Worker rescued from collapsed subway construction site in South Korea - OHS Canada Magazine

Sinkholes put Korean construction firms on edge

Construction firms are on high alert after another death due to land subsidence. Already the primary targets of criticism following fatal accidents caused by sinking ground surfaces, the companies are...

S. Korea worker found dead days after metro construction site collapse

Rescuers struggled to locate the man in his 50s after the accident. Read more at straitstimes.com.

(Gwangmyeong = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Young-hoon = On the 16th, six days after a worker went missing due to a collapse accident at the Shin Ansan Line underground tunnel construction site in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, the fire department conducted a search...

Worker rescued from collapsed subway construction site in South Korea - OHS Canada Magazine

South Korean rescue workers on Saturday pulled a man from a collapsed subway construction site near the capital of Seoul and continued searching for another believed to be trapped inside. Im Gwang-sik, an official with Gwangmyeong city’s fire department, said the survivor was trapped about 30 meters (98 feet) underground in the rubble for approximately 13 hours, and was conscious when found and taken to a nearby hospital. Gwangmyeong city author…

South Korea: Search for missing worker at collapsed subway construction site continues for 5th day

Gwangmyeong, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rescue workers continued their search for a fifth day Tuesday to find a worker missing in the collapse of a subway construction site in the city of Gwangmyeong. The construction site for the Sinansan Line collapsed Friday, causing a section of the road above ground to cave in and damaging several buildings, Yonhap news agency reported. All but one worker in his 50s were found safe or rescued. The search for…