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Employer fined for violation of safety legislation
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​     Waihong Environmental Services Limited was fined $50,000 at Shatin Magistrates' Courts today (July 20) 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 December 22, 2017 in Ma On Shan. While a worker was carrying out refuse collection work on the upper floors of a residential building, he fell into a refuse chute and was stuck inside. He was later certified dead.
 
Ends/Friday, July 20, 2018
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