Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation

     A contractor was fined $124,000 at Eastern Magistrates' Courts today (July 21) 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 July 7, 2022, at a building demolition site at Robinson Road. A worker, while working on the roof floor of a building, fell through a floor opening to the ground floor. The worker sustained serious injuries and passed away on the same day.