SL worker dies in industrial accident in Korea

After working 18 consecutive hours

A Sri Lankan worker at a plastic manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province,South Korea died in an industrial accident,the Korea Times reported.  

He had been working for 18 consecutive hours to meet a deadline.  

According to Hwaseong Seobu Police Station, the 33-year-old worker from Sri Lanka died at a plastic goods manufacturing factory in Paltan Township of Hwaseong City, at around 3:30 a.m. on July 25. He was caught in an oil pressure compressor while trying to replace the plate.  

There were two other workers of foreign nationality nearby, but they weren’t aware of the accident until they heard the victim screaming, according to police. They immediately reported the situation to the manager of the factory, who then called 119 while on his way to the factory.  

Police said that the compressor, which had some oil pressure gas left in it, seemed to have started operating suddenly, but they are investigating the exact cause of the accident.

  
The victim was a new worker who had joined the factory less than three months earlier. 

• Police said that the compressor, which had some oil pressure gas left in  it, seemed to have started operating suddenly, but they are  investigating the exact cause of the accident