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Target-oriented and Safety Management Enforcement Approach – The Hong Kong Experience 5 November 2009

Target-oriented and Safety Management Enforcement Approach – The Hong Kong Experience 5 November 2009. International ILO Conference –Implementing OSH Standards Globally. Mrs Erika HUI Deputy Commissioner (Occupational Safety and Health) Labour Department

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Target-oriented and Safety Management Enforcement Approach – The Hong Kong Experience 5 November 2009

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  1. Target-oriented and Safety Management Enforcement Approach – The Hong Kong Experience5 November 2009 International ILO Conference –Implementing OSH Standards Globally Mrs Erika HUI Deputy Commissioner (Occupational Safety and Health) Labour Department Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government

  2. “Labour Inspection in the Path of Change”

  3. Long-Term Goal Prescriptive  Goal-Setting based on Assessment  Performance-Based

  4. This Presentation will cover • The OSH Legal Framework • Target-oriented Enforcement Strategy • From a Prescriptive Approach to Self-Regulation • Safety Management System

  5. The OSH Legal Framework • Factories & Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (FIUO) + 30 pieces of regulations • Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance (OSHO)

  6. Long-Term Goal Prescriptive  Goal-Setting based on Assessment  Performance-Based

  7. Target-oriented Enforcement Strategy Enforcement • Deterrence to non-compliance • Regular surprise inspections + Blitz operations • Prosecutions; Suspension Notices; Improvement Notices

  8. Target-oriented Enforcement Strategy • Priority-weighting to Selected Industries

  9. Prescriptive Approach  Self-regulation • Changing Environment • Need for Ownership • Voluntary Initiatives: Safety Management Approach

  10. The Safety Management Approach • Airport Core Programme (ACP)

  11. Safety Management System (SMS) • Self-regulation  deregulation • Self-regulation through a company-based SMS • 1999 : Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation

  12. SMS: Hong Kong Disneyland Project

  13. Accident rate / 1000 workers 109.8 Accident rate 26.3 19992008 SMS: Public Works and Public Housing • Significant decline in accident rates

  14. 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.

  15. Thank You

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