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Review the sequence, causes and management gaps. Cases follow accident dates; disease reports have a separately identified reporting date.
2022-01-11
On 2022-01-11, an upper floor receiving concrete and the structure below it failed in succession at a high-rise residential and commercial building project, causing 6 fatalities.
2022-01-29
On 2022-01-29, accumulated material above a quarry collapsed, causing 3 fatalities among people working below.
2022-02-09
On 2022-02-09, a tool was ejected from a compression moulding press at an automotive-parts factory and caused 1 fatality nearby.
2022-02-10
Workers cleaning parts developed liver damage, and 16 cases of occupational disease were identified.
2022-02-19
On 2022-02-19, 1 subcontractor worker died while checking guardrail-replacement locations on a ship under repair.
Mid-March 2022
Unstable support during a height adjustment to swimming-pool beam formwork led to the death of 1 worker.
2022-03-16
A heat-shield panel fell during a maintenance lift and killed 1 worker.
2022-03-29
An explosion during pipe work on an idle waste-oil tank killed 2 workers.
Spring 2022
A worker investigating an apartment ceiling leak fell while descending a ladder and died.
2022-04-20
A worker died after becoming caught between steel pipes during forklift transport.
2022-05-14
On 14 May 2022, 1 worker receiving lifted materials at an extension project in Gyeonggi Province fell and died.
2022-05-20
On 20 May 2022, a worker dismantling a storage-building roof in Ulsan fell while standing on the roof.
2022-07-14
On 14 July 2022, 1 worker died while cleaning the mould of an automatically operating die-casting machine in South Gyeongsang Province.
2022-08-08
On 8 August 2022, 1 worker cutting rebar in the rain at a Gyeonggi Province construction site died from electric shock.
2022-10-15
On 15 October 2022, 1 worker mixing sauce at a food factory in Gyeonggi Province became entangled in rotating blades and died.
May 2022
At a special-steel works, 3 accidents between May 2022 and 2 March 2023 caused 4 deaths.
2023-01-05
On 5 January 2023, 1 worker erecting scaffolding during repairs at a cement factory in North Chungcheong Province fell and died.
2023-01-09
On 9 January 2023, a forklift struck a worker during a material changeover at a factory in Gwangju.
2023-01-18
On 18 January 2023, 1 worker died after becoming caught in a rotating shaft while lubricating machinery at a corrugated-box factory in Jeju.
2023-03-21
On 21 March 2023, 1 worker travelling on a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) at a warehouse construction site was trapped between a structure and the guardrail and died.
2023-03-31
On 31 March 2023, 1 worker died after being struck by hot material escaping a rolling mill at a reinforcing-steel factory in South Chungcheong Province.
2023-05-11
On 11 May 2023, 1 subcontractor worker died after being trapped while checking a robot at an automotive-parts factory in Gyeonggi Province.
Spring 2023
At a port yard in South Jeolla Province, 1 employee inspecting containers was struck by a reversing forklift.
2023-08-09
On 9 August 2023, temporary works collapsed during a concrete pour at a construction site in Gyeonggi Province.
2023-09-04
On 4 September 2023, 1 worker clearing a blocked manure pipe died inside a slurry pit at a pig farm in North Jeolla Province.
2023-12-06
On 6 December 2023, workers replacing an agitator motor at a zinc smelter were exposed to arsine.
2024-01-23
On 23 January 2024, a day labourer removing pipework at a car factory in South Gyeongsang Province was trapped between a work-platform guardrail and the roof structure.
2024-02-01
On 1 February 2024, 1 worker moving a bundle of coils at a steel-pipe factory in Gyeonggi Province was crushed by a falling coil.
2024-02-15
On 15 February 2024, a worker insulating overhead pipes at a school maintenance site in Gyeonggi Province fell from a work platform.
2024-04-16
On 16 April 2024, 1 worker died while dealing with a pine tree lodged against another tree at a forestry site in South Jeolla Province.
2024-06-24
On 24 June 2024, a fire at a primary-battery factory in Gyeonggi Province killed 23 people and injured 9.
Improvement case
A delivery-focused restaurant owner in Seoul inspected the premises with an expert and improved the working environment and daily checks.
No cases match these conditions.