Contractors fined for violation of safety legislation

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Workbase Engineering Limited and Kuen Wai Contracting Limited were fined $20,000 and $70,000 respectively at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today (September 14) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.

The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on August 7, 2015, at a construction site in Wan Chai. While two workers were working on a metal working platform to dismantle a metal structure, the working platform suddenly collapsed. The two workers fell about 5 metres to the ground and sustained serious bodily injuries. One of them subsequently passed away.

Ends/Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Issued at HKT 18:49

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