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Two work-related injuries in Chek Lap Kok | Family members confess the body sadly

2021-12-23T12:49:18.012Z


Yesterday (22nd) a life-threatening industrial accident occurred at Chunqun Road in Chek Lap Kok. Two male deceased Zhao Gao (38) and Fan Zhuliang (34) were suspected of inhaling biogas while working in a sewage well, leaving their young children behind. This morning (23rd


Yesterday (22nd) a life-threatening industrial accident occurred at Chunqun Road in Chek Lap Kok. Two male deceased Zhao Gao (38) and Fan Zhuliang (34) were suspected of inhaling biogas while working in a sewage well, leaving their young children behind.

This morning (23rd) the family members of the two deceased admitted to the corpse. Afterwards, the family members, accompanied by the labor union, met with the contractor and the AA representatives and were given gratuities to relieve their difficulties. However, the family members repeatedly asked the contractor and the AA Security must be strengthened in the future to avoid another tragedy.


This morning, Zhao Gao and Fan Zhuliang’s family members went to the public mortuary in Kwai Chung for corpse recognition procedures. By 11 o'clock in the morning, everyone left after confessing the corpse, feeling sad.

Later, the widows and family members of the two deceased, accompanied by the Industrial Injury Rights Association, had a meeting with representatives of the contractor and the AA in the afternoon to ask for an account of the accident and compensation.

After the meeting, Siu Qianwen, director general of the Industrial Injury Rights Association, said that the contractor and the AA representative did not explain the accident in detail, and the cause of the accident still needs further investigation. The contractor and the AA will give a compliment, and the family agreed to accept it. Related compassionate arrangements.

As for family members who questioned that when the incident occurred, the workers were only arranged to wear surgical masks and then entered the manhole to work. Xiao Qianwen quoted the employer as saying that there were other equipment at the site, including hair dryers, and gas tests were carried out before the construction.

However, Xiao Qianwen questioned whether "there is no way of knowing whether the equipment is used or whether the microphone is used correctly."

The family urged the contractor and the Airport Authority to take safety measures in the future to avoid the recurrence of the tragedy.

The incident occurred yesterday (22nd) morning when two male workers accidentally fell into a sewage well on Chun Kwan Road in Chek Lap Kok.

Rescuers rescued them and sent them to North Lantau Hospital, where they were later certified dead.

The police stated that after preliminary investigations, it is believed that Fan Nan and Zhao Nan fainted unwell after inhaling unknown gas during the site inspection and fell into the well.

The case is an industrial accident, and the cause of death has yet to be determined after an autopsy.

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Two work-related injuries at Chek Lap Kok | Two male workers fell into a sewage well and were sent to hospital. Three workers were suspected of inhaling biogas. Two dead at Chek Lap Kok. Two young children left behind in the sewage well with no support from Chek Lap Kok died Work Injury|Families questioned that workers only wore surgical masks and entered the well to confess the truth. Two deaths at Chek Lap Kok|Families confessed their bodies and received complimentary arrangements with management

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Source: hk1

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