Contractors fined for violation of safety legislation

     DrilTech Geotechnical Engineering Limited and Bo Yip Engineering Limited were fined $100,000 and $150,000 respectively at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (May 19) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.
      
     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on December 19, 2019, at a foundation construction site in Kowloon City. While a banksman was working at the site, he was knocked down by an excavator and died.