Truck Driver Injured for 8 Weeks Due to 300kg Metal Part Falling... Owner Sentenced to Prison for "No Apology"

Incheon District Court.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Seoyoung Kwon] A company president was sentenced to prison for seriously injuring a truck driver in his 20s while moving a 300kg steel part.

Today (the 11th), Judge Lee-seul Kim of the Incheon District Court Criminal Division 11 announced that he sentenced A (54), the president of a certain machinery parts company, to six months in prison on charges of professional negligence causing injury and violation of the Industrial Safety and Health Act. A was charged with seriously injuring B (27), a truck driver, by failing to properly manage safety at a machinery parts manufacturing site in Seo-gu, Incheon, around 9 a.m. on November 25 last year.

B was hit by a suddenly falling 300kg 'H beam' steel part, suffering organ damage and foot injuries, and received a hospital diagnosis requiring eight weeks of treatment. At the time, A was using a crane to load the part onto a 3.5-ton truck but had not prepared a work plan before using the crane, nor designated a signalman, according to the investigation.

Judge Kim explained, "Due to the defendant's professional negligence, the victim sustained serious injuries. The victim underwent emergency surgery and has yet to recover his health." He added, "The victim, as the breadwinner, has faced significant difficulties in supporting his family while hospitalized, yet the defendant has neither properly apologized nor made efforts to remedy the damage," and "considered that the victim wishes for the defendant’s punishment."

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