Fire officials said at least four people were killed and six were injured on Tuesday after falling on a highway construction site in an area south of South Korean capital Seoul.
The accident at 9:49 pm local time, about 70 km from Seoul, when supporting five 50-meters of concrete supporting the highway bridge, hoisted in a crane one after the other, the Yonhap News Agency told . ,
Kosung-Man told the Kosong Fire Officer that four people died, including two Chinese nationals, and six were injured, including serious condition. Five including citizen.
“They were working to install a deck on the bridge,” was called by a television briefing. “All were on 10 decks … and fur from both sides when it collapsed.”
Broadcaster YTN broadcast the dramatic footage, which shows a deck of a huge bridge on the site.
Rescuers on the site were examining twisted metal struts and fructed concrete slabs under the columns of the highway bridge.
His office said the acting president Choi Song-Mok called to raise all the available personnel and resources to save any missing people and to ensure safety measures to prevent further damage.
The National Fire Agency said it had gathered three helicopters and about 150 officers for the search and rescue operations, and the Transport Ministry said it had a team of officials who are on the spot.
There are regular deadly accidents at industrial sites in South Korea, which in 2022 introduced a law to address security intervals and if a worker is killed on a job to punish the company management.
Earlier in February, six people were killed in a fire at a hotel construction site in the port city of Bandar city, in which about 100 people were evacuated, with a helicopter for protection by a helicopter after taking refuge on a roof. Workers were included.
In June last year, a lithium battery factory caught fire, convicted on quality control failures and insufficient security training, killing 23 workers.
Statistics released by the Ministry of Labor of South Korea in March showed that 598 industrial workers died in 2023, with about half, or 303 in the construction sector, although the total death was below 644 in the Great 2022 in 2022. .
