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China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited, China State Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Limited and two sub-contractors were fined $15,000 to $44,000 respectively at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (October 17) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Electricity) Regulations and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.
The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on July 25, 2012, at a construction site in Hung Hom. A worker was electrocuted while conducting plastering work on a metal tubular scaffold.
Ends/Friday, October 17, 2014
Issued at HKT 17:25
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