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Last month, a worker in his twenties who was loading cargo containers at the pier of Pyeongtaek Port died in an accident, and bereaved families and civic groups urged the investigation of the truth.



The late Lee Seon-ho County Industrial Accident Countermeasure Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Countermeasure Committee), composed of the KCTU Pyeongtaek Anseong Branch and Gyeonggi Joint Action, held a press conference in front of the Pyeongtaek Hangshin Container Terminal in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do today and requested this.



The countermeasures committee said, "It has been fifteen days since the death of Lee Seon-ho (23) military, but the investigation of the accident and investigation of the truth is still in a hurry." We demand measures to prevent recurrence."



On the 22nd of last month, while cleaning the inside of the open container in Pyeongtaek Port, the supporter weighing about 300kg collapsed and died underneath.



According to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, when working on containers of a certain size or larger, there must be a safety manager and a hand signal manager, but they were not assigned to the site, and it was investigated that the military was not wearing safety equipment at the time.



It is said that the military's initial task was to quarantine animals and plants in the port.



For this reason, police investigations are underway on how the military was engaged in container work different from the original job, as well as compliance with safety rules and prior training.



The Countermeasures Committee said, "The pier operator has been criticizing the accident by saying that'there wasn't instructed to do the job,'" and said, "As the investigation of the accident is slow, the survivors have not even been able to hold a funeral for two weeks."



The surviving family of Lee said, "Even though the child was running out of breath because of the iron plate, the company was giving priority to reporting from the top rather than reporting 119," he said. "I will make sure to reveal the truth so that those in charge will be punished."



(Photo = Provided by the Countermeasure Committee, Yonhap News)