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Written by: Chen Nuoxi and Guo Qianwen
2021-02-23 12:45
The last update date: 2021-02-23 18:58
A life-threatening industrial accident occurred on the Queen's Hill public housing site!
At 11:37 am today (23rd), the police received a report stating that a 39-year-old man surnamed Hong fell from a height at a public housing site at the Police Recreation Centre in Queen’s Hill, Fanling, and he was unconscious.
The ambulanceman arrived at the scene and confirmed that the victim died on the spot.
After preliminary investigation by the police, it is suspected that the victim fell to the platform while working in a unit at the site. The incident is an industrial accident.
The Industrial Injury Rights Association said that it was deeply saddened by the accident, and the officials of the association went to the site to provide appropriate assistance to the families of the deceased.
Some site workers said that the deceased was an aluminum window worker, and the male victim was "jailing glass glue" when the incident occurred.
He and his wife have two daughters who are currently studying in elementary school.
According to the information, the Queen’s Hill Police Recreation Centre was officially opened in 1995 and was included in the Hong Kong Government’s list of land applications in 2008. Currently, a number of public housing units are being built on the site.
The Labour Department said that it is investigating a fatal work accident in Fanling this morning (23) in which a man died.
After receiving the report, the Labour Department immediately dispatched staff to the scene and is now investigating the cause of the accident.
According to information, on September 28 last year, an industrial accident occurred on the site of Queen’s Hill, Fanling. A worker was on the 4th floor of the site of "Fanling Queen’s Hill No. 1 and 2 Primary Schools with 30 Classrooms". One was about 1.7 meters high. Suspected loss of balance while working on the workbench, coma with mouth and nose injuries when landing.
In addition, on October 14 last year, an industrial accident occurred at the favorable construction site of Queen’s Hill Trail, Fanling Army Land. A 44-year-old female worker surnamed Zhou slipped and fell from a 15-meter-high working platform. The victim suffered serious head and hands injuries and fell into trouble. coma.
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