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Written by: Li Huina
2020-11-09 19:53
Last update date: 2020-11-09 19:55
The construction site worker was hit and killed by an I-beam while working on the HD site.
The Coroner's Court held a coroner's inquiry regarding the worker's death.
The father of the deceased had three fathers and sons working on the same site that day. After the accident, he went to check his son's situation. At that time, his son was still awake. He immediately asked to call the police, but the judge and the foreman ignored it until the HD supervisor arrived. Someone called the police and the delay was more than half an hour.
His son was still awake when he was sent to the ambulance, but gradually became unconscious.
The father of the deceased also revealed that the person who instructed the hoist on that day did not have a hoist license and had not cleared the site before starting the hoist.
The deceased Mai Yongfeng (28 years old) was hit by an I-shaped iron frame on December 9, 2017 in the seven to eight sites of Baitian Village, Shek Kip Mei, and died after being sent to the hospital.
Licensed persons were required to operate cranes
His father, Mai Bingqiang, confessed that Mai Yongfeng was his eldest son. He went to work on the site with his eldest and youngest son Mai Yongle that day. On that day, he suggested to the boss of the subcontractor Shang Yida Project that he should find someone with a lifting license. The boss did the work, but the boss said that it was enough to let his son Mai Yi carry out the lifting work, but Mai Yi did not hold a lifting license.
Mai Bingqiang, the father of the deceased Mai Zifeng, confessed that he also worked on the same site when his son had an accident.
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Licensed persons should know to clear the venue first
Mai Bingqiang continued that during the work of the three fathers and sons, Mai Yi arrived at the site and said that he would reverse the I-shaped iron frame, and his eldest son was asked to assist in tying the iron chain on the I-shaped iron frame.
Mai Bingqiang said that he had told them not to use this method. The eldest son told him to walk away safely, but after he turned around, Mai Yi instructed to lift the iron frame and the iron frame counterattacked the eldest son.
Mak Bingqiang bluntly said that if there are licensed personnel, they should know that they must clear the field before moving the iron frame.
The eldest son was still sober at first
Mak Bingqiang said that he immediately went to check the situation of the eldest son. At that time, the eldest son was still awake. He asked to call the police, but the judge and the foreman of the construction ignored him until the foreman of the Housing Department arrived and said that if no one called the police, he Will call the police, Mai Yi will call the police.
The eldest son was still awake when he got into the ambulance, but gradually became unconscious.
The lawyer representing Chun Wo Construction and Mai Yi said that he expressed condolences to Mai Bingqiang on behalf of the two and would not cross-examine him.
Mai Yi, the cousin of the deceased, said that he did not have a license to operate the crane, but said that someone was at the scene to ask people to walk away.
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The uncle confessed that he asked people to go away
In his testimony, Mai Yi revealed that he was the cousin of the deceased. He admitted that the signallers and operators responsible for instructing the hoist to move require a license. He did not have the relevant license.
When he tied the chains with the deceased that day, when the deceased was holding the middle point of the iron frame, he once told everyone to go away and would "hit the machine". The deceased once responded "Yes", but after lifting the iron frame, the iron frame Reverse and hit the dead, making him unbalanced.
He once asked other people if they had the phone number of the ambulance station, but other foremen did not respond, so he called "999" to the police.
Case Number: CCDI1120/2017
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