Employer fined for violation of safety rule
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     Creative Pest Control Services Limited was fined $18,000 at Eastern Magistrates' Courts today (May 12) 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 on June 10 last year in Aberdeen, in which a worker fell to his death from a slope while he was clearing leaves.

Ends/Monday, May 12, 2014
Issued at HKT 18:55

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