Employer fined for violation of safety rule
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Main Shine Development Limited was fined $18,000 at Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Court today (April 29) 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 Tsuen Wan on January 7 last year, in which a worker fell a distance of about 2 metres while climbing up a metal stepladder to repair a sewage pipe. He subsequently passed away.
Ends/Monday, April 29, 2013
Issued at HKT 15:44
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