A fatal industrial accident occurred in Kadoorie Hill, Ho Man Tin this morning (13th). Mohammad Shahzad, a Pakistani worker who has worked as a scaffolding worker for more than 5 years, started work on the site on the first day today. He and his fellow workers are building a 3-storey bungalow. The shed was used for external wall maintenance. At the time of the incident, he was going to eat lunch from the scaffold 3 meters above the ground, but unfortunately he slipped and fell, and suffered serious head injuries. He was sent to the hospital and died. He left behind his Filipino wife Janet and 3 children aged 6, 4 and 2, among them, the 2-year-old son has been injured and is still unable to move. Mohammad Shahzad’s family immigrated to foreign countries in the early years, so the husband and wife are unaccompanied in Hong Kong, and now they have lost the family’s financial support , a family of four is very anxious, the Industrial Injury Rights Association hopes that there are enthusiastic people who are willing to lend a helping hand to help them tide over the difficulties.
Xiao Qianwen, director-general of the Industrial Casualties Rights Association, said that the worker, Xiao Zai, had a fall and needed head surgery when he was a child. He currently leaves home on Fridays for rehabilitation treatment, and his family takes him home on Mondays. Although the worker’s family receives CSSA, the He will work casually to support himself. Although his income is not stable, he will report it to the SWD. He was unemployed for a period of time before and only recently found a job. Unexpectedly, something happened today. I hope that the outside world will provide generous donations to solve the urgent needs of the family of four and reduce the financial burden. .
The Industrial Accident Rights Association hopes that there are enthusiastic people who are willing to lend a helping hand to help the family members tide over the difficulties.
(Industrial Injury Rights Association facebook picture)
It is reported that the deceased was hired by Junfa Construction Company as a scaffolding worker. Today, the first day of construction started at a bungalow at No. 42A Kadoorie Road. The scaffolding project is expected to take 2 days, and the working hours are from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm.
There were 4 people working on the site today. The deceased was in charge of the bamboo shed 3 meters above the ground, received the bamboo branches from the underground colleagues, and then handed over the bamboo branches to the 2 colleagues who were in charge of building the shed.
At about 11:00 in the morning, when the victim was about to return to the ground from the scaffolding to eat, he unfortunately slipped and fell from the scaffolding about 3 meters high, and fell to the ground with his head on the ground. After the hospital, the reincarnation technique proved to be dead.
The family of the victim rushed to the hospital to understand the situation, looking sad, crying with a low headache and needing comfort from the police.
(Photo by Weng Yuhui)