A worker in his 70s died after being struck by an excavator bucket at a civil engineering construction site in Hadong County, South Gyeongsang Province, prompting labor authorities to open an investigation into whether the Serious Accidents Punishment Act was violated.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor said the accident occurred at about 1:50 p.m. on the 2nd at Daeguk, a rebar and concrete construction company based in Hadong County, South Gyeongsang Province, where a 71-year-old worker identified only as A died. The bucket of an excavator being used to lift rebar at the civil engineering site fell and struck the worker, according to the investigation.
The Jinju branch office's serious accident investigation division and industrial accident prevention supervision division ordered an immediate halt to work and launched a probe. The ministry said it will rigorously investigate the cause of the accident as well as possible violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Serious Accidents Punishment Act.
