'Construction Site Fall' Turns Birthday into Death... Contractor Bogwang Construction Fined 6 Million Won

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Bokwang General Construction, which was prosecuted in connection with an accident where a worker who was working fell and was discovered only a day later, was fined.

On the 9th, Judge Park Chan-woo of the Criminal Division 6 at Gwangju District Court imposed a fine of 6 million won on Bokwang Construction, which was prosecuted for violating the Industrial Safety and Health Act.

At the previous sentencing hearing, the same sentence was handed down to the joint contractor A Construction and subcontractor B Construction.

The joint contractor site manager C (51) and subcontractor executive D (52) were each sentenced to six months in prison with a one-year probation.

They were prosecuted on charges of causing the death of a worker by failing to take appropriate safety protection measures at an apartment construction site being built by the local construction company Bokwang General Construction on May 25 of last year.

At the time, the worker fell from a 1.5-meter-high work platform while plastering the wall on the stairs between the 5th and 6th floors of Building 103.

Other workers nearby and the site safety manager did not recognize that an accident had occurred, leaving the worker unattended at the site for more than 12 hours.

The worker was found dead by a fellow worker around 6:30 a.m. the next day, which was also the worker’s 58th birthday.

The defendants admitted all their charges and pleaded for leniency.

Judge Park stated the sentencing reasons, saying, "The defendants had supervisory duties due to their positions and admitted the criminal facts," and "considered the fact that they reached a settlement with the victim’s side and corrected all safety violations."

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