China Concrete Company Limited was fined $90,000 at Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (July 30) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on October 12, 2020, in a concrete batching plant in Yau Tong. A worker engaged in cleaning work of filter presses on a metal platform in the plant fell through a void between the metal platform and a filter press and fell about four metres to the ground. The worker sustained serious injuries and passed away two days later.
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