Minister Kim Younghoon: "We Will Thoroughly Investigate the Cause of the Hanwha Explosion"

Five Dead in Hanwha Aerospace Explosion on June 1
Factory Operations Halted; Central Industrial Accident Response Headquarters Established

Kim Younghoon, Minister of Employment and Labor, ordered a swift response to the explosion that occurred on June 1 at the Hanwha Aerospace Daejeon Plant in Oesam-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon.

Kim Young-hoon, Minister of Employment and Labor, arrived at the Ministry of Employment and Labor in the Government Complex Sejong on the 18th and entered his office. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

Minister Kim instructed the Ministry of Employment and Labor to immediately establish the Central Industrial Accident Response Headquarters, and the Daejeon Regional Employment and Labor Office to set up the Regional Industrial Accident Response Headquarters. Ryu Hyuncheol, Head of the Industrial Safety and Health Headquarters, was urgently dispatched to the site in Daejeon. Immediately after the accident, the head of the Daejeon Labor Office went to the site and ordered a halt to factory operations. The Ministry and the Daejeon Labor Office also plan to supervise the investigation into the cause of the accident.

Through his Facebook page, Minister Kim stated, "I extend my deepest condolences to the workers who lost their lives in the explosion and offer my heartfelt sympathies to their bereaved families," adding, "We will thoroughly identify the structural causes of this accident and conduct a swift and rigorous investigation."

As of now, five people have been reported dead and two injured as a result of the explosion that occurred at 10:59 a.m. at the plant on this day.

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