Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation

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     A contractor was fined $220,000 at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (December 1) for violating the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.

     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on November 5, 2024, at an industrial building in To Kwa Wan. While dismantling a truss-out bamboo scaffold and its metal brackets on the external wall of the building, a scaffolder fell from 11/F to 1/F, together with a detached metal bracket, to which the scaffolder's safety harness was attached. He was certified dead on the same day.

Ends/Monday, December 1, 2025
Issued at HKT 17:25

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