Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation
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Purgate International Limited was fined $28,000 at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (May 8) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on July 15 last year in Cheung Sha Wan, in which a worker received an electric shock while doing cable connection work inside a pump room and subsequently passed away.
Ends/Friday, May 8, 2015
Issued at HKT 18:03
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