Work Safety Alert - 2013

職業安全及健康部 Occupational Safety and Health Branch 勞工處 Labour Department

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
December 2013	Fall from a Truss-out Bamboo Scaffold
December 2013	Fall from Height while Erecting/Dismantling a Truss-out Bamboo Scaffold
December 2013	Fall from a Bamboo Scaffold
December 2013	Fall from a Window Opening
December 2013	Struck by a Falling Bored Pile Casing
December 2013	Fall from a Bamboo Scaffold
November 2013	Collapse of Containers
November 2013	Struck by a Falling Drainage Pipe
November 2013	Fall from a Bamboo Scaffold
November 2013	Fall from a Portable Ladder
November 2013	Ran over by a Reversing Dumper Truck
October 2013	Fall from a Portable Ladder
October 2013	Fall from a Bamboo Scaffold
October 2013	Fall from Height while Erecting/Dismantling a Truss-out Bamboo Scaffold
October 2013	Explosion of a Steam Boiler
September 2013	Struck by an Excavator
September 2013	Fall onto Projecting Steel Starter Bars
September 2013	Struck by a Loader
September 2013	Trapped by the Spiked Cylinders of a Fiber Conveying Machine
August 2013	Fall from a Parapet Wall
July 2013	Struck by a lorry
July 2013	Collapse of Soil
July 2013	Fall from a Metal Tubular Scaffold
June 2013	Fall from a Portable Ladder
June 2013	Fall from a Bamboo Scaffold
June 2013	Collapse of a Worker inside an Underground Drain
May 2013	Fall from Height while Erecting/Dismantling a Truss-out Bamboo Scaffold
April 2013	Fall from an Elevated Metal Pallet
March 2013	Collapse of Concrete Beam
February 2013	Trapped by the Tailgate of a Truck
January 2013	Fall from the Roof Top of a Lift Machine Room

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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.