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The company responsible for maintaining a lift that plunged to the ground last Saturday might face prosecution, a government official said on Monday.
Seven people were injured – one critically – after the lift in a commercial building at 480 King’s Road, North Point, fell to the ground last Saturday night. This occurred when all four cables snapped after it had passed the first floor going up.
All of the injured, including a critically injured 82-year-old man, were still in hospital on Monday.
Alfred Sit Wing-hang, deputy director of regulatory services at the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, told local radio on Monday the department might prosecute Shineford Engineering, the company responsible for maintaining the lift.
“Lifts are supposed to be a safe utility, but this accident involves the breaking of all four cables and the failure of its braking system. This is unacceptable,” Sit said.
“We might take disciplinary action or even prosecution [against the company],” he said.
Following the accident, the department has also ordered safety checks on 248 other lifts the firm serviced across the city.
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6:42pm
The conditions of the machines and the broken cables above the lift shown in newspapers are rather shocking, They appeared to be very filthy and covered with dust and debris. The compartment of the lift shaft is classified as a machine room and should be segregated and maintained in good order, but the fact that there are so much dust and rubbish collected on the machines are just inconceivable.
The environmental condition of the lift shaft has made the maintenance work of the lift very difficult. Besides human factor, poor environmental condition is also an important factor contributing to the incident. I am sure there are many lifts in HK being subjected to such conditions, especially those in older buildings in particular the industrial buildings.
The authority shall take due note of this fact when they investigate the incident and in devising plans for improvements.
