[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Paul Lee] Two casualties occurred when an aerial work platform collapsed at the IS Dongseo Icheon factory, which manufactures concrete.

According to industry sources on the 27th, employees A (50s) and B (50s) were working on a workbench about 5 meters high at the IS Dongseo plant in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, at around 2:10 p.m. The workbench lost balance and fell sideways, and both A and B fell to the floor.

A was taken to a hospital with a cardiac arrest but died, and the other was seriously injured, including an arm fracture, and is being treated.

Police are investigating on-site officials to see if they comply with safety rules. The police plan to charge those responsible for the accident with professional negligence resulting in death.

 

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