Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation

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     Long Join Limited was fined $116,000 at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts today (February 20) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.

     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on November 10, 2023, at a construction site in Tung Chung, Lantau Island. During a lifting operation of a metal fin for external wall installation work, the metal fin fell and struck an employee who was walking underneath the work position. The employee sustained serious injuries and passed away on the same day.

Ends/Thursday, February 20, 2025
Issued at HKT 17:50

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