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– Three days before Christmas, a courier from Hanjin Courier lost consciousness and collapsed while delivering goods. Hanjin Courier said it would conduct health checkups for delivery workers.
According to Hanjin Express on the 25th, on the afternoon of the 22nd, Kim Mo, in her 40s, who was carrying out the delivery service at Heukseok Market in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, lost consciousness. Kim, who was transferred to the hospital by paramedics right after the accident, has not been able to regain consciousness until this day. Family and co-workers claim that Kim, who has never been to the hospital normally, suffered an accident while doing excessive delivery until dawn.
This year, as more than 10 courier drivers have died, problems related to the treatment of delivery drivers have arisen. In August, the Korea Integrated Logistics Association, CJ Logistics, Hanjin, Lotte Global Logistics, and Rosen Courier, among other four courier companies, announced a joint declaration to guarantee the right to rest for courier drivers, but it is said that the delivery drivers on the site are still exposed to poor environments. Points are coming out.
Regarding the accident on the day, Hanjin side said in a statement, “Hanjin announced a plan to prevent overwork for courier drivers in October, and is implementing measures to improve the working environment and health care, and it is very unfortunate that there are successive accidents in the health of courier drivers.” As soon as the accident was confirmed, the courier driver visited the hospital in which he was hospitalized, and he plans to find out the situation after recovery.”
Hanjin said, “From the middle of next month, the company
The company pays the full cost of health check-ups, such as brain cardiovascular tests, and checks at about 100 delivery terminals nationwide.
He said, “We will do our best to improve the working environment and health management of delivery drivers by implementing measures to prevent overwork without a hitch.”
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