Aggressive Construction Engineering Limited, High Grade Engineering Limited and a contractor were fined $36,000, $43,000 and $35,000 respectively at Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (October 31). The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.
Aggressive Construction Engineering Limited violated the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (FIUO), the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations (CSSR) and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation, whereas High Grade Engineering Limited and the other contractor violated the FIUO and the CSSR.
The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on December 14, 2022, at a construction site in Yau Tong. A worker, while dismantling an I-beam mounted on a wall, was struck and killed by the suddenly collapsed I-beam.
The Labour Department is examining the sentences and considering further actions.
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