DISASTER● ELEVATEDAug 3 · Aug 3, 2026, 10:30 AM
Safety manager dies after falling 10 floors at Hong Kong construction site
South China Morning Post
A construction safety manager has died after falling about 10 floors at a work site in Hong Kong’s Kowloon City. Authorities received a report at 12.40pm on Monday that a man had plunged from a rooftop before landing on the fourth floor at the site on Sa Po Road. Emergency responders discovered the 39-year-old man unconscious and trapped among scaffolding. Firefighters spent more than an hour bringing him down to a platform before rushing him to Kwong Wah Hospital, where he was certified dead at...
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