Man hurt while fixing light sues
A WORKER who says he strained his back in a fall while changing a fluorescent tube is suing his former employer and the Clear Water Bay Golf and Country Club for damages.
Ko Kam-ching says the accident was due to negligence on the part of the Hong Kong Waste Water Treatment Plant Management Co, a contractor of the Sai Kung country club.
According to a writ filed with the Supreme Court, Mr Ko was employed as a labourer by Hong Kong Waste Water, which was responsible for the repair and maintenance of waste-water treatment plants at the club.
At about 9.40 am on April 10, 1991, he was working at a plant at the yacht club inside the country club.
He was standing on a wooden plank balanced between a railing and a wooden crate while changing an overhead tube when the plank suddenly tilted, the writ says.
As a result, it is claimed, he fell about 1.2 metres to the ground, hurting his neck and lower back.
Mr Ko says the defendants were negligent in allowing him to change the tube without providing a ladder or any other suitable platform from which to work.
