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Success Design Consultants Limited was fined $42,000 at Shatin Magistrates' Court today (March 12) for a violation of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
The case involved a fatal accident at a construction site in Sha Tin on December 18, 2006. A worker fell from a glass canopy to the ground and died three days later.
According to Regulation 38B(1) of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations, a contractor must take adequate steps to prevent a person on site from falling from a height of two metres or more. Any contractor who fails to do so is liable to a fine of $200,000 and to imprisonment for 12 months.
According to Regulations 38A(2) of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations, contractors must also provide safe access to and egress from a place of work. Failure to do so could mean a fine of $200,000 and imprisonment for 12 months.
Ends/Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Issued at HKT 18:39
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