This is a photo taken inside the machine room of an apartment building in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon.
Electric wires are dangling among various machinery and pipes, and stands are placed under some home appliances like washing machines, presumably out of concern for electrical leakage.
Also, right in the middle of the machine room, a showerhead and a single wooden pallet are left sitting alone.
This is the makeshift shower facility inside the apartment machine room where a man in his 20s, surnamed A, was found dead on the 23rd.
Based on the National Forensic Service's preliminary autopsy findings and other evidence, police suspect that A was electrocuted while taking a shower.
[Reporter Lim Ji-hyun: The door to the machine room where the accident occurred is tightly shut, and a notice recommending the suspension of the shower facility is posted on it.]
It was confirmed that at the time of the accident, a notice even urged people to check for electrical leakage before using water, suggesting that there may have been past leakage incidents or that the possibility of leakage damage was at least known.
However, no preventive measures were taken, and a 20-year-old employee who worked 24-hour shifts every other day met a tragic end.
[Lee Jin-young / Bereaved family member: He was planning to work only until the end of this year and quit the management office, hoping to enter a company even if he had to lower his sights. As parents, our hearts are truly broken and torn to pieces.]
The apartment management office explained to SBS, "It seems the employees arbitrarily installed the shower facility during boiler construction back in 2021," while the contracting company that managed personnel including A declined to comment, saying, "We have nothing to say."
Occupational safety and health standards stipulate that employers must install grounding to prevent the risk of electric shock caused by electrical leakage.
[Kim Eui-taek / Attorney representing the bereaved family: We believe that negligence in failing to fulfill obligations regarding measures against electric shock could constitute professional negligence resulting in death.]
If the final autopsy results from the National Forensic Service confirm electrocution, the police plan to review charges of professional negligence resulting in death against the apartment management and the contracting company, depending on the circumstances of the accident.
An Ominous Notice... Eventually Electrocuted in a Makeshift Shower Room (August 31, 2026, 8 News)
(Reported by Lim Ji-hyun | Written by Bae Jun-휘 | Filmed by Choi Dae-woong | Video Edited by Kim Yun-sung | Design by Lee Jong-jung, Han Heung-soo | Produced by SBS Digital News)
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