Alerts / Messages

Machinery Safety: A worker was struck by a slewing excavator at a foundation site and passed away three days later - Safety Message No. 006/25 (February 2025)

Machinery Safety: A worker was injured after being hit by a fork-lift truck at a construction site in Kai Tak - Safety Message No. 005/25 (March 2025)

Crane Safety: Safe Operation of Truck-mounted Crane - Safety Message No. 004/25 (March 2025)

Structural Safety: A worker was struck by I-beam and fell to death at a construction site in Fo Tan - Safety Message No. 003/25 (January 2025)

Work-above-ground: A worker fell to his death from a wooden ladder at Jardine’s Lookout - Safety Message No. 002/25 (January 2025)

Bamboo Scaffolds: Eleven workers injured after a bamboo scaffold collapsed at a construction site in Kai Tak - Safety Message No. 001/25 (January 2025)

Lifting Safety: A worker was struck to death by glass curtain wall at a construction site in Yau Ma Tei - Safety Message No. 036/24 (December 2024)

Work Safety: A worker was struck to death by metal pipes at an open area in Sheung Shui - Safety Message No. 035/24 (December 2024)

Machinery Safety: Mobile Elevating Work Platform Safety - Safety Message No. 034/24 (December 2024)

Machinery Safety: A worker was trapped between a Mobile Elevating Work Platform and a beam at a construction site in Tung Chung - Safety Message No. 033/24 (November 2024)

Machinery Safety: A worker was trapped between a Mobile Elevating Work Platform and a steel structure at a construction site in the airport - Safety Message No. 032/24 (November 2024)

Machinery Safety: A worker died after being crushed by a material hoist at a construction site in Tai Wai - Safety Message No. 031/24 (November 2024)

Working at Height: A worker fell to his death at a construction site in the Airport - Safety Message No. 030/24 (November 2024)

Working at Height: Fatal fall of a worker while dismantling a bamboo scaffold in Kowloon City - Safety Message No. 029/24 (November 2024)

Working at Height: Fatal fall of a worker while dismantling a bamboo scaffold in Ho Man Tin - Safety Message No. 028/24 (October 2024)

Working at Height: A worker fell to his death from a building in Kwai Chung - Safety Message No. 027/24 (September 2024)

Crane Safety: Five workers injured after a jib fell from a mobile crane - Safety Message No. 026/24 (September 2024)

Machinery Safety: A worker was trapped between a truck and an excavator at a construction site in Kwai Chung - Safety Message No. 025/24 (July 2024)

Hole Management: A worker fell from height at a construction site in Wong Chuk Hang and was injured - Safety Message No. 024/24 (July 2024)

Working at Height: A worker fell to his death from a building in Tsuen Wan - Safety Message No. 023/24 (July 2024)

Work Safety: A stabiliser of bored pile fell from a lorry to a carriageway in Kai Tak - Safety Message No. 022/24 (June 2024)

Work-above-ground: A worker fell from a grab loader at a construction site in Kwun Tong - Safety Message No. 021/24 (July 2024)

Fire Safety: Fire safety at construction sites - Safety Message No. 020/24 (July 2024)

Lifting Safety: A worker was struck to death by metal pipes at a cargo working area in Tai Kok Tsui - Safety Message No. 019/24 (June 2024)

Working at Height: A worker fell from a working platform in Chek Lap Kok and was injured - Safety Message No. 018/24 (June 2024)

Machinery Safety: An excavator crushed a worker’s right foot at a construction site in Chek Lap Kok - Safety Message No. 017/24 (June 2024)

Lifting Safety: A worker was struck to death by I-beams in a warehouse at Yuen Long - Safety Message No. 016/24 (June 2024)

Traffic Safety in Workplace: A concrete mixer truck overturned in a construction site at the airport resulting in a driver being injured - Safety Message No. 015/24 (May 2024)

Working at Height: A mobile working platform toppled at a workplace in Siu Sai Wan resulting in one worker being injured - Safety Message No. 014/24 (May 2024)

Machinery Safety: A worker was trapped to death by a power-operated elevating work platform at a construction site in Kai Tak - Safety Message No. 013/24 (May 2024)

Lifting Safety: A worker was struck to death by a metal board in a warehouse at Yuen Long - Safety Message No. 012/24 (May 2024)

Confined Space: Two workers were suspected of inhaling hazardous gas at a manhole and certified dead after sending to hospital - Safety Message No. 011/24 (April 2024)

Protection of Workers against Protruding Bars: A steel bar pierced through a worker’s thigh in a construction site at Chek Lap Kok - Safety Message No. 010/24 (April 2024)

Machinery Safety: A pile driver overturned at a site in Sau Mau Ping - Safety Message No. 009/24 (April 2024)

Fire Safety: A fire broke out at a construction site in Hung Shui Kiu - Safety Message No. 008/24 (April 2024)

Working at Height: A worker fell to his death at a construction site in Kwai Chung - Safety Message No. 007/24 (March 2024)

Glass Curtain Walls: Three passers-by injured by falling glass fragments from a construction site at Tsim Sha Tsui - Safety Message No. 006/24 (March 2024)

Bamboo Scaffolds: A bamboo scaffold collapsed at a construction site in Kai Tak causing the death of two workers and injuring three workers - Safety Message No. 005/24 (February 2024)

Welding Work: Two workers injured in the blast of a main switch room in Chai Wan - Safety Message No. 004/24 (January 2024)

Working at Height: Two bamboo scaffolding related incidents resulting in two workers being injured - Safety Message No. 003/24 (January 2024)

Machinery Safety: A worker was suspected to be trapped by a power-operated elevating work platform at a construction site in Kai Tak and lost consciousness - Safety Message No. 002/24 (January 2024)

Crane Safety: A lorry-mounted crane toppled at a construction site in Wong Chuk Hang resulting in damage to two trucks and three workers being injured - Safety Message No. 001/24 (January 2024)

Dismantle Work: A worker was trapped to death by the components of a cargo loader at a repair workshop in Chek Lap Kok - Safety Message No. 046/23 (December 2023)

Traffic Safety in Workplace: A worker was trapped to death by a tractor at a landfill in Ta Kwu Ling - Safety Message No. 045/23 (December 2023)

Work-above-ground: A worker fell in a store at Tsim Sha Tsui and certified dead after two days - Safety Message No. 044/23 (November 2023)

Working at Height: A worker fell to his death at a construction site in Yau Tong - Safety Message No. 043/23 (December 2023)

Machinery Safety: Two recent incidents related to excavators An excavator fell into a fishpond and another was toppled during transportation - Safety Message No. 042/23 (December 2023)

Electrical Work: A worker suspected being electrocuted in a residential building in Tseung Kwan O and certified dead after sending to the hospital - Safety Message No. 041/23 (December 2023)

Machinery Safety: A worker was struck by a moving plant in a construction site at the Peak and certified dead after sending to hospital - Safety Message No. 040/23 (November 2023)

Underground Utilities: A worker suspected damaging the electricity cable in a site at Lau Fau Shan and caused several workers injured - Safety Message No. 039/23 (November 2023)

Lifting Safety: Two lifting incidents – Falling of steel bars and toppling of sedimentation tank during lifting - Safety Message No. 038/23 (November 2023)

Lifting Safety: A worker was struck to death by an aluminum board in a construction site at Tung Chung - Safety Message No. 037/23 (November 2023)

Demolition Work: A worker was pressed by collapsing concrete in a village house at Kwai Chung - Safety Message No. 036/23 (November 2023)

Crane Safety: Smoke pouring from a tower crane and a sudden fall of a precast concrete unit during lifting operation - Safety Message No. 035/23 (November 2023)

Fire Safety: Fire prevention in construction site in dry season - Safety Message No. 034/23 (November 2023)

Lifting Safety: A worker was struck to death by steel bars in a construction site at Yuen Long - Safety Message No. 033/23 (October 2023)

Demolition Work: A worker broke his Leg when a steel plate toppled on him in a construction site at Kwun Tong and sent to hospital - Safety Message No. 032/23 (October 2023)

Hole Management: A Worker was injured by falling into a hole in a construction site at Sau Mau Ping - Safety Message No. 031/23 (October 2023)

Working at Height: A worker fell to death while laying cables at a construction site - Safety Message No. 030/23 (October 2023)

Confined Space: Two workers died after found unconscious inside the underground pipework - Safety Message No. 029/23 (September 2023)

Precast Concrete Construction: A worker crushed to death by a toppled precast concrete element in a construction site at Hung Shui Kiu - Safety Message No. 028/23 (September 2023)

Guided-SWP Safety: A guided suspended working platform fell in a construction site at Murray Road and two workers were injured - Safety Message No. 027/23 (September 2023)

Crane Safety: A mobile crane overturned in a construction site at Tsim Sha Tsui and its jib damaged the shelter of an adjacent bar - Safety Message No. 026/23 (September 2023)

Electrical Work: A worker died after being electrocuted during electrical work in Hong Kong Science Park - Safety Message No. 025/23 (September 2023)

Crane Safety: Mobile crane tilted in a construction site at Tung Chung and one worker was injured - Safety Message No. 024/23 (August 2023)

Work-above-ground: A worker fell to his death from a ladder in a residential building at Kau To Shan - Safety Message No. 023/23 (August 2023)

Electrical Safety/Dismantle Work: One worker died after being electrocuted and one worker was pressed by a collapsing wall and died on the same day - Safety Message No. 022/23 (August 2023)

Working at Height: A worker fell to death from power-operated elevating work platform during maintenance work at a sports centre - Safety Message No. 021/23 (August 2023)

Confined Space: Workers Working in Water Tank Suffered from Hypoxia and One Lost Consciousness - Safety Message No. 020/23 (July 2023)

Working at Height: A worker fell into a 5m deep pit with a steel bar piercing his thigh- Safety Message No. 019/23 (July 2023)

Machinery Safety: A Worker Lost Forearm during Escalator Maintenance Works at Tseung Kwan O Hospital - Safety Message No. 018/23 (July 2023)

Confined Space: A Worker Died After Found Collapsed Inside a Water Tank in a Construction Site at Tseung Kwan O - Safety Message No. 017/23 (July 2023)

Working at Height: A worker fell to his death in a construction site at mid-levels west - Safety Message No. 016/23 (June 2023)

Work Safety: An I-beam was slipped down from a steep road - Safety Message No. 015/23 (May 2023)

Machinery Safety: 8 people were injured after the collapse of power-operated elevating work platform - Safety Message No. 014/23 (May 2023)

Machinery Safety: Safety reminder on the management and operation of mobile plant in construction site - Safety Message No. 013/23 (May 2023)

Working at Height: A worker fell from 6 metres height at Tsing Yi shipyard and certified death - Safety Message No. 012/23 (May 2023)

Fork-lift truck Safety: A worker was hit by a fork-lift truck at a construction site in To Kwa Wan and certified death after sending to hospital - Safety Message No. 011/23 (May 2023)

Lifting Safety: 1 dead and 10 injured after a crane collapsed onto a Taichung metro train - Safety Message No. 010/23 (May 2023)

Crane Safety: A worker crushed to death by gantry crane - Safety Message No. 009/23 (May 2023)

Work Safety: A ferry Captain died after collapsing on board - Safety Message No. 008/23 (May 2023)

Working at Height: Work Safety on Bamboo Scaffolds at Tai Kok Tsui - Safety Message No. 007/23 (May 2023)

Lifting Safety: A worker was suspected to have been accidentally entangled by a rope while hoisting steel materials with a crane at a Tseung Kwan O construction site - Safety Message No. 006/23 Industrial Accident (April 2023)

A demolition worker fell from height in a construction site at Barker Road - Safety Message No. 005/23 Industrial Accident (March 2023)

Working at Height: A worker fell to his death in a construction site at Anderson Road - Safety Message No. 004/23 Industrial Accident (March 2023)

Working at Height: A worker fell from height at Sha Tin Mei Lam Estate - Safety Message No. 003/23 Industrial Accident (March 2023)

Working at Height: A worker fell to his death in a construction site - Safety Message No. 002/23 Industrial Accident (February 2023)

Lifting Safety: A worker fell from height together with a load during lifting operation - Safety Message No. 001/23 Industrial Accident (January 2023)

Crane Safety: Serious tower crane accidents in construction sites within a week, a worker required amputation on left foot - Safety Message No. 024/22 Industrial Accident (December 2022)

Crane Safety: Worker being struck by a falling I-beam and certified death after sending to hospital - Safety Message No. 023/22 Industrial Accident (December 2022)

Working at Height: Scaffolder fell from height and certified death after sending to hospital - Safety Message No. 022/22 Industrial Accident (December 2022)

Fire Safety: Fire prevention in construction site in dry season - Safety Message No. 021/22 Industrial Accident (December 2022)

Crane Safety: Fatal accident at Tuen Mun recycling plant, the person-in-charge was struck by the I-beam and died - Safety Message No. 020/22 Industrial Accident (December 2022)

Machinery Safety: A mechanic was pressed by a heavy machinery and certified died later in hospital - Safety Message No. 019/22 Industrial Accident (November 2022)

Structural Safety: Steel bars fell at a construction sites in Tsim Sha Tsui, a worker was hit and died - Safety Message No. 018/22 Industrial Accident (November 2022)

Traffic Works: Suspected to be hit by a concrete truck, an electrician was trapped underneath it and died - Safety Message No. 017/22 Industrial Accident (October 2022)

Crane Safety: Tower crane collapsed and hit container offices resulting in three deaths and several injured - Safety Message No. 016/22 Industrial Accident (September 2022)

Structural Safety: Suspected I-beam disconnected and collapsed, worker was hit and injured - Safety Message No. 015/22 Industrial Accident (September 2022)

Structural Safety: Suspected concrete pier falling and hit the working platform, three workers fell from the platform - Safety Message No. 014/22 Industrial Accident (August 2022)

Working at Height: Mid-levels demolition worker fell to his death - Safety Message No. 013/22 Industrial Accident (July 2022)

Working at Height: Sudden descent of Gondola trapping two workers - Safety Message No. 012/22 Industrial Accident (June 2022)

Working at Height: Fall of Gondola from 20th floor resulting in two deaths - Safety Message No. 011/22 Industrial Accident (June 2022)

Trapped in and between objects: Worker died in Pat Heung recycling plant - Safety Message No. 010/22 Industrial Accident (May 2022)

Dismantle Work: Worker struck to death in Tseung Kwan O - Safety Message No. 009/22 Industrial Accident (May 2022)

Working at Height: Scaffolder fell to death in Yau Ma Tei - Safety Message No. 008/22 Industrial Accident (May 2022)

Fire Safety: Two injured in a blaze at a site office in Tsuen Wan - Safety Message No. 007/22 Industrial Accident (April 2022)

Working at Height: Workers fell from scaffolds and one dead, one injured - Safety Message No. 006/22 Industrial Accident (April 2022)

Working at Height: A female worker fell to death at Kai Tak - Safety Message No. 005/22 Industrial Accident (April 2022)

Working at Height: A worker was struck by a steel plate while operating an aerial platform - Safety Message No. 004/22 Industrial Accident (April 2022)

Working at Height: A worker was suspected to have fallen from height during scaffold dismantling – Safety Message No. 003/22 Industrial Accident (February 2022)

Working at Height: Two workers were suspected to have fallen from height during metal work - Safety Message No. 001/22 Industrial Accident (January 2022)

Crane Safety: A worker was trapped in between lowered jib and a pile casing - Safety Message No. 002/22 Industrial Accident (January 2022)

Confined Space: Two confined space accidents were happened and caused three casualties - Safety Message No. 018/21 Industrial Accident (December 2021)

Falling Object: A worker was suspected to have been struck by a fallen bricks – Safety Message No. 017/21 Industrial Accident (December 2021)

Bamboo Scaffolds: Two workers were suspected to have fallen from height during Truss-out Bamboo Scaffolding Works at Yuen Long and Hung Hom – Safety Message No. 016/21 Industrial Accident (December 2021)

Dismantle Work: A worker was killed by a fire incident on construction site – Safety Message No. 015/21 Industrial Accident (November 2021)

Confined Space: Four workers were injured in a sewer manhole and one of them was certified – Safety Message No. 014/21 Industrial Accident (November 2021)

Working at Height: A worker fell through a floor opening of a building under construction – Safety Message No. 013/21 Industrial Accident (October 2021)

Lifting Appliances Safety: A worker was struck by a wire rope while replacing wire of a crane – Safety Message No. 012/21 Industrial Accident (October 2021)

Scaffold Safety: A worker was trapped under a collapsed bamboo scaffold – Safety Message No. 011/21 Industrial Accident (October 2021)

Working at Height: A worker was suspected to have fallen from Truss-out Bamboo Scaffold – Safety Message No. 010/21 Industrial Accident (September 2021)

Dismantle Work: A worker was suspected to have struck by a fallen I-beam being dismantled – Safety Message No. 009/21 Industrial Accident (July 2021)

Machinery Safety: A worker was trapped between the pipe and the railing of the MEWP – Safety Message No. 008/21 Industrial Accident (June 2021)

Working at Height: A worker was suspected to have fallen from height during while erecting a Truss-out Bamboo Scaffold – Safety Message No. 007/21 Industrial Accident (June 2021)

Lifting Appliances Safety: A worker was thrown out of the seat after the vehicle collided – Safety Message No. 006/21 Industrial Accident (May 2021)

Lifting Operation: Two serious Lifting Accidents happened in April – Safety Message No. 005/21 Industrial Accident (April 2021)

Machinery Safety: A worker was trapped between the Elevated Working Platform and a concrete column – Safety Message No. 004/21 Industrial Accident (April 2021)

Working at Height: A worker was suspected to have fallen from a height of 1.2m – Safety Message No. 003/21 Industrial Accident (March 2021)

Working at Height: In February, there were two fell from height accidents for RMAA works – Safety Message No. 002/21 Industrial Accident (February 2021)

Working at Height: A worker fell from the crane to the ground – Safety Message No. 001/21 Industrial Accident (January 2021)

Health and Hygiene: Prevention of Novel Coronavirus and Respiratory Tract Infection - Safety Message No. 001/20 (December 2020)

Lifting Operation: An excavator was dropped into a shaft in the course of a lifting operation – Safety Message No. 014/20 Industrial Accident (October 2020)

Structural Safety: A reinforcement bar structure collapsed killing one worker and injuring six – Safety Message No. 013/20 Industrial Accident (July 2020)

Welding Work: A worker was suspected to have received an electric shock while handling a cable – Safety Message No. 012/20 Industrial Accident (July 2020)

Lifting Appliances Safety: A worker was hit by a sliding component while handling those machine components – Safety Message No. 011/20 Industrial Accident (July 2020)

Lifting Appliances Safety: Two workers while repairing a machine were struck by the wire rope of the machine – Safety Message No. 010/20 Industrial Accident (June 2020)

Lifting Operation: A worker while erecting a Bamboo Scaffold was struck by a metal stanchion and fell together onto the podium – Safety Message No. 009/20 Industrial Accident (June 2020)

Working at Height: A worker fell through a structure inside a platform – Safety Message No. 008/20 Industrial Accident (May 2020)

Bamboo Scaffold: A worker fell from the upper level of a bamboo scaffold of a building under renovation – Safety Message No. 007/20 Industrial Accident (May 2020)

Lifting Appliances Safety: A worker was hit by a collapsed I-beam while operating an excavator – Safety Message No. 006/20 Industrial Accident (April 2020)

Fire Safety: A worker while operating a hand tool found the sleeve of his clothes caught fire and suffered from burn on his body – Safety Message No. 005/20 Industrial Accident (April 2020)

Lifting Operation: A worker was hit by an I-beam during lifting – Safety Message No. 004/20 Industrial Accident (March 2020)

Working at Height: A worker fell from height in the course of clearing debris – Safety Message No. 003/20 Industrial Accident (March 2020)

Lifting Operation: A worker was trapped between the rear part of a mobile crane and the nearby railing – Safety Message No. 002/20 Industrial Accident (January 2020)

Lifting Appliances Safety: A worker was suspected of being knocked down by an excavator while leading the movement of it – Safety Message No. 007/19 Industrial Accident (December 2019)

Bamboo Scaffold: A worker was fell from a bamboo scaffold at the external wall of a building under construction – Safety Message No. 006/19 Industrial Accident (December 2019)

Dismantle Work: A worker was struck by a fallen I-beam being dismantled – Safety Message No. 005/19 Industrial Accident (December 2019)

Working at Height: A banksman was suspected of being knocked down by a cherry picker – Safety Message No. 004/19 Industrial Accident (October 2019)

Builder’s Lift: A worker was suspected to have been pressed by a lift car while working inside the lift shaft – Safety Message No. 003/19 Industrial Accident (October 2019)

Road Works: A road worker was suspected to have fallen from a bridge deck – Safety Message No. 002/19 Industrial Accident (September2019)

Work Adjacent to Water: A worker was suspected to have fallen into sea together with the bulldozer he was operating – Safety Message No. 001/19 Industrial Accident (August 2019)

Health and Hygiene: Safety Precaution for Dengue Fever Infection - Safety Alert No. 002/18 (October 2018)

Lifting Operation: Lifting Operation Safety - Safety Alert No. 001/18 (January 2018)

Bamboo Scaffold: Work Safety on Bamboo Scaffolds - Safety Alert No. 001/17 (April 2017)

Road Works: Road Maintenance Works Safety - Safety Alert No. 003/16 (August 2016)

Health and Hygiene: Safety Precaution for Zika Virus Infection - Safety Alert No. 002/16 (July 2016)

Lifting Appliances Safety: Lorry-mounted Cranes Pre-use Checklist - Safety Alert No. 001/16 (June 2016)

Traffic Works: Traffic Safety on Construction Sites - Safety Alert No. 003/15 (December 2015)

Lifting Appliances Safety: Safety of Lorry-mounted Cranes - Safety Alert No.002/15 (October 2015)

Builder’s Lift: Safe Use of Vertical Transportation at Construction Sites - Safety Alert No. 001/15 (January 2015)

Fire Safety: Fire Safety on Construction Sites - Safety Alert No. 001/14 (April 2014)

Underground Utilities: Excavation Works in the Vicinity of Underground Utilities – Buried Gas Pipes and Cables - Safety Alert No. 001/13 (December 2013)