Worker dies in seven-floor fall

A worker fell to his death from scaffolding outside the seventh-floor unit of a residential block in Sha Tin while renewing window frames yesterday - the second fatal industrial accident in the city in two days.

The Labour Department is investigating whether So Wing-kei, 61, was using safety harnesses when he fell.

The man started working alone on the scaffolding outside the seventh-floor flat in Sha Tin Heights on Tai Po Road at about 10am.

According to police, he was responsible for demolishing the old window frames and replacing them.

Shortly before 11am, So was found by a security guard lying unconscious on the ground outside the building. He was later declared dead by paramedics at the scene.

A police spokesman said investigations found nothing suspicious.