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A contractor was fined $10,000 at Eastern Magistrates' Court today (January 30) for violation of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
The case involved a fatal accident on July 3 last year at a construction site in Quarry Bay when a worker fell to his death when he was erecting a truss-out scaffold at the external wall of a building.
According to Regulations 38B(1), 68(1)(a) and 68(2)(g) of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations, contractors must take adequate steps to prevent a person on the site from falling from a height of two metres or more. Any contractor who fails to do so is liable to a fine of $200,000 and imprisonment for 12 months.
Ends/Friday, January 30, 2009
Issued at HKT 17:31
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