SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the enforcement of a landmark workplace safety law about a year ago, the number of worker deaths caused by serious industrial accidents at workplaces subject to the law increased last year, a government report showed Thursday. The Serious Accidents Punishment Act took effect on Jan. 27 last year [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Industrial accidents at workplaces caused an estimated loss of nearly 30 trillion won (US$25.6 billion) last year, data showed Sunday, with the country seeking to impose heavy punishment on employers in the event of workplace disasters starting next year. The losses caused by industrial accidents were estimated at 29 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign nationals accounted for 12.1 percent of all deaths from industrial accidents in the 18-month period ending in June, a lawmaker said Tuesday, calling for safety guarantee measures. According to Rep. Kang Eun-mi of the minor Justice Party, who cited data from the labor ministry, 1,113 people died in [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of 10 people who died last year from industrial accidents were aged 60 or older, according to the labor ministry. A total of 882 people died in industrial accidents last year, marking an increase of 27, or 3.2 percent, from 2019, according to data released Wednesday by [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The top court has toughened the sentencing guidelines for fatal industrial accidents that result from violations of safety measures amid mounting criticism that the punishment for those who caused the accidents is too lenient. The Sentencing Commission of the Supreme Court confirmed Monday that the basic sentence range is [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The causes of large-scale industrial accidents at South Korean shipyards lie in the multi-layer subcontract practice prevalent in the industry, says an investigation committee launched by Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL). The committee was formed in response to major accidents in the shipbuilding industry in 2017, including a [...]