US EditionPolice Raid POSCO E&C over Electrocution Accident Involving Myanmar Worker
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Police raid POSCO E&C over electrocution accident involving Myanmar worker
Police raided builder POSCO E&C on Tuesday over an electrocution accident involving a Myanmarese worker earlier this month. The worker in his 30s was checking water pumps at an expressway construction site in Gwangmyeong, just southwest of Seoul, on Aug. 4 when he apparently got an electric shock. He has yet to regain consciousness. Around 70 police and labor ministry officials raided the headquarters of contractor POSCO E&C in Incheon, west of …
"I can open my eyes and turn my head, but I can't speak." A Myanmar worker who was electrocuted at a POSCO E&C highway construction site regained consciousness eight days after the accident. The investigation began on the 12th with the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency's Regional Investigation Unit.
[iNews24 Reporter Lee Hyo-jeong] The police and the Ministry of Employment and Labor have launched a joint investigation into POSCO E&C. This comes as they transitioned to a mandatory investigation into an on-site worker electrocution accident. This marks the second raid on POSCO E&C this year. The construction industry as a whole is in a state of panic due to fatal accidents, including a recent worker death at a DL Construction site. Gyeonggi S…
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