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regulate safety and health at work of all economic activities (both industrial and non-industrial establishments). The scope has been expanded to cover offices, commercial premises, educational institutions, hospitals, clinics, laboratories and other workplaces. The legislation imposes general duty of care on employers, occupiers of premises and employees, and set down basic requirements in accident prevention, fire prevention, working environment, workplace hygiene, first aid, manual handling operation and use of display screen equipment. |
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apply to industrial undertakings, i.e. factories, construction sites, catering establishments, cargo and container handling undertakings, repair workshops and other industrial workplaces. The legislation imposes general duties on proprietors and employees, and requires the person having the management and control of a factory or other industrial establishment to notify the Commissioner for Labour the particulars of their operations or construction works. The legislation also prescribes detailed safety and health standards on various aspects of hazardous work activities, plant and machinery, processes and substances. |
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apply to establishments using boilers and pressure vessels including thermal oil heaters, steam receivers, steam containers, air receivers and pressurized cement tanks mounted on trucks and trailers. The legislation regulates the standards and operation of these boilers and pressure vessels, and require them to be registered with Labour Department and be examined before being put into use and periodically thereafter by appointed examiner. |
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apply to establishments using dangerous goods. The ordinance defines about 450 dangerous goods, including explosives, compressed gases, poisonous substances, corrosive substances, substances liable to spontaneous combustion and flammable substances. The legislation classifies dangerous goods, and regulates the manufacture, use, storage and transport of dangerous goods. |
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establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Council as a statutory body for the fostering of safer and healthier working conditions in Hong Kong, and provides for the payment of a levy by employers and for related matters. |
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provides for fire safety improvements to be made to certain commercial premises used as office or for the purposes of business, trading or any entertainment (such as banks, off-course betting branches, supermarkets and shopping centres) constructed on or before 23 March 1973. The legislation regulates the provision or improvement of fire safety measures or installations and the planning, design and construction of commercial premises or commercial buildings in relation to fire safety matters. |
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apply to owners or lessees of builder’s lifts and tower working platforms. The ordinance regulates the design, construction, installation, maintenance, test, examination and use of such work equipment |
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apply to gas supply companies, gas contractors and establishments using liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas or town gas installations (such as restaurants and cooking oil manufacturers). The legislation regulates the approval of gas installations and controls the importation, manufacture, storage, transport, supply and use of gaseous fuels. |
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apply to electrical workers, electrical contractors and owners of fixed electrical installation. The legislation regulates the test and examination of prescribed fixed electrical installations, and requires registration of electrical workers and electrical contractors with the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department. |
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