A main contractor and two subcontractors have been fined more than HK$900,000 each for their role in the death of a 38-year-old worker who was electrocuted while handling wiring for solar panels during wet weather at the Hong Kong Science Park three years ago.
Magistrate Jeffrey Sze Cho-yiu said China Power International Development, the main contractor for solar panel installation works at the park, had not conducted any on-site supervision “in the slightest”.
The project involved three subcontractors: A Kourage, Skynet Engineering Company and Towngas-China Power (HK) Integrated Energy Company – a joint venture between China Power and the Hong Kong and China Gas Company.
The magistrate said each tier had committed “serious negligence” by failing to ensure safety measures were in place.
