Falling from an elevator shaft at a confectionery manufacturing plant in Incheon... Deaths in their 70s (comprehensive)

(Incheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Sang-yeon = At ​​4:34 pm on the 8th, Mr. A, in his 70s, fell into the cargo elevator passageway from the 3rd floor of a snack and bread manufacturing factory in Namdong-gu, Incheon.

Mr. A, who was seriously injured in this accident, was taken to the hospital by the 119 ambulance in cardiac arrest, but died.

The police believe that Mr. A, who did not properly see the elevator that had already gone down, stepped into the aisle and fell from the top of the elevator on the first floor.

It was discovered that Mr. A worked at the factory for a long time and worked as a day laborer after retiring.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor plans to determine whether to apply the Serious Accident Punishment Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act by checking whether safety guidelines have been properly followed by factory officials.

A police official said, “We plan to request an autopsy of the body from the National Institute of Forensic Science to confirm the cause of death,” and added, “We also plan to investigate whether safety rules were followed.”