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A butcher died whereas attempting to slaughter a pig in Hong Kong on Friday, town’s police mentioned.
The 61-year-old butcher, who labored within the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse on town’s northern outskirts near its border with mainland China, was knocked to the bottom by the struggling pig and sustained a wound from a 40 centimeter (15 inch) meat cleaver, police informed CNN.
The butcher had been about to kill the pig – which he had already shot with an electrical stun gun – when it regained consciousness and knocked him over, police mentioned.
A colleague discovered the person unconscious with the cleaver in his hand and a wound on his left foot, police mentioned. He was taken to hospital and was later licensed lifeless.
The police power mentioned the reason for loss of life has but to be decided.
Town’s Labour Division mentioned it has launched an investigation.
“The Labour Division is saddened by the loss of life of the particular person and expresses its deepest sympathy to his household,” it mentioned in a press release.
“We are going to full the investigation as quickly as doable to determine the reason for the accident, verify the legal responsibility of the responsibility holders and advocate enchancment measures. We are going to take actions pursuant to the legislation if there’s any violation of the work security laws,” a division spokesman mentioned.
Town’s Meals and Environmental Hygiene Division, which manages livestock slaughterhouses, provided its condolences to the person’s household in a press release.
