Work Safety Alert - 2014

職業安全及健康部 Occupational Safety and Health Branch 勞工處 Labour Department

The purpose of this Work Safety Alert is to alert employers/contractors and employees about the occurrences of serious or fatal work injuries and the need to take relevant measures to prevent recurrence.  You may access to the relevant Work Safety Alert by clicking on the individual items in the table below.

Date	Accident at Work
December 2014	Truck Being Lifted by a Gantry Crane
December 2014	Failure of a Bored Piling Plant
November 2014	Struck by Water Pipes
October 2014	Struck by Lift Car
October 2014	Collapse of Lifting Frame
September 2014	Suspected Electrocution while Conducting Scaffolding Work
September 2014	Gas Poisoning in Drainage Work
August 2014	Suspected Electrocution while Conducting Concrete Breaking Work
August 2014	Struck by Falling Object
August 2014	Fall through a Metal False Ceiling
July 2014	Fall from External Wall
July 2014	Fall from a Portable Ladder
July 2014	Collapse of Falsework
July 2014	Electrocution while Conducting Signal Cables Wiring Work
July 2014	Collapse of Containers
June 2014	Struck by a Telescopic Boom Detached from a Lorry-mounted Crane
June 2014	Fall from a Metal I-beam Structure
May 2014	Crush by Quayside Gantry Crane
May 2014	Electrical Wiring Work
May 2014	Struck by an Excavator
May 2014	Trapped by the Tailgate of a Truck
April 2014	A Fork-lift Truck Plunged into the Sea
March 2014	Struck by a backstay of a drilling rig
March 2014	Worker Caught Fire while Repairing Timber Floor
March 2014	Fall from a Truss-out Bamboo Scaffold
March 2014	Collapse of a Tower Working Platform leading to Fall of Persons from Height
February 2014	Overcome by Smoke in Underground Pipe Work
February 2014	Fall from a Lorry-mounted Crane
February 2014	Trapped by a Fork-lift Truck
February 2014	Falling through a Void on a Cockloft
February 2014	Struck by the Detached Telescopic Boom from a Truck
February 2014	Struck by an I-Beam Structure
February 2014	Struck by a Pile Casing
January 2014	Fall from a Glass Canopy

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DISCLAIMER

This Work Safety Alert ("the Alert") is issued at the earliest possible opportunity after a serious accident with a view to drawing the attention of interested parties to the general safety precautionary measures necessary to protect people engaging in similar work activities. The material contained in the Alert constitutes general guidance only. It does not reduce, limit, or replace, any legal obligations upon any person to comply with any statutory duties under relevant legislation. Users such as Managers and Supervisors should make their own evaluation of the information contained in the Alert to determine if it can be applied to their own situations and practices. The Labour Department does NOT accept any responsibilities for any loss or damage resulting from the use of or failure to use of the information on the Alert.