Police and the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) said on the 23rd they will launch a compulsory investigation into an accident in which a worker in his 50s was caught in a machine and fell into critical condition at the OURHOME plant in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province.
The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency's regional crime investigation unit and the Gyeonggi Regional Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) office's regional industrial accident prevention supervisory division said at 9 a.m. that they were conducting a search and seizure at OURHOME's Yongin Plant No. 2 in Namsa-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. About 20 personnel from the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency and labor inspectors from the ministry were deployed for the search and seizure.
Police and the labor ministry plan to secure computers from related officials and examine whether safety measures to prevent entanglement accidents, such as guards on the conveyor equipment, were sufficient. They intend to determine the exact circumstances of the accident through the materials obtained in the search and seizure.
The ministry said, "If there is a violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, we will hold those responsible strictly accountable," and added, "If the same type of accident occurs repeatedly, we will actively use compulsory investigations."