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509 PDFTitle:OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 230 of 1998
Section:8Heading:Employees at work to take care of others and to co-operate with employerVersion Date:01/06/1998


(1) An employee while at work-

        (a) must, so far as reasonably practicable, take care for the safety and health of persons (including the employee) who are at the employee's workplace and who may be affected by the employee's acts or omissions at work; and
        (b) as regards any requirement imposed in the interests of safety or health on the employee's employer or any other person by this or any other Ordinance, must, so far as reasonably practicable, co-operate with the employer or other person so far as may be necessary to enable the requirement to be complied with.
(2) An employee who fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.
(3) An employee who fails to comply with subsection (1) intentionally, knowingly or recklessly commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months.