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Work Safety Alert (Text Version)

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You can browse the relevant Work Safety Alert by clicking on the individual item in the table below.

DateAccident at Work
December 2021Gas Poisoning in Drainage Work
December 2021Struck to Death by Falling Objects
December 2021Fall from Height while Dismantling a Truss-out scaffold
November 2021Fall from Height while Erecting a Truss-out Scaffold
November 2021Fire Broken Out inside a Godown under Demolition
November 2021Workers Injured in an Underground Sewage Facility
November 2021Knocked Down by a Tow Truck
October 2021Pressed to Death by an Elevating Work Platform
October 2021Fall through a Floor Opening
October 2021Struck by Wire Rope of a Crawler Crane under Repair
October 2021Trapped by Collapsed Bamboo Scaffolds
September 2021Trapped to Death by a Lorry
September 2021Fall from Height while Erecting a Truss-out Bamboo Scaffold
August 2021Fallen with the Working Platform of a Collapsed Truck-mounted Elevating Work Platform
August 2021Suspected to have been Electrocuted at a Pump Room
July 2021Fall from an Elevated Working Platform that Overturned from a Lorry Platform
July 2021Struck to Death by a Fallen Metal I-beam
June 2021Trapped between an Elevating Work Platform and a Sprinkler Pipe
June 2021Fallen from Height while Engaging in the Bamboo Scaffold Erection Work
May 2021Fall from Height
May 2021Fall from Height
May 2021Trapped underneath the Dumping Platform of a Dumper
May 2021Fall from Roof
May 2021A Worker Rammed into a Rock
April 2021Struck by a Concrete Skip under Lifting
April 2021Struck by Displaced Panels
April 2021Fallen from a Bamboo Scaffold
April 2021Struck by an Elevating Working Platform
March 2021Struck by a Fallen Solar Panel
March 2021Fall from a Wooden Ladder
March 2021Fallen From a Toppled Step Platform
February 2021Fall from Height
February 2021Fall from a Step-Ladder
January 2021Fallen into a Refuse Chute
January 2021Fallen from the deck of a telescopic mobile crane

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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.