SRSO NEWS
Dear members,
We forward the following email from IOSH for your information.
Dear Chairmen, Presidents of the Member-Organizations of the HKFOSHA,
We would like to inform you that we are organising the subject seminar.
The details of the seminar are as follows:
Date : 20 January 2018 (Saturday)
Time : 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Registration at 1:30 p.m.)
Venue : Lecture room K1104, OUHK LiPACE, 11/F, Tower 2, Kowloon Commerce Centre, 51-53 Kwai Cheong Road, Kwai Chung, N.T.
This seminar requires online registration via the following link :
http://www2.ioshhongkong.com/Online_Reg/EventDetails.php?Event=307
Members of HKFOSHA member-organisations are welcome. They are required to enter abbreviation name of their orgnisation as a prefix before their membership number (e.g. SRSO 1234) in the “membership number” field when making on-line registration.
Registrations are accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. Please ensure that a confirmation email is sent to you upon successful completion of the on-line registration.
You are required to produce your membership cards at the reception counter. All participants will be given attendance certificates free of charge at the end of the seminar.
Should you have any enquiry, please feel free to contact Mr. Raymond MAN, Administrative Officer, at 9025 6767 or by email at mailbox@ioshhongkong.com.
The flyer of this Workshop is attached for details.
SRSO NEWS
Dear Members,
The Society has received the information of above subject from Labour Department for your information.
先生/女士：
為鼓勵工友向勞工處舉報所屬地盤不安全的工作情況，讓勞工處可及時進行更針對性的巡查工作，以提升地盤的職安健表現，勞工處已製作全新告示，以宣傳職安健投訴熱線(電話:2542 2172)。有關告示將以郵寄方式分發予各承建商於地盤張貼，方便工友知悉該熱線。現附上有關連結以供瀏覽及下載:
www.labour.gov.hk/tc/public/pdf/A2Poster_Complaint_Hotline_TC.pdf
如有需要，你亦可於勞工處職業安全及健康部各分區辦事處免費索取上述告示。
勞工處處長
(梁樂泉代行)
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Labour Department (LD) encourages employees and members of the general public to report unsafe work conditions, thus enabling LD to conduct more target-oriented inspections promptly in order to enhance the performance of occupational safety and health at the workplace. LD has produced a new notice to promulgate the Occupational Safety and Health Complaint Hotline (Tel: 2542 2172). The notice will be distributed by post to contractors for displaying on construction sites to remind workers of the hotline. It can be downloaded or browsed by clicking the hyperlink below:
www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/pdf/A2Poster_Complaint_Hotline_EN.pdf
You may also obtain free copies of the notice from the district offices of the Occupational Safety and Health Branch of LD if necessary.
LEUNG Lok-chuen
for Commissioner for Labour
SRSO NEWS
Dear Members,
The Society has received the captioned information from Labour Department for your information.
Dear Sir /Madam,
The Labour Department (“LD”) is highly concerned about the occupational safety and health of employees/workers engaged in the hand-dug tunnelling work. In this regard, LD, in collaboration with relevant industry stakeholders and upon a round of comprehensive consultation, has formulated a set of “Guidance Notes on Safety and Health of Hand-Dug Tunnelling Work” (“GN”) for compliance by the industry.
The GN, among others, requires that the “heading” hand-dug tunnelling method could only be adopted under exceptional conditions and where environment permits, and specifically sets out the stringent measures to be taken by the relevant duty-holders when such hand-dug tunnelling work is unavoidable. The GN shall take immediate effect, and for those hand-dug tunnelling works already commenced, efforts should be exercised to comply with the GN as far as reasonably practicable.
The GN can be downloaded from the following website’s links.
English version:
http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/news/pdf/GN_on_S&H_of_Hand-dug_Tunnelling_Work_Eng.pdf
Traditional Chinese version:
http://www.labour.gov.hk/tc/news/pdf/GN_on_S&H_of_Hand-dug_Tunnelling_Work_TC.pdf
Simplified Chinese version:
http://www.labour.gov.hk/chs/news/pdf/GN_on_S&H_of_Hand-dug_Tunnelling_Work_SC.pdf
Hard copies of the GN will be available for collection at the divisional offices of the Occupational Safety and Health Branch (“OSHB”) of LD in February 2018. The addresses and telephone numbers of our offices can be found at Labour Department’s website at http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/tele/osh.htm.
For any enquiries about this GN, please contact OSHB at:
Telephone : 2559 2297 (auto-recording service available outside office hours)
Fax : 2915 1410
E-mail : enquiry@labour.gov.hk
Yours faithfully,
(LEUNG Lok-chuen)
for Commissioner for Labour
先生/女士：
勞工處高度關注從事手挖隧道工作僱員/工人的職業安全及健康。為此，勞工處聯同業界相關持份者及經一輪廣泛諮詢後，已制定一份《手挖隧道工作的安全與健康指引》（“指引”），供業界遵循。
除其他要求外，該指引訂明只可在某些例外情況及當環境許可下，方可進行「板仔龍」手挖隧道工程，並具體地要求相關持責者，在不能避免進行該工作時，應實施更嚴格的措施。指引即時生效，現已開展的手挖隧道工程，亦應在合理切實可行範圍內，遵從指引的要求。
該指引可於以下網址連結下載。
中文繁體版:
http://www.labour.gov.hk/tc/news/pdf/GN_on_S&H_of_Hand-dug_Tunnelling_Work_TC.pdf
中文簡體版:
http://www.labour.gov.hk/chs/news/pdf/GN_on_S&H_of_Hand-dug_Tunnelling_Work_SC.pdf
英文版:
http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/news/pdf/GN_on_S&H_of_Hand-dug_Tunnelling_Work_Eng.pdf
指引的印刷文本可於2018年2月在各勞工處職業安全及健康部分區辦事處索取。有關各辦事處的地址及電話，可參考勞工處網站http://www.labour.gov.hk/tc/tele/osh.htm。
如對本指引有任何疑問，可聯絡勞工處職業安全及健康部：
電話：2559 2297 (非辦公時間設有自動錄音服務)
傳真：2915 1410
電子郵件：enquiry@labour.gov.hk
勞工處處長
( 梁樂泉 代行)
SRSO NEWS
Dear members,
The Society will collect the annual subscription at the beginning of a calendar year. In order for those members who are Registered Safety Officer and wish to renew their membership with new membership card printed with Certificate of Mandatory Basic Safety Training (Green Card) by 1 January 2018, they are required to pay the annual subscription fee for 2018 and attach a copy of your renewed RSO certificate to us before 30 November 2017 to process.
Please complete & return the slip as attached together with a cheque made payable to “Society of Registered Safety Officers”. Alternatively, you may pay directly to our bank account (Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Account No. 062-378500-001, and return the bank-in slip write with your full name and membership number and the attached return slip to the Society for confirmation of your membership for 2018.
New member joining the Association after 1 October 2017 and having paid the subscription for 2017 will be deemed to have paid the subscription for 2018.
Remark: Members whose RSO registration has failed to be revalidated are reminded that the exemption mentioned above will no more be valid, and that they should not use the membership card for such purpose of exemption.
Regards,
Johnny Shing
SRSO NEWS
Dear Members,
The Society has received a New Work Safety Alert from Labour Department for your information.
SRSO NEWS
Dear member,
We forward the following email for your information.
Regards,
Johnny Shing
Tel: (852) 2963 1572
Fax: (852) 2258 0275
mailto: johnny.shing@towngas.com
*********************************************************************
HKFOSHA Correspondence
Dear Chairmen, Presidents of the Member-Organizations of Federation,
The secretariat has received the captioned seminar from HKOSHA.
Date: 5 December 2017 (Tue)
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm (Registration at 6:30 pm)
Venue: PQ303, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon
Language: Cantonese
Fee: if any non-members wish to obtain an attendance certificate (HK$50 will be charged), please contact our secretariat office at 2332 9210 (Ms. Daisy Luk) for special arrangement in advance. ²
Please enroll via online registration link :https://goo.gl/4ANaKw
Please disseminate the seminar information to members of your organization for their information.
Thank you.
Stella Wong
Hong Kong Federation of Occupational Safety and Health Associations
(HKFOSHA)
Tel: 2332 9210
Email: secretariat@hkfosha.org.hk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HKFOSHA
HKOSHA Correspondence
The Association and Health, Safety and Environment Office, The Hong
Kong Polytechnic University have jointly organized a seminar on
“Ergonomics in Occupational Safety and Health”, which will be conducted
by Dr. Andy S.K. Cheng, PhD on 5 Dec 2017 (Tue). Details of the Seminar
as follows:
Date: 5 Dec 2017 ( Tue )
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (Registration at 6:30 pm )
Venue: PQ303, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon
Participants: 116 maximum (on first-come-first-served basis)
Speaker: Dr. Andy S.K. Cheng, PhD
Associate Professor
Programme Leader, BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Cheng is an associate professor of the Department of Rehabilitation
Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a registered
occupational therapist, chartered safety and health practitioner, and
certified work capacity evaluator. He received his professional training
in occupational therapy at former Hong Kong Polytechnic. He got his
bachelor’s degree in Health and Safety at the Curtin University and
completed his MPhil and PhD in the Department of Orthopaedics and
Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
He was the first Asian recipient of Canadian Institutes of Health
Research Scholarship for postgraduate training on the Work Disability
Prevention CIHR Strategic Training Program at University of Toronto. Dr.
Cheng is the President of Hong Kong Ergonomics Society, Treasurer of the
Chinese Association of Ergonomics, and Council Member of International
Ergonomics Association.
Abstract of the Seminar :
Work-related musculoskeletal injuries (WMSI) represent a major source
of work disability. There are two types of WMSI in the workplace. Acute
WMSI most often develops from a specific mechanical stressor that
traumatises certain musculoskeletal tissues and results in the sudden
onset of pain and possibly movement limitation. On the other hand,
chronic WMSI seldom occurs during a single incident of injury. These
injuries have been given a number of labels including cumulative trauma
disorders, repetitive trauma disorders, repetitive strain injuries and
overuse syndrome. They are defined as disorders or diseases of the
musculoskeletal system, which may be caused, aggravated, accelerated or
exacerbated by workplace exposures and impair the work capacity of the
worker. This seminar will introduce common cumulative trauma disorders
at the workplace and discuss how to use ergonomics to prevent WMSI.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Registration: Please enroll via online registration link :https://goo.gl/4ANaKw
Successful application will be notified in due course.
* The seminar is free of charge and Attendance Certificate will
be issued to members of HKOSHA, students and staff of Hong Kong
Polytechnic University upon completion of the seminar.
If any non-members wish to obtain an attendance certificate,
please contact our secretariat office at 2332 9210 (Ms. Daisy Luk) for
special arrangement in advance.
Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Association
Tel: 2332 9210
Email: admin@hkosha.org.hk
Website: http://hkosha.org.hk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OSHA.HKSAR
