Swire Waste Management Limited was fined $80,000 at the Fanling Magistrates' Courts today (October 22) for the violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on December 25, 2023, in a landfill in Ta Kwu Ling. A worker, while carrying out refuse dumping work, was trapped between the trailer of a refuse container truck and a tipper. The worker sustained serious injuries and passed away on the same day.
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