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Police, who have been investigating a finger amputation accident that occurred in April at the Sihwa plant of Samlip, an affiliate of Sangmidang Holdings (formerly SPC Group), have referred the plant manager and others responsible for the accident to the prosecution.
The Gyeonggi Siheung Police Station announced today (June 22) that it had booked five plant officials, including the plant manager identified as 'A', who is responsible for safety and health management, on charges of professional negligence resulting in injury, and referred them to the Ansan Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office on the 12th.
'A' and the others are accused of failing to fulfill their safety duties in connection with an accident on April 10 at approximately 12:20 a.m., in which two workers—a person in their 30s identified as 'B' and a person in their 20s identified as 'C'—had parts of their fingers severed after getting them caught in a chain while performing maintenance on a conveyor sensor at the Samlip Sihwa hamburger bun production line.
Investigations revealed that the two workers were attempting to inspect the conveyor sensor after it malfunctioned while other employees were away for a meal.
In particular, 'B', who was the supervisor of the work shift at the time, was included in the referral as it was determined that the work was performed without cutting off the power supply.
The Samlip Sihwa plant has seen three human casualty accidents within the past year, including a fatal crushing accident involving a female worker in her 50s in May of last year, and a major fire in February that left three people injured after inhaling smoke.
Furthermore, on the 10th, while the investigation into this finger amputation accident was ongoing, a female Vietnamese worker in her 40s suffered a severe arm injury in a crushing accident at a factory operated by Shany, another affiliate of the same group, in Daegu, leading to continued criticism regarding poor safety management across the group's companies.
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