
Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation
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​Hai Shun (Fung) Engineering Company Limited was fined $125,000 at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (January 26) 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, January 26, 2026
Issued at HKT 18:05
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