Safety begins at school


Lee (fifth from right; middle in blue) poses together with the SK Pulau Meranti pupils who are wearing safety helmets. With him are (from right) SK Pulau Meranti Parent-Teacher Association chairman Hasnan Abdullah, Gamuda Engineering Sdn Bhd Quality, Safety, Health and Environment head of department Andy Lee Choon Fooh and Mohammad Imran.

CONCERNED with the rise of accidents in schools in recent years, Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye has urged schools that are 20 years and older to conduct annual safety audits.

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) chairman said through this measure, schools will be able to identify safety hazards such as unsafe electrical wiring or rusty school gates, so preventing the occurrence of more incidents.

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