Worker dies after legs crushed under platform in Chek Lap Kok

A worker died after his legs were crushed in Chek Lap Kok on Thursday afternoon.

Shortly before 1 pm today, a male airport worker's foot was crushed by a 10-ton lifting platform at around noon outside the international airport.

He was found unconscious and crushed by the platform in the Ground Support Engineering Limited building on Catering Road West, in Chek Lap Kok.

Rescue workers were alerted to the scene, but the worker was certified dead on the spot after examination.

The police are investigating the cause of the incident.

The Labour Department also immediately deployed staff to the scene upon receiving a report of the accident and is now conducting an investigation of their own to look into its cause.

The city saw 145 occupational deaths in the first half of this year, the highest figure in three years, according to the Labour Department's statistics.

In addition, a total of 27 industrial accidents took place this year and caused 28 deaths.