On the 14 March, seven workers were killed and 13 were injured when a polyethylene chemical plant exploded in a residential area in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province. The workers, all short term contract workers, had been engaged in welding when the tank storing the plastic polyethylene exploded. This is not the first time that workers have been killed by explosions at this factory. A similar explosion killed one person at the complex in 2003. South Korean unions staged a major demonstration outside the factory demanding that the factory owners be charged with murder.
On the 14 March, seven workers were killed and 13 were injured when a polyethylene chemical plant exploded in a residential area in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province. The workers, all short term contract workers, had been engaged in welding when the tank storing the plastic polyethylene exploded. This is not the first time that workers have been killed by explosions at this factory. A similar explosion killed one person at the complex in 2003. South Korean unions staged a major demonstration outside the factory demanding that the factory owners be charged with murder.
