Hong Kong Ordinances

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE - SECT 6B

General duties of persons employed

(1) It shall be the duty of every person employed at an industrial 
undertaking while at work-

   (a)  to take reasonable care for the health and safety of himself and of
        other persons who may be affected by his acts or omissions at work;
        and

   (b)  as regards any duty or requirement imposed on a proprietor of the
        industrial undertaking or on any other person by this Ordinance for
        securing the health and safety of persons employed at the industrial 
        undertaking, to co-operate with him so far as is necessary to enable
        that duty or requirement to be performed or complied with.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable
to a fine at level 4. (Amended 40 of 1997 s. 3)

(3) A person employed at an industrial undertaking who wilfully and without
reasonable excuse does anything while at work likely to endanger himself or
other persons commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended 81 of 1993 s. 4) (Added 71 of 1989 s. 5)