Contractors fined for violation of safety legislation

     Zhen Hua Engineering Company Limited, China Communications Construction Company Limited, CCCC Dredging (Group) Co, Ltd and City Mechanical Engineering Company Limited were fined $65,000, $65,000, $65,000 and $45,000 respectively at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts today (August 13) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.
 
     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on August 12, 2019, at a reclamation site of the Hong Kong International Airport Three Runway System project. A worker, while operating a bulldozer for earthmoving work, fell into the sea together with the bulldozer and died on the same day.