Fourth case of Serious Disaster Punishment Act occurs...Law applied to Hyundai Steel's former contractors and subcontractors = South Korea

The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on the 6th that the Serious Accident Punishment Act will be applied to both the former contractor Hyundai Steel and its subcontractors regarding the accident at Hyundai Steel's Incheon plant that resulted in seven casualties.
Ta. After the expansion of the Serious Disaster Punishment Act, this is the fourth case in which this applies to workplaces with fewer than 50 employees. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, around 10:50 a.m. on the same day, an abandoned Hyundai Steel Factory in Dong-gu, Incheon City was destroyed.
A subcontractor worker in his 30s died due to an accident presumed to have been caused by poisoning while removing sludge from inside a water treatment tank.
Six other workers also showed symptoms such as impaired consciousness and difficulty breathing, and were receiving hospital treatment.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor said one of the workers is from Hyundai Steel and the remaining five are from subcontractors. An official from the Ministry of Employment and Labor said, ``The subcontractors in question have between 5 and 49 full-time workers, and the exemption was expanded from the 27th of last month.
It is subject to the Serious Disaster Punishment Act.'' The Serious Accident Punishment Act is a law that punishes business owners and managers who do not fulfill their duties to ensure safety and health when a serious accident such as the death of a worker occurs in the workplace.
It was first applied to workplaces with 50 or more employees in 2022, and was expanded last month to all workplaces with 5 or more employees. After that, Gijang-gun, Busan, Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do,
Fatal accidents covered by the Serious Disaster Punishment Act have occurred at workplaces with fewer than 50 employees in Pocheon City, Gyeonggi Province, Pyeongchang County, and Gyeonggi Province.
In the case of Hyundai Steel, a former contractor, in 2022 a worker was killed in an accident at the Dan Jin (Karatsu) factory.
It was the first time a company had been referred to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the Serious Disaster Punishment Act, and in December of last year it was investigated after another fatal crash occurred at its Karatsu factory.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor will immediately begin an investigation into the cause of this accident and whether it violates the Serious Disaster Punishment Law or the Industrial Safety and Health Law, and will take strict measures.
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