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€56,920Largest single case: Hip Seng Builders Limited
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21 Jan 2026 Hip Seng Builders LimitedHong Kong: fines for Hip Seng Builders after fatal electrocution raised to HKD 521,000 Hong KongWorkplace safety and accidents €56,920

After a fatal accident on 19 August 2023 at a construction site in Chek Lap Kok, in which a worker received an electric shock while carrying out electrical work on a false ceiling, Hip Seng Builders had been fined HKD 261,000 on 23 January 2025. On the prosecution's application, the court reviewed the sentence and on 21 January 2026 increased the fines to HKD 521,000. The conviction was under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and two regulations on construction site and electrical safety.

What organisations can take from it

Electrical work on construction sites requires isolation and testing before work starts; Hong Kong prosecutors actively challenge sentences they consider too lenient.

Relevance to training and awareness

Electrical safety during installation work on construction sites

Authority / court
West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, Hongkong (Anklage: Labour Department)
Area of law
Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
Legal basis
Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance; Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations; Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Electricity) Regulations
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Construction and real estate
Published
21 Jan 2026

Original amount 521,000 HKD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Jan 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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