Worker gets arm caught in machinery in SPC affiliate factory
A migrant worker was hospitalized after her arm was caught in machinery at an SPC affiliate bakery plant, renewing scrutiny over repeated workplace accidents.
A migrant worker was hospitalized after her right arm was caught in a bread dough-aligning machine at a bakery plant run by SPC Group affiliate Shany in Daegu, the Korean Chemical, Textile & Food Workers’ Union said Thursday.
The accident at Shany’s Daegu factory came just two months after two workers lost parts of their fingers in a machinery accident at SPC Samlip’s Shihwa Factory in Siheung, Gyeonggi.
The Shany accident occurred at around 9:38 a.m. Wednesday while the worker was making bread at the factory in Dalseong, Daegu, the union said. The worker suffered a deep laceration to the skin on her right arm and was taken to a hospital.
On April 10, two workers in their 20s and 30s had their fingers severed at SPC Samlip’s Shihwa Factory. President Lee Jae Myung ordered a thorough investigation at the time, and police formed a dedicated investigation team.
“We strongly condemn SPC Group’s barbaric conduct,” the union said in a statement on Thursday.
“After the finger-amputation accident at Samlip’s Shihwa Factory, management promised follow-up measures to prevent accidents in special negotiations held at the request of the SPC Samlip branch of the Korean Chemical, Textile & Food Workers’ Union. But another workplace accident has occurred at a Shany factory, another SPC Group affiliate."
"The Ministry of Employment and Labor and police must thoroughly investigate the management officials responsible for repeated serious workplace accidents and punish them sternly," the union said.
Police and labor authorities are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident and whether the company violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
BY SHIN HYE-YEON [[email protected]]
