Coal Miner Who Committed Suicide While Receiving Treatment for pneumoconiosis... Court Orders "Payment of Survivor's Pension"
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A court has ruled that a miner who took his own life due to worsening depression after battling the disease for a long period following a diagnosis of pneumoconiosis while working in a coal mine must be recognized as having suffered an occupational accident. The 10th Administrative Division of the Seoul Administrative Court (Presiding Judge Jeong Eun-young) [ruled] the case filed by the bereaved family of miner G against the Korea Workers' Compe…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-seop = The decision by the Korea Workers' Compensation Service not to pay the survivor's pension and funeral expenses to the bereaved family of a coal miner who took his own life while battling pneumoconiosis is...
A court has ruled that if a worker who contracted pneumoconiosis while working in a coal mine dies after suffering from severe mental illnesses, such as depression, due to the worsening of their symptoms, it can be considered an occupational accident.
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