Ministry of Employment and Labor imposes strict measures on Hyundai Steel after gas poisoning accident = South Korea

The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on the 7th that it plans to take strict action against Hyundai Steel's Incheon plant, where one person died and six others were injured in a work accident.
This is the fourth time that a serious accident has occurred at a plant affiliated with Hyundai Steel since the enforcement of the Serious Disaster Punishment Act.
According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, sludge was discovered at around 10:50 a.m. the previous day in a storage tank at the Hyundai Steel Plant in Dong-gu, Incheon.
Two workers carrying the sludge lost consciousness and collapsed, and the worker who went in to rescue them was also involved in the accident. One person died in this accident. The exact cause of death is under investigation, but an autopsy will be performed.
As a result, it became possible that he died from gas poisoning. Of the remaining six, two were still unconscious and four were treated and released from the hospital. One of the seven people belongs to Hyundai Steel, and the rest including the deceased
Six of them were from subcontractors. After confirming the details of the accident, the Ministry of Employment and Labor suspended the work. We are currently investigating the cause of the accident and whether or not there were any violations of the Serious Disaster Punishment Law or the Industrial Safety and Health Law. present day
The Serious Disaster Punishment Act applies to the steel manufacturing industry as well as the subcontractors where this accident occurred, as they have between 5 and 49 regular workers.
The Act on Punishment of Serious Accidents applies when a serious accident occurs, such as the death of a worker.
Business owners and managers who neglect their duty to prevent accidents will be sentenced to imprisonment for one year or more or a fine of up to 1 billion won (approximately 111.41 million yen). As of January 27, 2022, employees with 50 or more full-time employees
Priority was given to workplaces (in the construction industry, those with construction costs of 5 billion won (approximately 557,060,000 yen) or more). The law came into effect on the 27th of last month for workplaces with 5 to 49 employees after a two-year grace period.