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Worker dies after fall at Celltrion facility in Incheon

Published: 23 Mar. 2026, 09:41 Updated: 23 Mar. 2026, 19:11

The Celltrion logo is seen at the company's factory in Songdo, Incheon [CELLTRION]

A worker in his 20s fell to his death while carrying out maintenance work at a Celltrion facility in Incheon on Sunday, Incheon authorities said.

The man fell about 3 meters (10 feet) to the ground at around 11:04 a.m. inside a building at the company’s plant in Songdo-dong, Yeonsu District, according to the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency and the Incheon Fire Department.

Responders found him unresponsive and administered CPR before taking him to a hospital, where he later died.

He had been repairing a leak in piping from a panel installed on the first-floor ceiling when the panel broke, causing the fall, authorities said.

Labor authorities ordered a halt to operations at the site and plan to investigate the case under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act.

"He is presumed to be a day laborer, and we need further investigation to confirm his exact affiliation," a spokesperson for the police said. "We will request an autopsy from the National Forensic Service and examine whether safety regulations were followed by those involved at the site.”

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BY JANG GU-SEUL [[email protected]]