Female worker, 64, dies after falling into mixing machine at candy factory in Hong Kong
- Emergency personnel rushed to Superluck Industrial Centre on Sha Tsui Road after receiving an accident report
- Labour groups urge authorities to investigate any safety breach
A 64-year-old female worker died after falling into a mixing machine at a candy factory in Hong Kong on Monday.
Emergency personnel were called to the Superluck Industrial Centre on Sha Tsui Road in Tsuen Wan soon after 8.30am when the accident occurred. “A worker called police saying her female colleague had fallen into a mixing machine,” a police spokesman said.
The unconscious victim suffered rib and right shoulder fractures and sustained burns to her hands. She was rushed to Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan where she died shortly before 10am.
A source familiar with the case said an initial investigation suggested the woman lost her footing and fell into the 88cm-tall machine, which was mixing sugar and water. She was the mother of the person in charge of the factory.
Police said the case was being treated as an industrial accident and the Labour Department had been notified. An autopsy will be carried out to ascertain the cause of the death.
The department said it had sent staff to the scene and was conducting an investigation.