The Labour Department (LD) on Saturday said it has suspended an employer from handling gypsum boards at a construction site in Kwai Chung, following the death of a worker there.

The worker, 53, was crushed by a pile of boards that toppled over on Friday.

"We commenced an immediate on-site investigation as soon as we were notified of the accident and have issued a suspension notice to the employer concerned, suspending the handling of gypsum boards at the workplace concerned," a department statement said.

"The employer cannot resume the work process until the LD is satisfied that suitable measures to abate the relevant risks have been taken."

The department said it was saddened by the incident, and expressed its deepest sympathies to the worker's family.

It was the eighth construction-related accident this month, with all but one of them involving a fatality.

Veteran electrical and building services engineer Ho Wai-ip told reporters after taking part in a Commercial Radio programme that robots could be used to reduce the number of accidents.

"With the introduction of the AI-driven machine or robot, more and more types of work, construction types of work, can be replaced or can be done by these machines," he said.

"And I hope that the employment of more AI-driven robots or machines can greatly reduce the number of construction site accidents."

Fay Siu, chief executive of the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims, said she was upset to see there has been yet another construction site fatality.

"Although these are independent accidents, I think we need to find out the common cause, the root cause about the accidents, and the government or the related stakeholders need to solve the problem as soon as possible," she said.