The death of a man who worked as a scaffolder in Hong Kong is being investigated after falling from a height while working at Stamford American School on Sunday morning.
According to the police, the accident occurred at 11.38 am at No 25 Man Fuk Road in Ho Man Tin, but did not mention the name of the international school where the accident happened. However, the institution is listed at the address given by authorities.
Police said the 49-year-old worker was said to have been likely to fall from four to five storeys.
“The man was a non-ethnic-Chinese worker. He was rushed to Kwong Wah Hospital where he was confirmed dead,” a police spokesman said.
Police said that the investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made yet.
The Labour Department also stated that its staff had been sent immediately to the scene after the news of the accident got to them and was investigating.
The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims said the worker was a Nepali man who was dismantling the scaffolding, according to the report.
“We were given to understand he had used a safety harness. As to why he fell, it has to be further investigated by authorities,” spokesman Martin Lau said.
“We are still trying to contact his employer.”
The organisation said the worker had a wife and two young children.
Association chief executive Fay Siu Sin-man said the man’s friends had mentioned he had started work at around 10 am.
“The work should have lasted no more than one day. He was there to dismantle the scaffolding. He was about to go to lunch around the time the accident took place,” Siu said.
香港當局正在調查在工作中墜亡的鷹架工
週日早上，一名鷹架工男子在史丹佛美國學校工作時從高處墜落身亡，目前正在接受調查。
警方表示，事故發生在上午11時38分，地點為何文田民福路25號，但沒有提及發生事故的國際學校名稱。 然而，該機構的地址已列在當局提供的地址上。
警方表示，這名 49 歲的工人據稱很可能從四層樓跌落到五層樓。
「該男子是一名非華裔工人。 警方發言人表示，他被送往廣華醫院後證實死亡。
警方表示，調查正在進行中，尚未逮捕任何人。
勞工部也表示，接獲事故消息後，其工作人員已立即前往現場進行調查。
報道稱，工業事故受害者權利協會表示，這名工人是一名正在拆除鷹架的尼泊爾男子。
「我們得知他使用了安全帶。 至於為何跌倒，有待當局進一步調查。
“我們仍在嘗試聯繫他的雇主。”
該組織表示，這名工人有妻子和兩個年幼的孩子。
協會行政總裁蕭仙文表示，男子的朋友曾提到他上午10點左右開始工作。
「這項工作應該持續不超過一天。 他是來拆除鷹架的。 事故發生時，他正要去吃午餐。
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