S. Korea: Migrant worker dies after being hit by dump truck at highway construction site
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 7 Ago 2023
Ubicación: Corea del Sur
Empresas
Kyeryong Construction Industrial - UnknownAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 1
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - Birmania , Construcción de carreteras , Gender not reported )Temas
Muertes , Occupational Health & SafetyRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: Police are investigating the driver of the dump truck on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
[Unofficial Korean-to-English translation provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]
"Migrant worker in his 20s dies at Hapcheon Expressway construction site... Hit by a dump truck," 7 August 2023
[...] According to Hapcheon Police Station and the Jinju Employment and Labor Office, an industrial accidental death occurred at a highway construction site in Daebyeong-myeon, Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam, around 7:30 a.m. on August 7.
A dump truck carrying soil at the construction site hit a Burmese migrant worker in his 20s, a signalman, without noticing him. The migrant worker died at the scene. The police notified the Myanmar Consulate in Seoul.
Police are investigating the driver of the dump truck on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.
[...] The construction site is Zone 5 of the Hamyang-Ulsan Expressway and is being carried out by Gyeryong Construction. This case is subject to the Serious Accident Punishment Act as the Act applies to construction projects worth more than 5 billion won.
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