Together with the fatal industrial accident at the Kwai Chung container terminal this morning (15th), three industrial accidents occurred in Hong Kong for three consecutive days resulting in three deaths.
The labor sector pointed out that the frequent occurrence of industrial accidents may be related to the rush of construction projects. It is hoped that the "Occupational Safety and Occupational Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2022" will be passed as soon as possible, so as to draw public attention to occupational safety and health.
Huang Guo, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, believes that the KPI proposed in the policy address only talks about the industrial accident rate, but in fact, there have been more than 1,300 fatal cases of industrial injuries and occupational injuries in the past five years. Accurately reflect the reality.
▼On December 14, a male worker was crushed to death by a giant iron on the Yau Tong site▼
More than 1300 industrial casualties and occupational casualties in the past 5 years
The first policy address of the current-term government mentioned that the five-year average industrial accident rate per 1,000 construction workers will be reduced by at least 10% from 29.8 in 2021 to 26.8 in 2026.
However, Huang Guo pointed out that there have been many accidents recently, and the situation of industrial accidents is worse than before. He pointed out that the KPI in the policy address only talked about the rate of industrial accidents, but in fact, there were more than 1,300 fatal cases of industrial injuries and occupational injuries in the past five years , the number is extremely high, and the number of deaths has remained high. It is believed that another KPI for the death rate should be set up to accurately reflect whether the situation has improved.
Huang Guo: KPIs in the policy report only talk about the accident rate and do not reflect the actual situation
Asked about the reasons for the frequent occurrence of industrial accidents in recent days, Huang Guo believes that the biggest problem in Hong Kong is that the construction industry adopts the labor contract system, which will choose simple methods to save costs between costs and performance, and does not necessarily pay too much attention to occupational safety and health, which makes industrial accidents more difficult. Greater chances of happening.
He mentioned that the loss of experienced personnel in the industry, delays in preliminary approvals leading to project delays and other reasons may lead to frequent accidents.
▼December 13, a worker stumbled and fell during the construction of a bungalow in a bungalow▼
Lam Chun-sing of the Labor Federation does not rule out that the epidemic will affect the progress of the project and ignore occupational safety while rushing to work
Lin Zhensheng, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Labor Federation, mentioned that under the epidemic situation, some sites may have to rush to work due to the impact of the epidemic on the workers' progress, or because of this, occupational safety is more neglected.
However, he believes that even if there is a loss of personnel in the industry, if the training is sufficient, there should not be a situation where "more newcomers will be dangerous".
Hope that the Occupational Safety and Health Penalty Amendment Regulations will be passed as soon as possible
Lin Zhensheng also expressed his hope that the OSH Penalty Amendment Regulations will be passed as soon as possible. Through the increase in fines, the public, employees, workers, etc. will pay attention to OSH, and stop ignoring OSH because of cost.
He continued to suggest that the authorities should further review the various regulations under the "Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance" in the next stage, such as the regulations involving the use of cranes.
Advocate two to three years for a mid-term review to study and formulate more aggressive KPIs
With regard to the KPIs set by the authorities, Lin Zhensheng suggested that a mid-term review should be set after 2 or 3 years, or after the revision of the occupational safety and health penalty regulations. If the rate of work-related accidents has dropped significantly by then, the authorities should set more aggressive KPIs.
▼ On September 7, a scale at the Anderson Road site in Sau Mau Ping suddenly collapsed▼
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