Labour Department extremely worried about deadly work mishap that took place in Yuen Long today
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The Labour Department (LD) is extremely worried about a deadly work mishap that occurred at a structure demolition website in Yuen Long today (November 5), in which a female employee was pushed by a collapsed boundary wall. She was licensed dead later on in the healthcare facility. The LD is distressed by the death of the employee and reveals its inmost compassion to her household.
The LD’s spokesperson stated, “We commenced an immediate on-site investigation as soon as we were notified of the accident and have issued a suspension notice to the contractor concerned, suspending the demolition work. The contractor cannot resume the work process until the LD is satisfied that suitable measures to abate the relevant risks have been taken.”
The representative included, “We will complete the investigation as soon as possible to identify the cause of the accident, ascertain the liability of the duty holders and recommend improvement measures. We will take actions pursuant to the law if there is any violation of the work safety legislation.”
To guarantee the security of employees taken part in demolition work or those working close by, the LD advises companies to create correct and safe demolition techniques, consisting of offering ideal assistance to the structures being destroyed or those impacted by the demolition work to avoid them from unexpected collapse; and to appropriately fence off the demolition workspace with ideal caution notifications showed to avoid any unauthorised entry of individuals into hazardous locations.
The basic responsibility arrangements of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance need companies to offer safe workplace, plant and systems of work for their workers. Those who contravene the pertinent arrangements are accountable to an optimum fine of $10 million and jail time for 2 years.
In regard to today’s mishap, the LD will provide a Work Safety Alert through its mobile application “OSH 2.0″site and e-mail, offering a quick account of the mishap worried to task holders, employees’ unions, expert bodies of security specialists and others, and advising the market of the significance of following security preventive steps to avoid a reoccurrence of comparable mishaps.
The LD will likewise advise the company worried of the liability for workers’ settlement under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, help member of the family of the deceased to declare staff members’ settlement and carefully act on the case. For those with monetary problems, the LD will help them to request proper emergency situation funds. Topic to the requirements and dreams of the member of the family of the departed, the LD will likewise communicate with the Social Welfare Department for monetary or other help.
For the sake of protecting the security and health of workers at work, the LD attract companies to offer plant and systems of work that are safe and without dangers to health. Workers ought to likewise co-operate with their companies, embrace all precaution and utilize individual protective devices supplied effectively to prevent threatening their own work security which of other employees.