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Korea, more than 2,000 people work every year and die at the site.

However, not many companies face heavy penalties even in such a case, so victims' families say the weight of responsibility for human lives is too light.



Reporter Jeong Seong-jin interviewed the reason why he said the severe disaster corporate punishment law is necessary.



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late Kim Tae-gyu died from the fifth floor while working on an elevator at a construction site where the door was not closed properly.



There were no safety equipment and no fall protection nets.



The owner's representative was not subject to prosecution, and a sentence was imposed on the construction company with a sentence of one year in prison and a fine of 7 million won to the construction company.



Kim's sister says that this happens over and over again because the weight of responsibility for death is so light.



[Kim Do-Hyun/Higher Kim Tae-gyu's sister: Because the cost of life and fines are cheaper than the cost of safety management.

Parts are handled, used and thrown away.] The



trial to find out the responsibility for the late Kim Yong-gyun case, who was killed by a power plant conveyor belt, is still ongoing, two years ago.



[Kim, Mi - Sook / high gimyonggyun's Mother: prime is glad the subcontractor not responsible, because contractors are not my business, I TOSS not responsible, wonhacheong a]



s the irregular deaths from where the Industrial Accident Scene 413 this year, deaths 256 Place, reaching 62%.



Families believe that the reality that it is difficult to hold the main office accountable is depriving the right to work without dying.



[Kim Do-Hyun / late Kim Tae-gyu's older sister: (What Tae-gyu wanted) would not be a workplace that is not discriminated against?

Because you are a service worker, you work without safety equipment in the highest place.]



The recidivism rate of crimes violating the Occupational Safety and Health Act reaches 97%.



The reason for the enactment of the severe disaster corporate punishment law is not the reason for the need for the enactment of the Act on the Enactment of the Severe Accident and Business Penalty Act, and not to free the Korean government by punishing the petitioner and business owners, but to keep the society deeply aware of the safety of the workplace.



[Kim Mi-sook / late Kim Yong-gyun's mother: I'm asking you to create a site where you can work safely, but the real purpose is site safety.]



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-sik·Kang Dong-cheol, video editing: Park Player)