Gyeongnam Gimhae Jungbu Police Station. Photo by Se-ryeong Lee

Gyeongnam Gimhae Jungbu Police Station. Photo by Se-ryeong Lee

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A worker repairing a retaining wall at a manufacturing company in Gimhae, Gyeongnam, fell to his death.


According to the Gimhae Jungbu Police Station on the 23rd, a man in his 60s, Mr. A, who was repairing cracks in a retaining wall at an auto parts company in Sangdong-myeon, Gimhae City, fell from a 5-meter-high retaining wall at 11:38 a.m. on the 21st.


Mr. A was taken to the hospital for treatment but ultimately passed away.


The Yangsan branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor reportedly issued a work stoppage order to the company immediately after the accident.



The police and the Ministry of Employment and Labor plan to investigate company officials for possible negligence and violations of the Serious Accident Punishment Act.


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