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Police search Coupang logistics center over forklift entrapment accident

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

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  • South Korean police searched a Coupang logistics center in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, over a forklift accident that seriously injured a man in his 40s.
  • Thirteen investigators conducted the search jointly with the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
  • The injured man suffered cardiac arrest and remained unconscious after his pulse returned.

Police launched a compulsory investigation at a Coupang logistics center in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, following a forklift accident that seriously injured a man in his 40s.

Thirteen investigators from the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency searched the facility from 9 a.m. on September 2 in cooperation with the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

The accident occurred on August 23, when the man became trapped between a forklift and a structure while the vehicle was being operated. He was taken to hospital in cardiac arrest. His pulse later returned, but he reportedly did not regain consciousness.

The provincial police agency took over the case from Gwangju Police on August 25, citing the seriousness of the incident and its classification as an industrial accident.

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