Safety at Work

The government continued to implement safety measures to encourage
proactive safety management on site and to spread a safety culture among
all ACP participants. Management and working committee meetings
involving senior officials and site staff were held frequently to address
construction safety issues. Contracts with high accident rates were
brought to the Sub-committee on ACP Construction Safety for review on
specific safety actions taken. Lessons learnt from accidents were
circulated to all ACP participants.

ACP contractors with good safety management and safety records
received commendations from the Secretary for Works. Accident
prevention and safety management training courses were provided by the
Occupational Safety and Health Council, Labour Department and Works
Bureau for site supervisory staff. In 1997, the industrial accident rate for
ACP contracts was 58 reportable accidents per thousand workers per
year, compared with the corresponding rate of 220 for the whole
construction industry in 1996.

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