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Employer fined for violation of safety legislation
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     Chi Shing Metal Engineering Company Limited was fined $25,000 at Eastern Magistrates' Courts today (January 26) 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 at a loading and unloading area in Ap Lei Chau on February 18 last year. A worker was suspected to have fallen from the deck of a lorry-mounted crane to the ground while he was assisting in a lifting operation on the deck of the crane and subsequently passed away.

Ends/Monday, January 26, 2015
Issued at HKT 19:15

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