occupational hazard Archives

Victims of Occupational Hazards File Lawsuit to Reveal Samsung Hazard Assessment Report

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the Central Administrative Judgement Commission’s decision last July not to publicly disclose most portions of the Working Environment Assessment Report submitted by Samsung, victims of occupational hazards at Samsung have filed an administrative lawsuit. Banolim, an advocacy group pushing for the health and human rights of semiconductor workers [...]

Second-Hand Smoke Recognized As Occupational Hazard For The First Time

SEOUL, Dec 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Workers’ Compensation & Welfare Service ruled that Mr. Hyung, an employee with lung cancer, has an occupational illness after working for 35 years at a fire grill restaurant in Korea. This is the first case ever in Korea where a worker’s illness caused by second-hand smoke was [...]