Employer fined for violation of safety legislation

     Kinform Timber Company Limited was fined $120,000 at the Fanling Magistrates' Courts today (January 21) for violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.

     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on March 14, 2024, at a warehouse in Sandy Ridge, New Territories. During the unloading of wooden battens from the trailer of a truck, a bundle of wooden battens fell from the trailer and struck a worker. The worker sustained an injury and passed away on the same day.