Changwon City "Mourns Deceased Sewer Worker" ... Accident Occurred During Service Suspension, Actively Cooperates with Investigation

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam expressed sorrow on the 27th over the accident in which two workers died while conducting a preliminary inspection inside a sewage pipe.

According to the Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters, on the 26th, A, a man in his 30s, and B, a man in his 20s, descended about 6 meters into a manhole in Jwagon-ri, Jinyeong-eup, Gimhae City, to inspect the sewage pipe and were found in a state of cardiac arrest.

The two were lifted out of the manhole by responding firefighters and transported to a hospital, but ultimately passed away.

The accident site is administratively part of Gimhae, but it is within the sewage treatment area managed by Changwon City.

The company to which the deceased belonged was carrying out the "Investigation Service on the Cause of Flooding around Saedari Relay Pump Station," commissioned by Changwon City.

Firefighters are pulling a person in need of rescue from a sewage pipe inside a manhole in Jinyeong-eup, Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters]

An official from the Changwon City Sewerage Business Office began by saying, "It is very unfortunate that the accident occurred just before the holiday."

He explained, "In response to complaints that sewage was leaking from the public sewage treatment pipeline in Daesandong-eup, damaging nearby farmland, we selected a company to investigate the cause and conducted the investigation service. The original service period was from June 15 to September 12, 2023, but due to sediment, work became difficult, and the service was suspended on the 8th."

The official added, "On August 31, the contractor requested the city to perform dredging work to remove sediment in order to install a flow measurement sensor within the task section. After internal review, we notified the company on the 8th to suspend the service until further notice, and recently the sediment dredging was completed."

"Although the service was suspended, it appears that the company conducted preliminary investigation work without informing us of their work plan," he said. "Changwon City will actively cooperate with related agencies' fact-finding investigations and provide maximum support for follow-up measures."

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