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few days ago, a worker in his 20s who was working on a telephone pole in a heat wave died.
While the cause of the accident was being investigated, suspicions were raised that the deceased worker belonged to an illegal subcontractor, not a partner of KEPCO.
This is KBC reporter Junho Lee.
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Some wires from a roadside telephone pole and a mobile communication repeater are cut and broken.
On the morning of the 28th of last month, 29-year-old Mo Lee, who was working on a power distribution, died while demolition of a power line.
Lee was initially known as an employee of Company A, which had a subcontract with KEPCO.
However, as a result of the investigation, it was confirmed that Mr. Lee was an employee of Company B, not Company A.
It is suspected that Company A, which signed a formal contract with KEPCO, illegally subcontracted with Company B.
Colleagues who worked with Mr. Lee also say that they received work orders from a company B representative.
[Dead worker's colleague A: (Are you registered as 00 company and working under 00 electricity?) Yes, that's right. (Does (company B) do work orders or time and attendance management?) Yes. Yes.]
The company declined to answer a reporter's question about whether there was any illegal subcontracting.
[Company B official: I have nothing to say.] In
order to block illegal subcontracting that is being done secretly in the industry, KEPCO is signing a subcontract prevention agreement at the time of signing a contract with a company.
[Family of the deceased worker: I hope this never happens again. I hope only the truth will come out.] From the
collapse of the Hakdong building in Gwangju, which killed 17 people, to the death of a distribution worker.
Illegal subcontracting that threatens safety is rampant at every construction site.
(Video coverage: Kim Hyung-soo KBC)