A deadly industrial accident occurred in Yau Tong. Today (14th) at 11:29 am, a male worker was pinned down by a giant iron in a construction site on Tung Yuen Street. A large number of rescuers arrived at the scene, including the collapsed search and rescue team of the Fire Services Department. .
It took about an hour to rescue the male welding worker surnamed Lu (55 years old). He was seriously injured and unconscious. He was sent to the hospital for rescue and died.
According to on-site news, the victim was moving an I-shaped iron on the ground, a 4-meter-by-1-meter giant iron, which suddenly fell at a position about 1.2 to 1.3 meters above the ground, pressing his upper body, including his back and head.
A large number of rescuers were on the scene to rescue the injured, but the huge iron was big and heavy, and it took about an hour to rescue the injured. Only the collapsed search and rescue team of the Fire Department and other personnel lifted the injured out from behind the scaffolding and moved them to a place on the site In a more spacious position, he was carried on a stretcher bed and sent to an ambulance.
The victim was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, and was later certified dead.
It is reported that the deceased, surnamed Lu (55 years old), was a welding worker.
(Photo by Huang Weimin)
The Labor Department stated that it is currently investigating a fatal work accident that occurred in Yau Tong this morning (14th). A man died in the accident. After receiving the report, the Labor Department has immediately dispatched personnel to the scene. It is now investigating the cause of the accident .
