Hyundai Engineering & Construction, GS Engineering & Construction, and Hyosung Heavy Industries were included on the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL)'s list of business sites that violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act released on the 29th. The ministry discloses each year the names of business sites that failed to take required measures to prevent industrial accidents, and these companies appeared on the list at least twice from 2022 to 2025.
That day, the ministry disclosed the names of 376 business sites that violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Those included on the list are: ▲business sites where two or more people died in accidents ▲business sites where the number of deaths per 10,000 workers is at or above the average for the same size and industry ▲business sites where a serious industrial accident occurred ▲business sites that concealed industrial accidents ▲business sites that failed to report at least twice in the past three years.
Among them, six business sites that had been included at least once in the 2022–2024 lists were included again last year. There were also 18 cases where different business sites under the same corporations were newly included again. GS Engineering & Construction Co., Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., and Hyosung Heavy Industries Co. fall into this category.
There were 11 business sites where two or more industrial accident victims occurred, including SGC E-Tech Co. (prime contractor)–Samma Construction Co. (subcontractor).
Cases where deaths per 10,000 workers exceeded the average for the same size and industry included Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co.; Shindonga Construction Co.–Jeongmun ENC Co.; the Hankook Tire & Technology Daejeon complex; and the Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) Busan–Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters.
There were seven business sites where serious industrial accidents occurred. These involved multiple injuries due to leaks of hazardous substances or fires and explosions at harmful or hazardous facilities, including S-Oil Co.'s Ulsan plant (prime contractor)–Yuhan TU Co., and Cosmotec Co.'s Plant 2.
Two business sites, including POS-Plate Co. and Changyoung Industry Co., intentionally concealed industrial accidents. In addition, 99 prime-contractor business sites were penalized for violating safety and health obligations for subcontracted workers. These included Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., GS Engineering & Construction Co., and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.
Kim Young-hoon, Minister of the ministry, said, "We will continue to make corporations' safety and health information more transparent by introducing a safety and health disclosure system and making investigation reports public, and through this, we will encourage stronger autonomous safety management at worksites."