Hong Kong | Proprietor fined for violation of safety legislation

December 6, 2024

Yau Sang Galvanizing (Hot-Dip) Company Limited has been fined $195,000 at the Fanling Magistrates’ Courts for violations 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 28 December 2023, in a factory in Yuen Long.

A crane in operation collided with another crane that was being used to suspend a metal block. The metal block moved and struck a worker who was carrying out welding work.

The worker sustained serious injuries and passed away 22 days later.

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Accurate at time of publication | November 2024 

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