Authorities raid POSCO E&C over fatal subway construction accident

Scene of a collapse accident on the Sinansan Line development web site in Yeouido, Seoul, Dec. 18. Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Hearth and Catastrophe Headquarters

Investigative authorities on Tuesday launched a obligatory investigation into the demise of a employee in a collapse accident at a subway development web site in Seoul two weeks in the past.

The prosecution, police and labor ministry mentioned they collectively raided POSCO E&C, the overall contractor for the Sinansan Line, and its subcontractors. The brand new railway is at the moment below development to hyperlink Seoul’s Yeouido and Siheung and Ansan, each south of the capital.

The collapse accident occurred on the Sinansan Line development web site close to Yeouido Station on Dec. 18. Seven staff had been initially trapped and later rescued however considered one of them, a pump truck operator belonging to a subcontractor, died.

The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Workplace, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Company and the Seoul Regional Employment and Labor Workplace held their first assembly on Dec. 22 to debate the course of the joint investigation, specializing in whether or not there have been violations of the Critical Accidents Punishment Act and the Occupational Security and Well being Act.

A prosecution official mentioned the authorities will totally examine the trigger and accountability for main disasters, such because the Sinansan Line accident, to stop the recurrence of comparable accidents and defend the lives of staff.