HE ADDED.

AT

ALL

KAN MR

TOMORROW,

EMPLOYERS

DANGEROUS

SAID DURING THE TWO-MONTH CAMPAIGN FACTORY INSPECTORS WILL VISIT WORKPLACES AND WORKERS THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVELY PARTS OF MACHINES AS WELL AS ENSURING THE SAFETY OF

WHICH WILL START то TO EXPLAIN

GUARDING THE SUMMER

JOB WORKERS.

OF

"AS THE LEGISLATION PROHIBITING YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE 18 AND WITHOUT RECOGNISED TRAINING FROM WORK ON CONSTRUCTION SITES HAS

SITES CONSTRUCTION BEEN ENACTED ON JUNE 22, WE WILL ALSO

AND ADVISE CONTRACTORS ON THE NEW LEGISLATION AND OTHER SAFETY ASPECTS.

VISIT

"THE NEW LEGISLATION AIMS TO BETTER PROTECT YOUNG PERSONS BECAUSE THE NATURE OF WORK ON CONSTRUCTION SITES IS FAR MORE HAZARDOUS THAN IN OTHER TRADES, HE EXPLAINED.

-

HE CAUTIONED PROPRIETORS AND EMPLOYERS THAT THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED TO TAKE VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST UNSCRUPULOUS EMPLOYERS WHO NEGLECTED THEIR STATUTORY OBLIGATION TO PROTECT WORKERS

WORK FROM POTENTIAL HAZARDS OR ALLOWED UNTRAINED YOUNG PERSONS TO CONSTRUCTION SITES.

WAS

ON

HE ALSO APPEALED TO ALL EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR FULL CO-OPERATION TOWARDS MAKING THEIR WORKPLACES SAFE.

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