Occupier of premises fined for violation of safety rule
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River Trade Terminal Co Ltd was fined $20,000 at Tuen Mun Magistrates' Court today (March 1) 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 1 last year at a workplace in Tuen Mun, in which a container truck driver fell from a platform ladder while checking a container and subsequently died.
Ends/Thursday, March 1, 2012
Issued at HKT 18:09
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