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1. On 23rd May 2001 at about 12:15 hours, an air-conditioning installation worker Mr CHOW (hereinafter called “DP”) was hoisting one of the air-conditioning machines by using his self-welded metal bracket to support a chain-and-block pulley system, but the bracket broke, causing the heavy machine and pulley assembly to fall onto DP’s head and/or the wooden ladder on which DP was standing about 2 metres above the pavement. DP fell onto the pavement, sustaining head injuries and died. At the time
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