More than 10 companies have reported three or more serious disasters to the government since last year, with the majority of them being construction companies, data showed.
According to an analysis released today (the 21st) by corporate data provider CEO Score—examining 2025 business reports, 2026 half-year reports, and public disclosures on serious disasters—99 companies reported incidents of serious disasters to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, totaling 147 cases over the 21-month period from January of last year to September of this year.
During this period, 11 companies reported three or more serious disasters to the Ministry of Labor, and 8 of them (73%) were construction companies.
By company, Hyundai Engineering & Construction and POSCO E&C recorded the highest number of reported serious disaster cases, with 6 each.
The cases reported by POSCO E&C resulted in a total of 9 casualties, including 6 deaths and 3 injuries.
Among them, 3 serious disaster cases were reported solely at the Sinansan Line construction site.
In the section constructed by POSCO E&C on the Sinansan Line, 3 workers died in April and December of last year, and June of this year.
The 6 serious disaster cases reported by Hyundai Engineering & Construction resulted in 7 casualties, including 6 deaths and 1 injury.
In the case of Hyundai Engineering & Construction, 1 worker died in June from a crushing accident caused by a soil collapse and another in September from a fall at the Shaheen ethylene facility construction site.
They were followed by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Kia, which reported 4 cases each.
Seven other companies, including Hyundai Engineering and HJ Shipbuilding & Construction, were found to have reported 3 serious disaster cases.
Among them, Hyundai Engineering recorded the highest number of casualties among the 11 companies with 3 or more serious disasters during the survey period, with 6 deaths and 7 injuries.
HJ Shipbuilding & Construction recorded the highest number of deaths, with 9.
For this survey, CEO Score classified accidents involving subcontractors as well as corporate affiliates and subsidiaries as accidents of the respective company based on the location of occurrence.
The figures included in the survey results are based on each company's serious disaster reporting criteria, and they also include cases that were subsequently excluded from serious disaster categories because the cause of death was determined to be a personal illness, or cases whose serious disaster status has not yet been finalized.
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