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Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations

Jurisdiction China - Hong Kong
Year 1955
Published in English
Source Government Printer, Hong Kong, 1985. 19p. Price: HKD 7.50.
Serial number Hong Kong Cap.59 A
Descriptors [Primary] Hong Kong, occupational safety and health
[Secondary] dangerous occurrences, drainage, fatalities, hearing protection, labour inspectors, law, lighting, medical examinations, noise control, notification of occupational accidents, penalties, responsibilities of employees, tidiness, underground work, ventilation, welfare facilities
Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work
Abstract Regulations effective 29 Sep. 1955 and updated to 1985. They were issued under the authority of the 1955 Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (see CIS 89-6). Parts in effect in 1985 concern: medical examination of persons employed to work underground; reporting of accidents resulting in death or incapacity, and of dangerous occurrences; power of inspector to take samples; duties of employees concerning safety precautions; noise protection of workers with noise exposure considered to be equivalent to 90dB(A); notifiable workplaces (accident prevention, hygiene, ventilation, lighting, floor drainage, overcrowding, welfare and hygienic facilities, repair and maintenance); offences and penalties. In schedules: list of dangerous occurrences; forms used in the medical examination of underground workers; equivalent noise levels.
CIS No. 93-352
Database ID 59901

 

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