Seoul: Police raided builder POSCO E and C Co. on Tuesday over an electrocution accident involving a Myanmarese worker earlier this month. The worker in his 30s was checking water pumps at an expressway construction site in Gwangmyeong, just southwest of Seoul, on Aug. 4 when he apparently got an electric shock. He has yet to regain consciousness.
According to Yonhap News Agency, around 70 police and labor ministry officials raided the headquarters of contractor POSCO E and C in Incheon, west of Seoul, and the Seoul office of a subcontractor to seize relevant documents and files. President Lee Jae Myung has vowed tough action against fatal industrial accidents.
Last week, President Lee singled out POSCO E and C over repeated fatal accidents at its labor sites and instructed his aides to consider revoking the company's construction license and excluding it from public bidding.