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A Hong Kong construction proprietor has been arrested regarding the recent death of two workers aged 61 and 63 who were suspected of inhaling a toxic gas leak at an underground construction site. The proprietor may face manslaughter charges, the security minister has said.
The arrest was made under Hong Kong occupational safety and health legislation after two workers were found unconscious inside a water cooling pipe connected to the air-conditioning system at Elements Mall in West Kowloon on Sunday.
“For the time being, we arrested him for occupational safety and health-related offences. But actually we are actively investigating the case and we will not rule out the possibility that we will further arrest him on other offences including manslaughter,” Secretary for Security Chris Tang told the press on Wednesday morning after a Fight Crime Committee meeting.
The information of the arrest came hours after Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun pledged on RTHK that local authorities would hold the contractor and subcontractors responsible if occupational safety laws had been breached.
Sun said, "The site supervisor, contractor and frontline project manager were all responsible for determining whether the construction site at West Kowloon – managed by the city’s sole rail operator the MTR Corporation, was an enclosed space".
“I understand some people are concerned that there is a subcontractor system in the construction industry and whether the lead contractor would outsource their responsibility,“ Sun said on the Cantonese radio programme.
“This won’t happen. Of course, under occupational legislation, subcontracting is allowed. But we will hold the lead contractor liable for the legal responsibility of ensuring workers’ safety,” he added.
Sun said on Tuesday that there was no evidence to suggest a full risk assessment had been conducted by qualified personnel. A required form was also not on display at the site, he said.
There was a question that was asked by the programme host on why nobody noticed the workers had not left work on Saturday evening, Sun said further investigation had to be conducted by both the Labour Department and the police to understand the details and causes of the incident.
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涉嫌有毒氣體導致兩名工人死亡的現場負責人被捕
香港建築業主因涉嫌在地下建築工地吸入有毒氣體洩漏而死亡的兩名分別為61歲和63歲的工人被捕。 安全部長表示，店主可能面臨過失殺人指控。
週日，兩名工人被發現昏迷在西九龍圓方購物中心與空調系統相連的水冷卻管內，隨後根據香港職業安全與健康法逮捕了這名工人。
「目前，我們因職業安全和健康相關罪行而逮捕了他。 但事實上，我們正在積極調查此案，不排除以其他罪名進一步逮捕他，包括過失殺人罪，」保安局局長鄧克里斯週三早上在撲滅罪行委員會會議後告訴媒體。
逮捕消息發布數小時前，勞工及福利局局長孫克里斯在香港電台承諾，如果承包商和分包商違反職業安全法，地方當局將追究承包商和分包商的責任。
孫說：「工地主管、承包商和前線專案經理都有責任確定由香港唯一鐵路營運商港鐵公司管理的西九龍建築工地是否為封閉空間」。
「我理解有些人擔心建築業存在分包商制度，以及總承包商是否會將其責任外包，」孫在粵語廣播節目中說道。
「這不會發生。 當然，根據職業立法，分包是允許的。 但我們將追究總承包商確保工人安全的法律責任。」他補充道。
Sun週二表示，沒有證據表明合格人員進行了全面的風險評估。 他說，現場也沒有展示所需的表格。
對於節目主持人問為何沒有人注意到工人週六晚上沒有下班，孫表示還需要勞工處和警方進一步調查，才能了解細節和原因。事件。
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