In Tsing Yi Lvyou Yayuan, there was a suspected accident of wiping the window and falling from the building.
The police received a report from security at around 5:00 this afternoon (5th) that a 21-year-old Indian woman fell from a building in Block 2 of Lvyouyayuan. The ambulancemen arrived at the scene and confirmed that the woman died on the spot. The police then covered the victim with a white cloth Investigation of the remains and the closure of the scene.
According to the news at the scene, the deceased was a domestic helper who was suspected to have slipped and fell down the building while cleaning the windows, leaving behind a cleaning agent and a telescopic stick.
In an interview with "Hong Kong 01", Xiao Qianwen, the director-general of the Industrial Casualties Rights Association, pointed out that employers should remind domestic helpers to clean on flat ground as much as possible, and use tools, such as telescopic sticks with sufficient length, instead of using ladders and other objects to stand on high ; During the cleaning period, you should also do what you can to avoid excessively extending the body and leaving the ribs or below in the air.
She also appealed to employers not to be "too demanding" and for risky locations, do not require domestic helpers to be clean to avoid danger.
In Hong Kong, there have been accidents of foreign helpers cleaning windows from time to time. Since 2017, the government has required all foreign helpers to include a new clause on cleaning the outer windows in the standard employment contract, stipulating that the helper must clean the outward side of the window , where the window is not at ground level and adjacent to a balcony or corridor which is reasonably safe for the helper to work in, the window shall be fitted with locked or fixed grilles, and no part of the domestic helper's body other than his arms shall protrude out of the window.
A female domestic helper in Block 2 of Luyouya Garden in Tsing Yi slipped and fell from the building while she was cleaning the windows.
(Photo by Liang Weiquan)