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Defendant
A Imprisonment for one year, and Defendant B shall be punished by a fine of 7,000,000 won, respectively.
However, the defendant A.
Reasons
Punishment of the crime
[Basic Facts] Defendant (State)B is a company operating Aluminium manufacturing business in Chungcheong-gun C, and Defendant A is a director-general of the above company and is responsible for the safety and health management of employees working in the above company.
【Death Accidents】
1. Defendant A’s violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the business owner causing death by occupational negligence shall prepare a plan for classifying places where inflammable or inflammable gases, etc. are manufactured, handled, or used, and shall take measures, such as ventilation, ventilation, and dust removal, etc. at the relevant place to prevent explosion or fire on the ground that there is a steam of inflammable liquid, and shall take measures necessary for preventing the occurrence of static electricity, such as voltage, compressed air, high voltage static electricity, etc., if there is a risk of fire, explosion, etc. caused by static electricity when using equipment breaking or transferring inflammable liquid or inflammable solid substances, or when there is a risk of fire, explosion, etc. caused by static electricity, the relevant equipment shall be connected with such equipment by a certain method, or by using electric power systems that are not likely to use percussion materials or become damp and combustibility;
Nevertheless, the Defendant neglected to prepare and manage the division map of the explosion risk areas, and did not take measures such as adequate ventilation, ventilation, removal of dust, etc. at the place where inflammable steam exists, and did not take appropriate measures to prevent the generation of static electricity in the supply pipes and other facilities.
Ultimately, the Defendant violated the duty to take measures under the Occupational Safety and Health Act at the same time as occupational negligence as seen above, and committed a fire at the 2 plant building of the above company around March 28, 2018, by generating static steam generated from primary ethyl, Contact agents, and inflammable agents in a state where static steam is staying.