| Document ID (ISN) | 60190 |
| CIS number |
93-731 |
| Year |
1978 |
| Convention or series no. |
Hong Kong Cap.59 K
|
| Title |
Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Cargo Handling) Regulations [Hong Kong] |
| Bibliographic information |
Government Printer, Hong Kong, 1991. 4p. Price: HKD 10.00. |
| Abstract |
Regulations effective 21 July 1978 (updated to 1991) and issued under the authority of the 1955 Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (see CIS 89-6). They concern safety requirements during the loading, unloading and handling of goods at a dock, quay or wharf. The requirements include: safe access to all working places; provisions for rescue from drowning; proper lighting; safe electrical equipment; maintenance and safe use of fork-lift trucks; safe stacking and unstacking of cargo or goods. A separate part deals with the provision of first aid facilities and with the training of workers in first aid. In the schedule: list of first aid equipment to be kept in a first aid box or cupboard. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Hong Kong; materials handling; loading and unloading; harbours; dock work |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
first-aid equipment; first-aid training; lighting; electricity; law; handling and stacking; fork-lift trucks; rescue from drowning; access to workplaces |
| Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
| Country / State or Province | Hong Kong |
| Subject(s) |
Standards and directives with the force of law
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Mechanical hazards, transport
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Water transportation
|
