S. Korea: Migrant worker dies after being hit by dump truck at highway construction site
要約
Date Reported: 2023年8月7日
場所: 韓国
企業
Kyeryong Construction Industrial - Unknown関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - ミャンマー , 道路建設 , Gender not reported )課題
死 , Occupational Health & Safety回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: Police are investigating the driver of the dump truck on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.
情報源のタイプ: 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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