S. Korea: POSCO E&C CEO resigns amid safety probe after Myanmar migrant worker suffers cardiac arrest from alleged electric shock at Gwangmyeong construction site
"POSCO E&C CEO resigns over repeated workplace injuries"
The chief executive of POSCO E&C, one of Korea’s largest construction firms, tendered his resignation Tuesday, amid intensifying public outrage and official scrutiny over a spate of deadly industrial accidents at the company’s worksites.
…followed the company’s latest industrial accident, in which a 31-year-old migrant worker from Myanmar was hospitalized in an unconscious state after suffering an apparent electric shock at a highway construction site in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, around 1:30 p.m. on Monday.
“As the president, I feel a heavy sense of responsibility for the repeated accidents,” Jeong said in a statement…
When found, the migrant worker showed symptoms of cardiac arrest and was immediately transported to a nearby hospital…He is now breathing but remains unresponsive.
Investigators said the worker was found to have descended underground to inspect a malfunctioning water pump. Afterward, he suddenly collapsed…
While an electric shock is suspected as the cause, police said further investigation is needed to confirm why the worker collapsed…
But the accident in Gwangmyeong occurred on the very first day the site resumed operations, casting renewed doubt on the company’s safety pledges…