Hong Kong worker dies after falling from 3-storey village house
Police said on Wednesday that the 44-year-old cleaning and maintenance worker was carrying out work on top of the house in Tai Lam Chung Tsuen before he fell and lost consciousness at about 3.20pm.
Emergency personnel arrived and rushed him to Tuen Mun Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead at 5.28pm.
Scaffolding work at the house began about a month ago as part of renovation preparations.
The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims urged the Labour Department to conduct a thorough investigation and make the preliminary cause of the accident public.
It also appealed to the victim's employer to offer support to his family.
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