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…
A 20-year-old worker has died after being pinned against a wall by a railway motor car at a depot of the MTR Corporation in an industrial accident that is being investigated by the Labour Department. Sources said on Friday that the department had received a report at 12.16pm about a worker who was killed by…
Hong Kong construction companies’ confidence in their near-term survival has dropped to its lowest since the pandemic, with fewer than half believing they can carry on with the current number of projects they have, a survey by a trade body has found. The annual Construction Industry Business Index poll, conducted by the Construction Association and…
A Hong Kong worker has died after being hit by a falling cage lift suspected to have been caused by a machine malfunction at a residential project construction site. Police said on Saturday the 41-year-old man lost consciousness after he was crushed by the cage lift while trying to move items at the site of…
A 37-year-old worker has fallen to his death at a terminal under construction at Hong Kong International Airport. The fatal industrial accident occurred on Thursday when the male worker reportedly lost his footing on the sixth floor of Terminal Two and fell to the fourth floor. Co-workers who witnessed the incident immediately called for help….
A worker has fallen to his death from a building while dismantling bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong. The man, 44, was found unconscious on a concrete canopy at the 11-storey Tung Nam Factory Building in To Kwa Wan at around 2pm on Tuesday. His colleagues called emergency services. Firefighters used a hydraulic platform to get…
A worker has fallen to his death from a building while dismantling bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong. The man, 44, was found unconscious on a concrete canopy at the 11-storey Tung Nam Factory Building in To Kwa Wan at about 2pm on Tuesday. His colleagues called emergency services. Firefighters used a hydraulic platform to get…