Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation

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Temmex Brothers Engineering Limited was fined $72,500 at Shatin Magistrates' Courts today (January 17) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.

The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on April 16, 2019, at a building construction site in Tai Po. While a worker was dismantling a falsework that supported a wooden platform inside a lift shaft under construction, the wooden platform suddenly collapsed and trapped him between the platform and the falsework. He sustained serious bodily injuries and passed away on the same day.

Ends/Friday, January 17, 2020
Issued at HKT 17:46

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