Employer and director fined for violation of safety legislation

     Wai Yik Logistics Limited and the company's director were fined $70,000 and $50,000 respectively at Fanling Magistrates' Courts today (November 26) for violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.

     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on April 25, 2019 at a carpark in Sheung Shui. While a worker was working on the trailer of a truck loaded with glass panels, he tripped and fell onto the ground with one of the glass panels. The worker was sent to hospital and passed away four days later.