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is an apartment construction site in the metropolitan area. But no one is working. As the Serious Accident Punishment Act comes into effect from today (27th), if a major accident such as a fatal accident occurs, the business owner or the person in charge of management will be punished. That is why there were many places where construction was temporarily halted, saying that it would not be the first case. On the other hand, there were workers who said they lost their jobs as there was an atmosphere in which older people were avoided in the field because they were insecure.



Correspondent Jo Jin-wook of KNN covered the story.



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During rush hour, workers lined up at the entrance to an apartment construction site in Busan.



You can only enter after passing a temperature check and a breathalyzer test.



[longer. More and more.] In the



workplace, safety managers go around to check for dangerous situations.



[Han Won-taek/Housing Redevelopment and Maintenance Project Site Manager: Not only the employees but also the workers are all nervous. Let's take a look at it one more step since it goes into effect today.]



In the event of a major disaster, the Act on Punishment of Serious Accidents came into effect, in which the chief executive was also punished depending on the circumstances.



On the first day of implementation, all major business sites were full of tension.



In order to avoid the application of No. 1, many places have hastily stopped work from today, the first day of implementation.



This is the Busan North Port Opera House construction site ordered by the city of Busan.



After finishing work in the afternoon, I went into the Lunar New Year holiday early.



The local construction union is demanding compensation, saying it is an irregular closure, and compensation negotiations are underway between the main office building, subcontractors, and the union.



There is also a side effect that daily workers in their 60s or older suddenly lose their jobs.



This is because there is a tendency not to give them work for fear of safety accidents.



[Human Resources Office Personnel: People over the age of 60 are telling me not to come as much as possible, so it just doesn't make sense.

I'm going to cut the old people down to remove even the slightest risk.]



It's interesting to see how the Serious Accident Punishment Act will affect the domestic labor market.



(Video coverage: Kim Tae-yong KNN, Video editing: Huh Yu-bin KNN)