THE KILLED AND INJURED : A TALE OF HYUNDAI SHIPYARD

Head opened, leg broken..No Worker’s Compensation!Flashing back 10 years ago in shipyards, there were so many deaths. While welding in a dark LPG cargo tank, he saw a ‘devil-like blooming’ smoke from the tank....

‘Shipyard ghost story’, the same death in 2014 as 1994 again? # 1994At 2:20 pm on 14th May, Mr.  Gwangwoong Kim (45) who worked for Painting team1 of Hyundai Heavy Industry (refer to as HHI below)...

13 deaths within a year at the ‘death factory’…what happened ?The daily precipitation was 37.7 mm and the average amount of clouds peaked at 10. Moreover, it was very foggy near the ocean. At 9 pm, the view...

“Wish I could remove the word of ‘suicide’ covered with my husband..”The husband was a shipyard worker. Mr. Beomsik Jeong, he was a veteran who worked at shipyards for 12 years. He was a sander. Sanding...

Norwegian press reported ‘Hyundai Heavy Industry worker’s fatality’…”Shocking information”In April 2015, a Norwegian reporter who is working for magazine agazine Teknisk Ukeblad> sent...

Pyramid contract ‘Mul-yang team’, causes deathSubcontracting companies are referred to ‘absolute yes men’ in shipyards. It helps prime contractors improve their competitive power by securing employment...

“Mongjoon Jeong is coming to HHI to collect bills”“They have been expanding their affiliates from sweets  gathered by squeezing subcontractors. Now, they are not just squeezing to cut their deficit but...

‘Old’ Blacklist, still valid?Before 1987, pub owners used to encamp in front of Hyundai Heavy Industry (refer to as HHI below) main gate on payday to collect bills left unpaid by shipyard workers. At the time there...

“What is should be like… what it really is like”      Front page  http://laborhealth.or.kr/41059Preface of   ClickTable of Contents1. Fall to sea! Why didn’t...

“Nobody stops running on a single log bridge”“It’s the same as asking someone to run across a single log bridge but don’t fall down”(Mr. Chang-min Ha, the director of HHI(Hyundai heavy...

“Occupational Injury?” You didn’t call 119, did you?!”On the 29th July 2015, Mr. Lee (34) was crushed by a forklift truck and dragged over 5 meters. His coworker urgently called 119. However, the...