Hong Kong authorities have suspended a drainage replacement project in Kowloon after a contractor’s worker died in an industrial accident.
The worker, 68, was struck by an electric chain hoist at a site on Yen Chow Street in Sham Shui Po on Wednesday afternoon. He was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital in critical condition and later died at about 11.30pm.
A government spokesman said on Thursday that Ringo Mok Wing-cheong, director of drainage services, had asked the contractor to provide appropriate assistance to the victim’s family and expressed his deepest condolences.
The department also instructed the contractor to conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident, suspend related works and carry out safety checks.
The incident follows other industrial deaths in Hong Kong this month, including a lift technician struck by falling metal while working inside a shaft on May 4 and an air-conditioner repairman who fell from a building on May 19.