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Contractors must observe safety regulations
The Labour Department today (Sunday) warned contractors not to make light of safety precautions on construction sites.
"Failure to take necessary precautions may cause an industrial accident resulting in injuries or even fatalities," a spokesman for the department said.
Tai Hing (Engineers & Builders) Limited in Mong Kok was recently fined $80,000 at Western Magistracy for failing to take necessary precautions on a site resulting in the death of a worker. The fine was the highest ever imposed on a single conviction since the maximum fine for such offence was raised to $200,000.
The fatal accident happened in July last year in a construction site at Queen's Road Central, where a 20-storey building was being demolished.
The deceased was in the lift shaft on the ground floor unfastening a bundle of metal bars when a falling object knocked off his safety helmet and struck him on the head.
Investigation showed that the contractor had not taken necessary precautions to prevent the deceased working there from being struck by falling materials or objects.
The spokesman said failure to take precautions on construction sites to protect the safety of workers was an offence under the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations and the offender would be liable to a maximum fine of $200,000 on conviction.
End/Saturday, August 19, 1995
Anti-rabics inoculation drive in fishing ports
The Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD) will launch a half-yearly dog inoculation drive in fishing ports over the next ten days for fishermen to have their dogs immunised against rabies.
Starting from Monday (August 21), AFD's mobile dog inoculation teams will go to the territory's fishing ports one by one and make boat-to-boat visits between 10 am and 4 pm daily. The inoculation programme is as follow:
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