Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation

     Mei Wah Engineering Co., Limited was fined $97,000 at Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (December 23) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.
 
     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on April 3, 2021, in a carpark under renovation in Kwun Tong. While a worker was handling a malfunctioned elevating work platform on a ramp, the elevating work platform suddenly moved downwards and struck the worker. The worker was eventually trapped between the elevating work platform and a concrete column. The worker sustained serious injury and passed away two days later.