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The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims (Hong Kong)

The latest news and top stories on The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims. A prominent Hong Kong-based non-profit organisation, The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims was founded in 1981 by work injury victims and their families. It is dedicated to fighting for the rights of industrial accident victims, occupational disease sufferers and families of industrial fatalities. Its main areas of focus include providing support services, rehabilitation programmes, on-the-job training and emotional counselling. The association also actively advocates for improved occupational safety and health standards and promotes public awareness, serving as a key labour rights group in Hong Kong.

Appropriate rest breaks should be arranged depending on the conditions. Photo: Karma Lo

Hong Kong weather

Calls for system review after lowest alert in force during record-breaking heat

Amber heat-stress warning remained in place despite scorching temperatures.

10 Aug 2026 - 12:33AM

Accidents and personal safety

Safety manager dies after falling 10 floors at Hong Kong construction site

3 Aug 2026 - 9:44PM

Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Tighter site safety urged after Hong Kong records over 60 industrial accidents

2 Jul 2026 - 12:00PM

Accidents and personal safety

Construction worker struck by falling chain hoist in critical condition

Worker, 68, was on Hong Kong government site undergoing drainage replacement works when accident occurred.

27 May 2026 - 11:31PM

The Drainage Services Department’s construction site on Yen Chow Street in Sham Shui Po. Photo: Jelly Tse

Accidents and personal safety

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.

19 May 2026 - 6:04PM

Accidents and personal safety

Lift technician killed by falling metal inside shaft at Hong Kong luxury estate

L-shaped iron piece fell from rooftop machine room while he was carrying out maintenance work at Pacific View in Stanley, police say.

5 May 2026 - 12:43AM

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Families of helpers who died in Tai Po fire struggle to break news to kids

Workers’ rights NGO says some families have also been targeted by scammers or descended into disputes over victims’ compensation payouts.

27 Apr 2026 - 7:36PM

The brother of Desy Widyana keeps a picture of his late sister in his mobile phone case. Photo: Tang Hoi-yan

Accidents and personal safety

Air con technician critically injured after fall from ladder in Tsuen Wan

Police receive report that man, who is in his sixties, fell while working at building at 88 Yeung Uk Road.

26 Mar 2026 - 6:16PM

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong authorities probe death of scaffolding worker who fell from factory

Worker, 57, who was setting up scaffolding at Maxim’s Food Production Centre in Tai Po, rushed to hospital but later certified dead.

25 Feb 2026 - 1:44AM

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong to fast-track safety guideline updates after 3 construction site deaths

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun vows swift action and tighter regulation of construction site safety in wake of fatal incidents.

17 Jan 2026 - 6:36PM

Hong Kong authorities will fast-track updates to safety guidelines for elevated work after the recent deaths of three workers. Photo: Eugene Lee

Accidents and personal safety

Second street cleaner accident in a week as Hongkonger, 74, struck by car

Group representing industrial accident victims calls for review of cleaners’ equipment, as another was fatally struck by truck on New Year’s Eve.

7 Jan 2026 - 7:22PM

A 74-year-old cleaner was struck by a left-hand drive Geely car operating on a trade licence plate at a Hong Kong public housing estate on Wednesday. Photo: Now TV

Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Heavier penalties urged as on-the-job deaths in Hong Kong rise 55% to 118

Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims urges criminal prosecution for manslaughter to send out more effective warning.

23 Dec 2025 - 5:30PM

Indonesia

‘She asked me to forgive her’: Indonesian helper in Tai Po fire makes last call

Erawati leaves behind a six-year-old son who cannot understand why ‘mummy doesn’t call any more’.

2 Dec 2025 - 6:23PMvideocam

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Groups warn of bogus donation calls exploiting helpers’ deaths in Hong Kong fire

Workers’ rights organisation, three other concern groups urge public to refrain from donating directly to victims’ families, citing fraudulent appeals.

2 Dec 2025 - 8:12PM

Domestic helpers mourn victims of the Tai Po fire at a prayer gathering in Central. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong worker killed during demolition work, third industrial death in 4 days

Construction worker in her forties crushed to death as perimeter wall collapses during demolition work at village house in Yuen Long.

5 Nov 2025 - 11:57PM

The woman was killed after the perimeter wall of the village house in Yuen Long collapsed during demolition works. Photo: Handout

Accidents and personal safety

Woman killed by moving crane on Hong Kong construction site

Victim became trapped between crane and railings after being hit by moving machine on the site in Cheung Shue Tan.

30 Sep 2025 - 9:05PM

Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Widow of Hong Kong repairman who died after working 59 hours plans legal action

Widow says she plans to challenge Sigma Elevator’s non-recognition of her husband’s death in July 2024 as work-related.

21 Aug 2025 - 1:26AM

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong worker dies after falling from 3-storey village house

Maintenance worker’s fatal fall brings number of industrial fatalities in July to 10.

30 Jul 2025 - 11:02PM

The man was rushed to Tuen Mun Hospital, where he was later declared dead. Photo: Sam Tsang

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