HK police started the investigation of the two workers who died after possible negligence suspicion

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The death of the two workers who died of inhaling a suspected toxic gas while working at the underground construction site along Austin Road West last Saturday night is now being investigated by Hong Kong’s police crime squad. Their death is possibly inclined to safety negligence, the report said.

The accident investigation commenced on Monday( 25th of September, 2023) by a group of officers in civilian clothes at the site.

Police proceeded with this investigation after the hint that the project manager left the construction site on Saturday morning without putting in place all compulsory safety evaluations while the two workers were working in the underground and locked in for a significant amount of time.

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A source familiar with the incident said the site engineering searched for these two workers around 5 p.m. after they were unable to be seen during the off-duty hour but found out that the working area was locked and left.

Eventually, on Sunday morning, the two were found unconscious in the underground tube after the lock of the working area was forced to open.

香港警方對涉嫌疏忽死亡的兩名工人展開調查

上週六晚，兩名工人在柯士甸道西地下建築工地工作時因吸入疑似有毒氣體而死亡，目前香港警方重案組正在調查這兩名工人的死因。 報導稱，他們的死亡可能與安全疏失有關。

週一（2023 年 9 月 25 日），一群便衣警官在現場開始了事故調查。

警方接到暗示，專案經理於週六早上離開了建築工地，而兩名工人在地下工作並被鎖了很長一段時間，而沒有進行所有強制性安全評估，警方隨後展開了調查。

一位熟悉這起事件的消息人士稱，現場工程人員於下午 5 點左右搜尋了這兩名工人。 他們在下班時間無法見到他們，但發現工作區域已鎖上並離開。

最終，週日早上，工作區的鎖被強行打開後，兩人被發現在地下管道中昏迷不醒。