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Labor ministry and police raid Coupang logistics center over forklift accident

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • South Korea’s labor ministry and police searched a Coupang logistics center in Gwangju to determine whether required safety measures were in place during a forklift accident.
  • Investigators seized personal computers belonging to logistics center officials and planned to examine the employer’s compliance with workplace safety obligations.
  • A worker in his 40s was trapped between a forklift and a structure after the accident and was taken to hospital in cardiac arrest.

South Korea’s labor ministry and police raided a Coupang logistics center in Gwangju on the morning of the 2nd, seeking evidence of whether safety obligations were met during a forklift accident on the 23rd.

Officials from the Seongnam branch of the Gyeonggi Regional Employment and Labor Administration and around 30 police officers took part in the search of Coupang Fulfillment Gyeonggi Gwangju 3 Center. They secured personal computers used by center officials and planned to examine whether the employer had fulfilled its required safety measures.

The earlier accident involved a worker in his 40s who was driving a forklift at the Gwangju facility. He collided with a structure behind him, trapping his neck between the structure and the forklift. He was taken to hospital in cardiac arrest.

The labor ministry said it “takes seriously the severity of accidents that repeatedly occur at logistics sites” and would rigorously investigate possible violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

The ministry has said it will actively use compulsory investigative measures, including searches and arrests, when a major fatal accident occurs or when the same type of accident is repeated.

takes seriously the severity of accidents that repeatedly occur at logistics sites

— South Korea’s labor ministryThe ministry described its response to recurring accidents at logistics facilities.
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Originally published by Hankyoreh in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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