The site where the incident occured in Sha Tin. Photo: RTHK
The two sewer workers have died after fallen ill of inhaling a suspicious toxic gas when cleaning the manhole in Sha Tin late on Monday.
The emergency services were informed at around midnight reporting that two workers had fallen ill while cleaning in the underground at the Yuen Wo Playground.
It was stated by the authorities that there were indications the two dead workers and two other men who also fell ill while working in the manhole, inhaled hydrogen sulfide.
According to the Drainage Services Department, the men were employed by a contractor to clean sewers using high-pressure water jets as the job should not have required them to go inside the manhole.
However, the two men who were said to be 26 and 34 years old were pronounced dead at the Prince of Wales Hospital while the two other workers were also treated at the same hospital.
The department said it had ordered a halt to work at the site and paused all similar work elsewhere until it could conduct safety checks.
The incident had been classified as an industrial accident while the Drainage Service Department had ordered to stop the work any similar works elsewhere as well until all proper safety checks and measures are made and followed.
An investigation had been launched by the department to look into the incident, authorities said.
沙田兩名工人吸入可疑有毒氣體死亡
兩名下水道工人週一晚間在沙田清理沙井時生病死亡。
緊急服務部門於午夜左右接獲通知，兩名工人在源禾遊樂場地下清潔時生病。
當局表示，有跡象表明，兩名死亡工人和另外兩名在沙井工作時生病的工人吸入了硫化氫。
據渠務署稱，這些人受僱於承包商，並使用高壓水刀清潔下水道，因為這項工作不應該要求他們進入沙井內。
然而，據稱分別為26歲和34歲的兩名男子在威爾斯親王醫院被宣布死亡，另外兩名工人也在同一家醫院接受治療。
該部門表示，已下令停止該現場的工作，並暫停其他地方的所有類似工作，直到可以進行安全檢查。
該事件已被列為工業事故，而渠務署已下令停止其他地方的任何類似工程，直到採
取並採取所有適當的安全檢查和措施。
當局表示，該部門已對此事件展開調查。
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