The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | Shui On Building Contractors Limited has been fined $21,000 at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts for violating the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation.
The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department, and the case involved a fatal accident that occurred on 21 March 2023 at a construction site on Anderson Road.
It is suspected that a worker, while carrying out debris clearance work at a building under construction, fell from a height onto the canopy on the first floor of the building.
The worker was unconscious and passed away on the same day.