Employer fined for violation of safety rule
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Sagawa Express (H.K.) Company Limited was fined $20,000 at Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Court today (May 23) for violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
The case involved a fatal accident that occurred in Chek Lap Kok on August 25 last year, in which a worker was trapped to death between two cargoes.
According to Section 6(2)(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance, every employer shall provide or maintain a system of work that are, so far as reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health. Any employer who fails to do so is liable to a fine of $200,000.
Ends/Monday, May 23, 2011
Issued at HKT 17:04
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