Labour Department to hold occupational health public talks

     The Labour Department (LD) will hold a public talk entitled "Occupational safety and health (OSH) for confined space workers" on September 17 (Monday). To enhance workers' OSH awareness in confined spaces, the talk will explain the related OSH hazards as well as measures to prevent them.
 
    The talk, to be given by the LD's occupational hygienist, occupational safety officer and occupational health nurse, will be held at 3pm in the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.
 
     The LD will hold another talk entitled "Manual handling operations and prevention of back injuries for workers of residential care homes" on September 26 (Wednesday). To raise OSH awareness of workers in residential care homes, the talk will include an introduction of the structure and functions of the back, causes and preventive measures of back injuries, discussions about proper manual handling operation as well as demonstration of workplace exercise.
 
    The talk, to be given by LD's occupational health nurse, will be held at 2.30pm at the lecture room of Fanling Occupational Health Clinic (7/F, Fanling Health Centre, 2 Pik Fung Road, Fanling).
 
     Both talks will be conducted in Cantonese. Admission is free. For enquiries or registration, please call 2852 4040.