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"A Verdict Hotter Than the Heat": First Guilty Ruling Under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act After a Heatwave Death

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  1. The Daejeon District Court sentenced a representative of a construction company's prime contractor to one year in prison, suspended for two years, over the heatstroke death of a subcontracted worker.
  2. The incident occurred in July 2022, when a subcontracted worker collapsed and died while pouring concrete at an apartment construction site in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon.
  3. Workplaces where the perceived temperature is 31 degrees or higher are classified as heat-wave work, and employers are required to provide heat-illness prevention training and make drinks available.

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"A Verdict Hotter Than the Heat": First Guilty Ruling Under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act After a Heatwave Death

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): “더위보다 더 뜨거운 법의 심판”…폭염 속 사망사고에 첫 중대재해처벌 유죄 판결

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