Man dies in fall from scaffolding in 19th fatal construction accident this year
Por Eric Jiang — South China Morning Post – News feed
Advertisement Accidents and personal safety Hong Kong Society Man dies in fall from scaffolding in 19th fatal construction accident this year
Police say they received a report of a construction worker discovered lying on podium along Yu Chau Street in Sham Shui Po
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Eric Jiang Published: 7:03pm, 11 Sep 2026 Updated: 7:28pm, 11 Sep 2026
A construction worker has died after falling while erecting scaffolding, marking Hong Kong’s 19th fatal accident in the construction industry and second to involve truss-out platforms this year, according to police and a concern group.
The force said it received a report at 11.39am on Friday that a male worker had fallen and was found lying on a podium along Yu Chau Street in Sham Shui Po.
The man was rushed to the nearby Caritas Medical Centre, where he was later declared dead. Police have classified the case as an industrial accident, with the exact cause of death to be determined by an autopsy.
The Labour Department said it had immediately deployed staff to the scene upon receiving the report, adding that it was investigating the cause of the incident.
Fay Siu Sin-man, chief executive of the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims , said the victim was a 50-year-old sub-subcontractor who had worked as a scaffolder for many years.
The man arrived at the site at around 8am and was putting up his second set of scaffolding when a support bracket was suspected to have come loose, causing him to fall, she said.
She added that the building had suffered from water leakage, and that the scaffolding was being erected to allow for inspections and repairs.
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