Probe after worker dies at Sai Kung building site

A worker died in hospital after he collapsed at a residential construction site in Sai Kung West Country Park yesterday.

Lam Yin, 57, was operating a pneumatic drill to break up concrete on the ground floor of one of six village houses being built at Tai Tan, near Wong Shek pier, at about 10am when he collapsed.

Lam, the father of three children, was declared dead at Tseung Kwan O Hospital shortly after 12.15pm.

A government source said it was too early to tell whether his death was due to electrocution via faulty machinery or natural causes such as a heart attack.

"An autopsy will be carried out," a police spokeswoman said, adding that an initial investigation found nothing suspicious.

Officers from the Labour Department took statements from Lam's colleagues and inspected the site and machinery, while his family members burned incense and paper offerings.