Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon, second from left, speaks with Prime Minister Kim Min-seok at the site where an explosion happened at Hanwha Aerospace's plant in Daejeon on June 1. [YONHAP]
Chipmakers and defense manufacturers — two of Korea's fastest-growing industries — will be subject to state-led emergency safety inspections at their factories to protect workers’ safety, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said on Tuesday.
Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon ordered such an inspection during a second meeting of the central management headquarters for industrial accidents to discuss the deadly explosion at Hanwha Aerospace’s cleaning facility.
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During the meeting, officials reviewed the investigation records and proof indicating a recent increase in contract volumes at Hanwha Aerospace. They also discussed the recent fluorine gas leak that happened at one of chipmaker SK hynix’s plants, which left multiple workers injured.
