Employer fined for violation of safety legislation
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     Saboo Fine Jewels (H.K.) was fined $61,000 at Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (June 11) for violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
      
     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on August 28, 2019, at an upper floor unit of a building in Tsim Sha Tsui. An office staff member, while attempting to put a folder into a ceiling cabinet by stepping on a work bench, fell to the street through an adjacent window opening and died.

Ends/Thursday, June 11, 2020
Issued at HKT 16:58

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