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Employee fined for violation of safety legislation **************************************************      An employee was fined $30,000 at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (January 15) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.             The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on May 16, 2023, at a tunnel construction site in Ho Man Tin. While a worker was carrying out preparation work for towing an elevating work platform (EWP) with the help of a forklift truck, the forklift truck suddenly moved and trapped the worker between the forklift truck and the EWP. The ... Read more

Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation ****************************************************      Prime Asset Development Limited was fined $87,000 at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (October 16) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.             The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on December 13, 2022, at a construction site in Ho Man Tin. A scaffolder, while erecting a scaffold at the external wall of a building under renovation, plunged from the scaffold to the ground and died.

This section provides information on violations of the Pest Control Products Act and its Regulations that have resulted in warnings, penalties, and/or convictions. The Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPS) Act provides a system of penalties and warnings for violations of several federal Acts including the Pest Control Products Act, which regulates pesticides. The AMPS Act allows Canadian pesticide regulatory officials to impose penalties without having to pursue formal prosecution. As a result of amendments to the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations Respecting the Pest Control Products Act and Regulations, the penalties have increased. The applicable penalty ... Read more

Employer fined $79,000 for contravening Employees’ Compensation Ordinance *************************************************************************      Hung Lee Crane Transportation Limited was prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for violation of the requirements under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (ECO). The company was convicted at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (August 4) and was fined $79,000.             A crane driver employed by the company fell from a tailboard of a truck to the ground and sustained a back injury while working on November 30, 2019. His company failed to pay periodical payments to him during the injured employee’s period of temporary incapacity on normal paydays or within seven days ... Read more

Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation ****************************************************      Shun Lee Engineering Limited was fined $115,000 at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (July 25) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.        The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on December 2, 2021, at an upper unit under renovation of a building in Hung Hom, Kowloon. While dismantling a truss-out scaffold at the external wall of the unit, a scaffolder plunged to the bottom of the yard on the ground floor of the building ... Read more