Hong Kong labour groups and lawmaker call for harsher penalties against contractor linked to string of construction site deaths
- Development Bureau extends ban on Aggressive Construction Company until end of 2024 after electrician falls to his death at Yau Ma Tei site
- Contractor linked to incident last December that killed worker, 55, and death of three workers and injury to six more in crane collapse in September last year
The call came on Thursday after authorities extended a ban on the Aggressive Construction Company bidding for public projects until the end of 2024.
They were speaking after the Development Bureau said the company would be barred from tendering for public works until December 31 next year after it recorded its third major industrial accident since last September.
A 56-year-old electrician fell to his death on Tuesday as he laid cables at an Aggressive Construction site for a Fire Services Department project on To Wah Road.
The man was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, but was later declared dead. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Fay Siu Sin-man, the chief executive of the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims, said she was distressed to hear about the third fatal incident involving the same construction company in such a short space of time.