Employer fined for violation of safety legislation
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     Perfect Concord Limited trading as Rampart Environmental Services was fined $30,000 at Shatin Magistrates' Courts today (May 5) 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 July 22, 2016 at a housing estate in Tai Wai. A cleaning worker, while clearing rubbish on the top of a covered walkway, stepped on and broke a plastic panel and fell about 3.4 metres to the ground. He sustained serious multiple injuries and passed away a few days later.

Ends/Friday, May 5, 2017
Issued at HKT 20:05

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