A woman has been killed after being struck by a crane while working on a construction site in Hong Kong. The accident occurred at around 3.30pm on Tuesday afternoon at the site on Tai Po Road in Cheung Shue Tan, when the worker became trapped between the crane and railings after being hit by the…
The widow of a lift repairman who died last year after working for 59 hours straight is planning to take legal action against her late husband’s employer, as an advocacy group raised concerns about the city’s lack of laws protecting against overwork. The widow, who only wished to be identified as Mrs Chan, said on…
A worker fell to his death while working on the rooftop of a three-storey Hong Kong village house on Wednesday, taking the number of industrial fatalities in July to 10, according to a concern group. Police said on Wednesday that the 44-year-old cleaning and maintenance worker was carrying out work on top of the house…
A worker fell to his death while working on the rooftop of a three-storey Hong Kong village house on Wednesday, taking the number of industrial fatalities in July to 10, according to a concern group. Police said on Wednesday that the 44-year-old cleaning and maintenance worker was carrying out work on top of the house…
Hong Kong authorities have temporarily barred a contractor from bidding for public road and drainage contracts following an accident in which a worker was killed by a falling steel beam at a site near the cross-border bridge to Macau and Zhuhai on Thursday. The Development Bureau said on Friday that the temporary ban was effective…