4 People Buried at Gwangju Excellent Pipeline Installation Site... All Rescued

On the 31st, an accident occurred at an apartment entrance construction site in Gwangju Metropolitan City where four workers were buried at once.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Four workers were buried at once at an apartment access road construction site in Gwangju Metropolitan City but were all safely rescued.

According to the Gwangju Fire Headquarters on the 31st, around 10 a.m. that day, soil collapsed at a stormwater pipe installation construction site on the access road of an apartment in Maryuk-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju.

Due to the collapsed soil, an accident occurred where four workers working inside a 2-meter-deep pit were buried under the earth.

Two of them escaped on their own, and the other two were rescued by the dispatched rescue team.

It was reported that all sustained only minor injuries.

The fire authorities and police are investigating the exact cause of the accident, believing that the ground collapsed during the stormwater pipe connection work.

They are also investigating whether the construction site safety regulations were properly followed.

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