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It has been three years since the death of the late Kim Yong-gyun, who worked at the Taean Thermal Power Plant.

But power plant workers are still working in hazardous sites.



Reporter Im Tae-woo covered this.



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worker directly enters the coal conveyor facility of the power plant and cleans it.



To prevent foreign objects from getting stuck in the facility, they are pulled out with a shovel.



In coal ash processing facilities, they often work with their bodies tucked into narrow holes.



The video was filmed earlier this year by subcontractors' work, and the dangerous work environment that drove the late Kim Yong-gyun to death has not been improved so far.



The union testified that the guidelines recommended by the Kim Yong-gyun Special Task Force to use equipment instead of manpower for hazardous work were not followed well.




[Shin Dae-won / Director of Korea Power Generation Technology Branch of Public Transport Union: The scariest thing about coal facilities is that there are many rotating bodies, and people can dry them there.

accepting it and doing it.

That job takes more than three or four hours.

I urge you to dispose of it quickly.] When



coal or 'camel' fell from the conveyor belt, the machine stopped and the instructions were not followed, resulting in accidents.



[Kang Eun-mi / Rep. of Justice Party (National Inspector General on the 21st): On January 18 of this year, an accident occurred in which a finger fractured during a camel operation at the Yeongheung Thermal Power Plant.

The index finger was fractured because the shovel interfered with the conveyor belt while it was operating.]



Others still point out that the risk is passed on to the employees of the subcontractor and only the ship of the original government building is called.



[Lee Tae-seong / Irregular Power Generation Union Secretary: Kim Yong-gyun's monthly salary was designed to be 5.2 million won, but the actual amount paid was only 2.2 million won.

We are talking about '(no movie) double-wearing'.]



The power generation company said that the sites pointed out as insecurity are currently being improved, and they will cooperate with the union of irregular workers to finish it as soon as possible.



(Video coverage: Kim Seong-il, video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)