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There was an accident where a worker who worked at Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan was caught by a 2.6 ton steel plate that had run down.
In Hyundai Heavy Industries, there were four industrial accident deaths last year, but it is said that the Severe Accident Corporate Penalty Act is not applied to this accident as it has not yet been implemented.
Reporter Jeong In-gon covered it.
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At around 9:05 am today, a large iron plate hit a 41-year-old Kang Mo, an employee who was working at the assembly plant of Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Measuring 8 meters wide and 2 meters long, this iron plate weighed a whopping 2.6 tons.
Kang, whose head was caught between the stand and the iron plate, died on the spot.
At the time, Mr. Kang was known to have been deformed while passing by the support bracket on which the steel plate was placed to do welding work.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor issues an order to stop working at Daejorip Plant 1 where the accident occurred and is investigating the site.
In Hyundai Heavy Industries, four workers died one after another due to a fall and suffocation last year, and they were supervised by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
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“When an accident just happened last year, I did it thoroughly, and I really hope that (the company) adheres to the principle of safety a little.”
There was another serious accident that killed a worker in nine months after last May, but it is not subject to the severely injured company punishment law announced on the 8th of last month.
This is because this law comes into force one year later.
Hyundai Heavy Industries said that it will do everything in its care to deal with the accident and thoroughly investigate the cause.
This is MBC News Jung In-gon.
(Video coverage: Sangbeom Jeon (Ulsan))
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