Hong Kong authorities will expedite updates to safety guidelines for elevated work platforms and launch a large-scale inspection campaign after three workers died in accidents involving work at height or lifting devices.
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han on Saturday expressed grave concern over the string of industrial fatalities, vowing that the government would take follow-up action.
“We will expedite updates for the guidelines for elevated work platforms, such as highlighting how sensing devices and anti-collision technology could offer workers better protection,” he said on a radio programme.
He said he expected the new guidelines to enhance the safety of such platforms.
He added that authorities would also launch a large-scale enforcement operation in the coming days to raise public awareness of safety but stopped short of providing further details about the move.
Two workers were killed and three others injured in two separate construction site accidents in Hong Kong on Wednesday that involved working at height. Authorities have launched investigations into the incidents.
A 65-year-old male worker died after being trapped between a lifting platform’s railing and a wall at the construction site for the Victoria Blossom housing project on Shing Fung Lane in Kai Tak.
