Worker's hand crushed in box-pulverising machine
A worker at a waste collection point was taken to hospital on Thursday after his hand was crushed by a machine used to pulverise polystyrene boxes. The 49-year-old man was injured at around 8.30am at the West Kowloon Refuse Transfer Station. The Environmental Protection Department sent personnel to the site to investigate the accident. The department said it has been in contact with the man's family and has provided them with assistance.