Contractors fined for violation of safety legislation
Contractors fined for violation of safety legislation
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Wing's Construction Company Limited, Wing Kei Structural Metalworks Company Limited and Hung Wo Iron Works Engineering Company were fined $47,000, $31,000 and $47,000 respectively at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts today (September 6) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Abrasive Wheels) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.
The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on March 11, 2017, in Siu Ho Wan. While a worker was erecting a metal platform in a newly constructed workshop, he fell 7.7 metres from the metal platform to the ground and died as a result.
Ends/Thursday, September 6, 2018
Issued at HKT 19:06
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