Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation

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Gammon Construction Limited was fined $25,000 at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (February 4) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.

The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on June 27, 2020, in a construction site at Kai Tak, Kowloon. At the topmost floor of a building under construction, a metal beam being installed fell down and struck a bamboo scaffold being erected below at the external wall of the building, causing a scaffolder to plunge to his death.

Ends/Friday, February 4, 2022
Issued at HKT 18:05

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