At about 4 pm today (16th), a male worker surnamed Luo (25 years old) in a recycling yard at Pak Sha Village, Kung Um Road, Yuen Long, caught his left foot in a wire crusher while working. Fortunately, still awake.
After the fire service arrived at the scene, they used tools to rescue him and rescued him at 4:39 pm, and arranged for an ambulance to take him to Tuen Mun Hospital for treatment.
Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
Industrial accidents involving recycling yards have occurred from time to time, and some even claimed the lives of workers.
Among them, on June 10, 2020, in a recycling yard on Sancun Road, Hengtai Shan, Pat Heung, Yuen Long, a scavenger was hit by an I-beam weighing about 1 ton and suffered multiple injuries. He was sent to the hospital for confirmation. die.
On June 1, 2020, in a recycling yard in Pok Wai, Yuen Long, a bundle of iron piles was suspected of loosening. The branches were suppressed, and he was confirmed dead after being sent to the hospital.
On May 14 of the same year, at a recycling factory in Qixinggang, Jinshang Road, a male worker had his fingers cut off by a machine. He was seriously injured and sent to the hospital by ambulance.
▼2020.6.10 The scavenger at the Yuen Long recycling site was shot to death by an I-beam▼
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▼2020.6.1 Worker at Yuen Long recycling yard was crushed to death by iron stick▼
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