Transcript The Proposals for New Safety Legislation

International ILO Conference –
Implementing OSH Standards Globally
Target-oriented and Safety Management
Enforcement Approach –
The Hong Kong Experience
5 November 2009
Mrs Erika HUI
Deputy Commissioner (Occupational Safety and Health)
Labour Department
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
“Labour Inspection in the Path of Change”
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Long-Term Goal
Prescriptive

Goal-Setting based on Assessment

Performance-Based
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This Presentation will cover
 The OSH Legal Framework
 Target-oriented Enforcement
Strategy
 From a Prescriptive Approach to
Self-Regulation
 Safety Management System
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The OSH Legal Framework
 Factories & Industrial Undertakings
Ordinance (FIUO)
+ 30 pieces of regulations
 Occupational Safety and Health
Ordinance (OSHO)
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Long-Term Goal
Prescriptive

Goal-Setting based on Assessment

Performance-Based
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Target-oriented
Enforcement Strategy
Enforcement
 Deterrence to non-compliance
 Regular surprise inspections
+
Blitz operations
 Prosecutions; Suspension Notices;
Improvement Notices
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Target-oriented
Enforcement Strategy
 Priority-weighting to
Selected Industries
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Prescriptive Approach
 Self-regulation
 Changing Environment
 Need for Ownership
 Voluntary Initiatives: Safety
Management Approach
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The Safety Management Approach
 Airport Core Programme
(ACP)
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Safety Management System
(SMS)
 Self-regulation

deregulation
 Self-regulation through a company-
based SMS
 1999 : Factories and Industrial
Undertakings (Safety Management)
Regulation
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SMS: Hong Kong Disneyland
Project
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SMS: Public Works and Public
Housing
 Significant decline in accident
rates
Accident rate /
1000 workers
Accident rate
109.8
26.3
1999
2008
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Concluding Remarks
The law at best prescribes the minimum
standard. It is through ownership that
duty holders ensure sustained
improvements in safety and health at
work.
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Thank You
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