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Employer fined for violation of safety legislation
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     Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited was fined $70,000 at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts today (November 22) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.

     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on March 7 in a warehouse at Hong Kong International Airport. A worker carrying out cargo handling work in the warehouse was trapped between cargo being conveyed by a powered conveying system and a closed metal sliding door. He sustained serious bodily injury and passed away on the same day.
 
Ends/Thursday, November 22, 2018
Issued at HKT 18:55
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