Contractors fined for violation of safety legislation

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K. H. Foundations Limited, Rich Mega Engineering Limited and Chun Hung Engineering Limited were fined $100,000, $60,000 and $80,000 respectively at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (December 21) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.

The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on July 23, 2020, at a foundation site in Kai Tak. The ground on which piling equipment sat suddenly subsided, causing a site personnel member to fall together with the equipment into the subsided ground. As a result, the site personnel member was trapped by the equipment and died.

Ends/Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Issued at HKT 18:05

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