Employers must be made to err on the safe side

A VIDEO CLIP recently went viral on the internet showing a worker holding two hard hats - a red one, which he said is for the use of the site managers, and a yellow one, which he said is for the use of ordinary workers - which after he knocked them together left the yellow one broken. Qianjiang Evening News comments:

In response to the public outcry over the quality of workers' safety hats, the Ministry of Emergency Management issued a notice, warning that it is the responsibility of employers to ensure the safety of employees and all hard hats have to meet the required national safety standards.

The worker who showed the difference between the two safety hats and uploaded the video clip on the internet must have attached great importance to the safety of himself and his workmates, otherwise, he would not have made this video at the risk of losing his job.