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Employer and operator fined for violation of safety legislation
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     Yick Kam Trading Limited and a reach stacker operator were fined $100,000 and $16,000 respectively at Tuen Mun Magistrates' Courts today (November 28) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.
      
     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on April 3, 2019, at a container terminal in Tuen Mun. While a worker was walking past a vehicle access in the container terminal, she was struck by a reversing reach stacker and died.
 
Ends/Thursday, November 28, 2019
Issued at HKT 18:07
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