A brick wall being built at the Tung Chung East Station construction site was knocked down at about 4pm on 29 August after a worker allegedly struck it while moving a pallet truck carrying construction materials, according to MTR’s account. The wall had only just begun construction that day.
Bricks scattered in the incident and some fell to a lower level. MTR said nobody was injured. The reported account of the cause remains subject to the contractor’s investigation rather than being an established finding.
MTR said it had instructed the contractor to investigate immediately and submit a detailed report. Work in the affected area was also suspended immediately, with no timetable given in the supplied reports for its resumption.
Ming Pao reported an unverified Threads post alleging that a worker had been below the wall and escaped after hearing a noise. The report also said the user criticised the alleged absence of a site safety officer. Neither claim was independently confirmed in the supplied reports, and MTR did not confirm the reported near-miss account.
The contractor’s findings on the precise cause, whether any safety procedures were breached and how long the suspension will last had not been reported in the supplied material.