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Anderson Taobao Libra|Jingjin Construction 9 site quasi-resumption accident site 3 scales two detachable

2022-12-06T12:16:02.740Z


On September 7 this year, a scale collapsed at the Anderson Road Advanced Construction site, causing 3 deaths and 6 injuries in a serious industrial accident. The Labor Department issued a "Notice of Temporary Suspension", including the site involved and the remaining 9 sites of Jingjin Construction


On September 7 this year, a scale collapsed at the Anderson Road Advanced Construction site, causing 3 deaths and 6 injuries in a serious industrial accident.

At that time, the Labor Department issued a "Notice of Temporary Suspension", including the site involved and the remaining 9 sites of Jingjin Construction, and investigated all construction sites in Hong Kong with tower cranes.


When the prescription responded to the inquiry today, it pointed out that the 3 scales on the site involved, except the scales involved, the other two have canceled the shutdown to allow the contractor to dismantle it; and the remaining 9 sites of Jingjin Construction have also been allowed to resume work.

As for the territory-wide inspection work, it was also completed in mid-October, during which no violations of the tower cranes were found.


In a construction site near Anderson Road, Sau Mau Ping, On Tai Estate, a scale suddenly collapsed during operation and hit multiple containers on the site.

(Photo by Zheng Zifeng)

According to the Labor Department, there are three tower cranes installed at the Anderson Road construction site. The contractor dismantled the two tower cranes.

However, the Temporary Stop Work Notice for tower cranes involved in accidents remains in force.

In addition, after review, the Labor Department has withdrawn the "temporary suspension notices" of the contractor's remaining 9 construction sites that use tower cranes in batches and orderly from late October to early November.

On the other hand, the special enforcement action against all construction sites with tower cranes in Hong Kong was completed in mid-October, during which no violation of the regulations by tower cranes was found.

The scale of the Anderson Road site collapsed, and the site involved was constructed by "Advanced Construction".

(Photo by Yang Jialang)

The Labor Department also pointed out that in terms of monitoring the safety of the construction industry, in addition to routine inspections, the Labor Department will conduct different inspection and enforcement actions, such as special enforcement operations and comprehensive and in-depth surprise inspections, to curb unsafe working conditions.

In November, the Labor Department launched a special enforcement operation against new construction sites and safe work at heights to curb unsafe operations at construction sites.

During this period, the occupational safety officers of the Labor Department inspected 1,624 construction sites in Hong Kong, and issued 132 "improvement notices", 4 "temporary suspension notices", and instituted 77 prosecutions.

According to the Housing Department, the Hong Kong Housing Authority 5 sites involved in the scale operation of Jingjin Construction Co., Ltd. 100 District), the Labor Department has revoked the "temporary suspension notice" of the scale operation, and the scale operation of each site has also resumed.

The Housing Department will continue to closely monitor the scale and hoisting work, and require contractors to strictly abide by the code of practice and safety guidelines issued by the Labor Department and the Construction Industry Council.

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Source: hk1

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