The Proposals for New Safety Legislation
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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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