Accident and Safety

With the Factory (Accidents) Ordinance in 1927 in force, the government started to keep records of the reported factory accidents. In the past, most injuries in the factories had been among women, mainly caused by machines and motor-driving belts especially in the knitting factories. With the Ordinance in force, factory owners had to install guards against machines and belts driven by motors, fewer accidents in knitting factories occurred. Instead, the majority of industrial accidents were reported to be caused by the falls of persons and objects mainly in the shipbuilding industry.

Documents

Ordinance passed and assented to: Factories and Workshops, No. 18 of 1937
Regulation of Factories (1924)
Factories (1925)
Factories (1927)
Factories (1928)
Factories (1933)
Factories (1934)
Factories (1935)
Factories (1936)
Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the conditions of the industrial employment of children in Hong Kong, and the desirability and feasibility of legislation for the regulation of su...
Factories and Workshops (1939)
Factories and Workshops (1939)
Report of the Housing Commission (1935)
Ordinance passed and assented to: Factory (Accidents) Ordinance, 1927.
Regulations under Section 4 of the Factory (Accidents) Ordinance, 1927
Bill read a first time: Industrial Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Amendment
Regulation under section 3 of the Industrial Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Ordinance, 1922 (1929)
Regulations under section 3 of the Industrial Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Ordinance, 1922 (1930-04-25)
Regulations under section 3 of the Industrial Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Ordinance, 1922 (1930-06-27)
Ordinance passed and assented to: Employment of Young Persons and Children at Sea, No. 13 of 1932