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Mrs Erika HUIDeputy Commissioner (Occupational Safety and Health)Labour DepartmentHong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
Target-oriented and Safety Management Target-oriented and Safety Management Enforcement Approach – Enforcement Approach –
The Hong Kong ExperienceThe Hong Kong Experience
5 November 20095 November 2009
International ILO Conference –Implementing OSH Standards Globally
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“Labour Inspection in the Path of Change”
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Prescriptive
Goal-Setting based on Assessment
Performance-Based
Long-Term Goal
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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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Prescriptive
Goal-Setting based on Assessment
Performance-Based
Long-Term Goal
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Target-oriented Target-oriented Enforcement StrategyEnforcement Strategy
EnforcementEnforcement
Deterrence to non-compliance
Regular surprise inspections + Blitz operations
Prosecutions; Suspension Notices; Improvement Notices
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Target-oriented Target-oriented Enforcement StrategyEnforcement Strategy
Priority-weighting to Selected Industries
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Changing Environment
Need for Ownership
Voluntary Initiatives: Safety Management Approach
Prescriptive Approach Self-regulation
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Airport Core Programme (ACP)
The Safety Management Approach
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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
109.8
26.3
Accident rate / 1000 workers
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 YouThank You