LOSS CONTROL ENGINEERING LIMITED (LCEL) was established in November 1985 and aims to provide occupational safety management and consultation services to the clients.

Elimination of accident is vital to the public interest. Accidents produce economic and social loss, impair individual and group productivity, cause inefficiency, and retard the advancement of standards of living.

The practical and moral aspects of accident prevention are interrelated, because accidents result both in a waste of manpower and resources, and in physical and mental anguish.

Experience has shown that there is virtually no hazard or operation which cannot be overcome by practical safety measures. The future may introduce a type of unavoidable accident, but history indicates that practically all barriers can and will be surmounted.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY is classified as a ‘Cross-Sciences’, which theoretically and practically put together different lines of responsibility and by implementation, achieve the ultimate goal of accident prevention in industries.

In Hong Kong, most of the occupational safety and health requirements are laid down in the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and Regulations and other relevant Statutory Regulations.

Since Late 70’s, Occupational Safety has become gradually important in the local industries particularly the construction industry. This is reflected in the high accident rates and the severity of the incidents in the construction industry which is being considered a dangerous trade among the others.

Problems arising from industrial accidents not merely call for the need of Employee Compensation, but also cause the disturbance of normal work order, performance inefficiency and delay, social impact and the potential claim under the Civil Proceedings.

There are a lot of safety problems being confronted by the construction project management team in Hong Kong. The contracting system being widely adopted is successful and beneficial but rather difficult to get the safety message through down to the bottom line. As Occupational Safety is a ‘Cross-Sciences’, it is often experienced that responsibility for safety is not clearly defined or assigned thus causing unsystematic approach towards management of safety in the construction industry.