A 20-Year-Old New Employee Electrocuted While Connecting Wires at Yangsan Factory

At around 10:45 a.m. on the 24th, a man in his 20s working at a factory in Yangsan-si, Gyeongnam, was electrocuted and died.

According to the Yangsan Police Station on the 25th, on the day of the accident, Mr. A was electrocuted while connecting wires of a metal processing machine at an automobile engine parts manufacturing factory.

He was urgently transported to the hospital by the 119 emergency medical team, who responded after a coworker's report, but he passed away during treatment.

At the time, there were three or four coworkers in the factory, but the police confirmed that Mr. A was alone in the space where he was working.

Mr. A was known to be a new employee who joined the company earlier this year.

The company where the accident occurred is a workplace with fewer than 50 regular employees, so it is confirmed that the Serious Accident Punishment Act does not apply.

The police plan to clarify the exact cause of the accident based on CCTV footage and witness statements.

If it is confirmed during the investigation that safety measures such as wearing equipment were insufficient, the person responsible for safety management will be booked on charges of professional negligence causing death.

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