A highway bridge under construction in Cheonan, South Korea, collapsed on Tuesday, killing four people and injuring six others, sparking a renewed focus on workplace safety in the country. The bridge fell during a planned expansion of an expressway linked to Seoul, with the collapse resulting in ten workers falling. Hyundai Engineering, responsible for the site, is cooperating with an ongoing investigation into the incident. Alarmingly, South Korea has a notably high workplace injury rate, as highlighted by a 2022 Labor Ministry memo and recent statistics of over 2,000 deaths in 2023 alone.
The scale of serious accidents in Korea exceeds its economic standing, highlighting systemic issues in workplace safety and enforcement as reported in the Labor Ministry's memo from 2022.
More than 2,000 people died of work-related industrial accidents in 2023, representing the highest number of such accidents in a decade, underscoring significant safety concerns in South Korea.
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