An accident, suspected to be due to electrocution, occurred at a highway construction site being constructed by POSCO, where there were indications that the manual related to power shutdown was not followed.
According to Yonhap News on the 7th, police have determined that at the time of the incident, the circuit breaker of the distribution panel supplying power to the pumps was not turned off, involving a male worker in his 30s from Myanmar, referred to as Mr. A.
Mr. A was involved in a task connecting a rope between the pump and heavy machinery to address mud that had entered the underground sump, but the pump's power had not been turned off.
There was a manual stating that power supply shutdown measures must be conducted when workers approach facilities where current may flow, but this was ignored.
Accordingly, police are reportedly conducting an intensive investigation into the circumstances under which power supply shutdown measures were not taken for the pump at the accident site.
Additionally, the investigation is looking into whether proper protective gear and safety equipment were provided to Mr. A. Police have reportedly secured testimonies from workers at the construction site that Mr. A was wearing regular gardening gloves rather than insulated gloves at the time of the incident.
Police are also reportedly assessing what safety equipment should have been mandatorily provided at the construction site and whether safety training was conducted properly.
Earlier, Mr. A was involved in an incident suspected to be electrocution while checking a pump installed in an underground sump at the extension construction site of the Gwangmyeong-Seoul Highway in Okgil-dong, Gwangmyeong, around 1:34 p.m. on the 4th. As of four days after the accident, he remains unconscious.