Hong Kong’s labour authorities are investigating an accident at a government site involving a construction worker who lost his footing and fell onto steel rebar, piercing his buttock.
Police received a report at around 10.30am on Thursday that a worker at a Tung Chung construction site under the Housing Department had been injured after a misstep.
“The victim was passing by the location of the accident and mistakenly stepped onto an empty space, causing him to fall onto steel rebar on the underground floor of the site,” the force said.
It added that one of the bars had pierced the worker’s left buttock, with the wound about 5cm (2 inches) deep.
A source familiar with the matter told the Post the worker was a bar bender at the site. He was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung for treatment.
The case has been referred to the Labour Department for investigation.
