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Work Safety Alert - 2015

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 職業安全及健康部
Occupational Safety and Health Branch
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The purpose of this Work Safety Alert is to alert employers/contractors and employees about the occurrences of serious or fatal work injuries and the need to take relevant measures to prevent recurrence.  You may access to the relevant Work Safety Alert by clicking on the individual items in the table below. 

Date Accident at Work
November 2015 Fall from a Canopy
November 2015 Fall from Height while Installing Cable Conduits
November 2015 Fall from a Stairway
October 2015 Buried in Sand inside a Concrete Batching Plant
October 2015 Trapped by Moving Parts of a Concrete Batching Plant
October 2015 Struck by a Ruptured Flexible High Pressure Air Hose
October 2015 Fall from Height while Dismantling a Truss-out Bamboo Scaffold
October 2015 Fall from Height while Erecting a Truss-out Bamboo Scaffold
October 2015 Trapped by a Load on the Loading Platform of a Truck-mounted Crane
October 2015 Struck by a Lorry
October 2015 Fall from a Bamboo Scaffold
September 2015 Trapped by the Lifting Jib of a Truck-mounted Crane
September 2015 Trapped in between the Driving Cabin and the Boom of an Excavator
August 2015 Worker Collapsed in an Underground Sewage Facility
August 2015 Fall through an Upper Floor Opening
August 2015 Collapse of a Metal Working Platform
August 2015 Trapped by the Spiked Shafts of a Machine
July 2015 Suspected Electrocution while Clearing Up
Electric Arc Welding Equipment
July 2015 Suspected Electric Shock while Relocating a Water Pump
June 2015 Collapse of the Mast of a High Lift Order Picker
June 2015 Overturn of a Front Loader
May 2015 Fall from Height while Dismantling a Bamboo Scaffold
May 2015 Flashover while Pumping Water in a Cable Trench
May 2015 Fall from a Straight Ladder
April 2015 Struck by Falling Units of Plant
April 2015 Struck by the Auxiliary Hook of a Crawler-mounted Crane
March 2015 Fall from a Bamboo Scaffold
March 2015 Entangled with the Revolving Part of a Bench Type Drilling Machine
March 2015 Crushed by the Lattice Boom of a Crawler-mounted Crane
March 2015 Struck by the Counterweight of a Lift
February 2015 Failure of a Truck-mounted Elevating Work Platform
February 2015 Fall from a Bamboo Scaffold
January 2015 Fall from a Canopy

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DISCLAIMER

This Work Safety Alert ("the Alert") is issued at the earliest possible opportunity after a serious accident with a view to drawing the attention of interested parties to the general safety precautionary measures necessary to protect people engaging in similar work activities. The material contained in the Alert constitutes general guidance only. It does not reduce, limit, or replace, any legal obligations upon any person to comply with any statutory duties under relevant legislation. Users such as Managers and Supervisors should make their own evaluation of the information contained in the Alert to determine if it can be applied to their own situations and practices. The Labour Department does NOT accept any responsibilities for any loss or damage resulting from the use of or failure to use of the information on the Alert.