Yesterday afternoon (20th), a rare tragedy happened in the Sheung Shui slaughterhouse. A senior slaughterhouse supervisor in his 60s was kicked and fell while electroshocking pigs.
Huang Guo, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, said in an inquiry by "Hong Kong 01" that the deceased was one of the directors of the Federation of Trade Unions, and the two parties had a close relationship at work. Enthusiastic about work, willing to help co-workers, so prestige!" Losing a close relative at the end of the year, the wife of the deceased was devastated. Huang Guo pointed out that the trade union has contacted the family and will provide condolence money to help.
After the tragedy, Huang Guo, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, expressed "very sad" on social platforms, and reminded both employers and employers not to be lax about occupational safety issues to reduce accidents.
When he accepted the inquiry of "Hong Kong 01", he said that the deceased was one of the directors of the Federation of Trade Unions and a senior "old man" in the industry. Over the years, the two parties often met at work and praised each other for being conscientious, helpful, and respectful. Respect, "He (the deceased) was so enthusiastic about his work, so willing to help his fellow workers, so prestige!"
Huang Guo said that after hearing the bad news yesterday, he felt astonished and sad, "It was so sudden, so sad, so sad!" He also asked the trade union about the incident, and said that the trade union had contacted the wife of the deceased yesterday, and will continue today. Visit family members and provide appropriate assistance such as condolence money.
In addition, the Hong Kong Raw Pork Food Industry Workers Union is also shocked and regretful about the tragedy, and expresses its deepest condolences to the families of the workers, and will do its best to help the families of the workers.
The association calls on all workers and employers to pay attention to environmental safety, and urges the Labor Department to thoroughly investigate the cause of the accident and announce the results of the investigation; at the same time, it hopes that the government will step up efforts to promote occupational safety and health awareness and knowledge, to ensure work safety and health, and to prevent accidents.
The incident happened at around 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Cai (61 years old), the supervisor of the slaughterhouse who has been working for 24 years, shocked a pig with electric shock for about 3 seconds in the Sheung Shui slaughterhouse. The stunned pigs were suspected of waking up and struggling. Cai was kicked by a pig's trotter and fell, accidentally injuring the artery of his left rear knee with a sharp knife.
He was still awake at the beginning, he asked his colleagues for help and told the story of the incident, but in the end he was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment and died due to suspected blood loss.
While slaughtering a pig in his 60s, the supervisor of the slaughterhouse was kicked by a pig's trotter and fell down. The meat cleaver in his hand accidentally injured a leg artery and was sent to the hospital where he died.
(Photo by Cai Zhengbang)
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