On-the-job Safety Stressed
By: XU XIAOMIN,
China Daily staff
16 February 2001
SHANGHAI, CHINA: The city
government is taking measures to cut down on the number of on-the-job deaths in
private enterprises. Safety equipment in private firms will be required to
undergo examination this year.
Last year, 51 employees of privately owned
enterprises were killed in on-the-job accidents, an increase of about 10.9 per
cent over the 46 such deaths in 1999, according to statistics from the Shanghai
Municipal Economic Commission.
Measures should be launched now to strengthen safety
in the workplace this year to guarantee a smooth beginning for the 10th
Five-Year Plan (2001-2005), said the commission recently.
Apart from examinations instituted by the departments
concerned, measures will be taken by the commission this year requiring firms in
the private sector to carry out regular safety checks on their own premises to
eliminate possible danger spots. As a result of the lack of safety measures,
there were 26 deaths on the job caused by falling objects in 2000, double the
number for 1999.
Accidents on the job will be investigated
immediately, and those responsible will be punished according to the law, said
the commission.
Firms that fail to institute proper safety measures
will be the first to be held responsible in the case of accidents, officials
said.
Source: China
Daily.com.cn
Note: News is
reproduced with the permission of China Daily
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