2023-10-19 22:44:44
A rare industrial accident occurred in Tsim Sha Tsui. A male worker was working in the unloading area of Ocean Terminal and was later found to have fallen into the sea. Marine police and firefighters arrived at the scene to rescue him and sent him to the hospital where he was later confirmed to have died. According to on-site information, the victim and another worker were working in the unloading area when the incident occurred. During the process, it was suspected that the pallet truck lost control. When the victim tried to stop it, the truck and the victim fell into the sea.
The deceased, a 65-year-old surnamed Chen, was an employee of Kerry Delivery Services (Hong Kong). According to sources, the victim and another 63-year-old worker surnamed Yu drove a truck to the Ocean Terminal at noon yesterday to transport goods. Yu Nan was waiting in the car while the victim was responsible for transporting the goods from the mall to the truck parked at the unloading area of the North Bridge Pier of Ocean Terminal. It is reported that the victim was moving the goods to a pallet truck. During the process, the pallet truck suddenly lost control and sped away while passing through a ramp. The goods were scattered all over the dock. The victim hurriedly chased the goods. During the process, he tripped over the goods on the ground and fell down. On the cart, but the castration of the cart did not stop, the victim and the cart fell into the sea together.
CCTV captured the entire incident
Yu Nan saw the passing of the truck through the rearview mirror and immediately called the police for help. Marine police and firefighters arrived at the scene and rescued him. The victim was unconscious at the time and needed an external cardiac compression machine. He died at 1:26 pm. The cause of death has yet to be determined following an autopsy. It is reported that the police found that there were no suspicious injuries on the deceased, and the incident was also captured on CCTV at the scene. The case was initially considered not suspicious and was handed over to the Tsim Sha Tsui Police District Miscellaneous Investigation Team for investigation.
The Labor Department stated that following receiving the report, it sent personnel to the scene to investigate the cause of the accident. Kerry Logistics stated that the employee was employed by Kerry Distribution Services (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. as a delivery boy. Kerry Logistics will fully cooperate with the police investigation. Kerry Logistics and the company’s employees were deeply saddened following learning of the accident. The company expressed its deepest condolences to the employee and his family and provided appropriate assistance to his family. Ma Hongyou, director of the Industrial Casualties Rights Association, said that he has contacted the families of the deceased and they are very sad and hesitant. The union will assist the families with the identification, funeral and death compensation procedures. He pointed out that the senior management of the company involved had visited the family members in the hospital and had not yet discussed arrangements for the followingmath. He hoped that the company involved would take the initiative to assist the family members and handle the funeral arrangements of the deceased.
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