Prosecutors Conduct Search and Seizure at Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Headquarters... Related to 'Serious Accident'

The Goliath crane of Hyundai Heavy Industries located in Dong-gu, Ulsan. [Provided by Hyundai Heavy Industries] [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] The prosecution is conducting a search and seizure at the Ulsan headquarters of Hyundai Heavy Industries on the 17th in connection with the investigation of a serious industrial accident.

According to the legal community, the Ulsan District Prosecutors' Office has deployed about 30 personnel, including prosecutors and investigators, to Hyundai Heavy Industries' Ulsan headquarters in Dong-gu, Ulsan, from the morning of the day to carry out the search and seizure. It is reported that the prosecution is securing safety management and accident-related documents and computer files.

It is also known that inspectors from the Ulsan branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor participated in the search and seizure on this day.

This search and seizure is related to the investigation of serious industrial accident cases, including the incident on the 5th of last month at the Ulsan shipyard's large assembly Plant 1, where a steel plate on a structure slipped down and worker A (41) died.

Earlier, on the 17th of last month, the Ulsan branch of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions filed a complaint with the prosecution against seven people, including the CEO of Hyundai Heavy Industries, for violating the Industrial Safety and Health Act in connection with the accident.

A prosecution official said, "Regarding the search and seizure of cases not yet indicted, we cannot confirm the applicable charges or whether the search and seizure was conducted."

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