Two Cleaning Company Workers Injured and Killed After Falling into Food Waste Storage in Busan

One worker in his 50s slipped, and another who tried to rescue him also fell in together

On the 13th, firefighters are conducting rescue operations at the underground storage facility of NC Busan, a food waste disposal company in Jeonggwan-myeon, Gijang-gun, Busan. On that day, two people fell into the food waste storage, resulting in one fatality. [Image source=Busan Police Agency]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] An accident occurred in which two cleaning company employees fell into an underground storage tank at a food waste disposal company in Jeonggwan-myeon, Gijang-gun, Busan, resulting in one death and one serious injury.

According to the Busan Gijang Police Station on the 13th, at around 3:36 a.m. that day, two employees fell into an underground storage tank at a food waste disposal company in Jeonggwan-myeon.

One man in his 50s who lost consciousness died from the accident, and another man in his 50s was seriously injured and transported to the hospital.

At the time of the accident, while working to dispose of food waste in the storage tank driving a vehicle from a food waste collection company in Buk-gu, one employee slipped and fell into the 3-meter-high storage tank, and another employee fell in while trying to rescue him.

The police are investigating the exact cause of the accident.

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