Safety hints about fatal work accident that happened in Kai Tak on 14 January 2026

In response to the fatal accident that happened on 14 January 2026, in which a male worker while operating a power-operated elevating work platform for plastering work was trapped between the top of a door frame and the guardrail of the work platform, the LD calls on duty holders to take suitable safety measures to prevent accidents from power-operated elevating work platforms, including ensuring that :

• the work platform is equipped with an effective secondary guarding device (such as physical barriers, pressure sensing devices or proximity sensing devices) to reduce the risk of trapping workers; and
• the operator is provided with adequate training for safe operation.