[Unofficial Korean-to-English translation provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

"9th fatal accident at DL E&C, now the 'Most Serious Accidents' Company," 8 May 2024

... The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced that a fatal accident occurred at the airport construction site ... on the 8th, killing a subcontracted worker, A (64). Mr. A lost his life when he was buried by soil that was pushed down from an excavator that was digging the ground.

DL E&C is the company with the highest number of fatal accidents since the implementation of the Serious Accident Punishment Act. On March 13, 2022, a worker was killed by a dislodged drum while laying electric wires... On April 6 of the same year, a worker was killed ... when an excavator pinned the worker between pillars, and on August 5, two people were killed ... when a broken boom pump stuck them ... Two months later, on October 20, a worker who was extending the boom of a crane... fell from the boom and died.

On July 4th last year, a worker was crushed to death ... when machinery collapsed on him while he was pulling a concrete pouring machine up. On August 3, a worker drowned while pumping water from an electrical room ... On August 11, a worker who was replacing windows ... fell to his death.

... "We increased safety expenses by 29 percent from last year and plan to increase them by more than 20 percent next year," [DL E&C president] Lee said ... last December, vowing to "become a company that operates the safest sites."

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