Fatal Entrapment Accident at Gimpo Recycling Facility: "Two-Person Rule Not Followed"

Circumstances have emerged suggesting that safety protocols, including the two-person work rule, were not properly followed at a recycling facility in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, where a worker was killed in an entrapment accident.

The family of the man in his 50s, who died after being caught in a waste plastic compressor at the recycling facility on the afternoon of June 22, told SBS, "The safety device that automatically stops the machine when the safety door is opened did not function properly." They added, "The two-person work rule was not observed, so there was no one there to press the emergency stop button."

The police and the Ministry of Employment and Labor plan to investigate whether the facility complied with safety regulations, including the two-person work rule.
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