Wai Yik Logistics Limited and the company's director were fined $70,000 and $50,000 respectively at Fanling Magistrates' Courts today (November 26) for violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.

     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on April 25, 2019 at a carpark in Sheung Shui. While a worker was working on the trailer of a truck loaded with glass panels, he tripped and fell onto the ground with one of the glass panels. The worker was sent to hospital and passed away four days later.

Ends/Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Issued at HKT 17:00

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