A 55-year-old female mechanic from the Trees Section of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Tsang Sai-ru, was killed in an accident when the lifting platform boom broke during the tree trimming in Western District yesterday (18).
This (19th) afternoon, the family of the deceased met with representatives of the tree group. However, the Industrial Injury Rights Association to assist the family members said that the meeting did not result. The prescription neither promised a special pension nor explained the cause of the accident. The meeting arrangements did not reach a consensus between the two parties. .
The family will have a meeting with the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services Liu Mingguang tomorrow to discuss.
At about 3 pm, the deceased’s husband and three children, accompanied by the Workers’ Rights Association, had a meeting with representatives of the Tree Section of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, during which the family members asked the Department to explain the cause of the accident and compensation.
The meeting lasted nearly 4 hours and ended at nearly 7 o'clock in the evening, but there was no result for the time being.
The Workers' Rights Association stated that the department only explained the establishment and work arrangements of the deceased woman at the meeting, and the department has not yet provided an explanation for the family members asking about the cause of the accident.
As for compensation, the family originally expected the Department to issue a gratuity first to alleviate the urgent need, but the Workers’ Rights Association quoted the representative of the Department as suggesting that the deceased’s provident fund, unpaid salaries, overtime pay, and big leave money were used as advance payments. Pension.
The Workers' Rights Association directly reprimanded the agency for its suggestion to arrange coolness, which did not meet the expectations of the family.
The family members will return to the scene of the incident tomorrow for a road sacrifice, and will meet with the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services Liu Mingguang again to discuss the aftermath arrangements.
Mr. Liu, the eldest son of the deceased woman, replied to "Hong Kong 01" in the evening, saying that at the meeting, the department was unable to explain the cause of the incident. However, as far as the department’s reply was known, the mechanical work was carried out on the road, and it was suspected that the Department of Highways and the police had not obtained prior notice. Approved, he criticized the department's method of being "ridiculous."
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Family members went to the mortuary to recognize the corpse this morning, hugged and wept
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The incident occurred at about 9 am yesterday (18th) when two technicians from the Tree Section of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department boarded the elevator platform to trim the trees at the junction of Water Street and Des Voeux Road West in Western District.
In the meantime, the crane arm was suspected to be broken by a mechanical failure, and the two staff members plunged 4 meters from a height of about 7 meters with the lifting platform, violently shaking the engineering body.
The 55-year-old female worker Zeng Sairu was once trapped in the lift platform and mid-air. She fell into a coma and was rescued by the fire department. She was sent to hospital and died.
Another 46-year-old employee surnamed Chen suffered a rib fracture and was sent to hospital for treatment.
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