Air-con repairman dies after falling from 11th floor of Kowloon City building
Man, 38, was not wearing safety belt and building had no scaffolding
A 38-year-old Hong Kong air-conditioner repairman has died after falling off a building in Kowloon City while working without any protective gear, the South China Morning Post has learned.
A source said police received a report at 12.15pm on Tuesday of a man falling from Billionnaire Avant, a high-rise residential block, in Kowloon City.
“Earlier in the day, the deceased went to a flat on the 11th floor to repair an air conditioner. He climbed out of a window in the bathroom to repair a split-type air conditioner, resulting in a fall to the second-floor podium of the building,” the source said, adding that “the deceased had not put on any protective gear”.
A security guard called police.
The worker was sent to Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, where he was pronounced dead at 1.34pm.
The Labour Department said it immediately sent staff to the scene upon receiving a report and would continue to investigate the case.