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| ▲ Misook Kim, president of the Kim Yonggyun Foundation (right). In May 2019, President Misook Kim is comforting Lee’s mother, Amugae Gu, who cried after the late Lee Eun-jang, a non-regular postman from the Gongju Post Office, died of sudden death. | |
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On the 22nd, a petition from the National Assembly calling for the enactment of the ‘Law on Corporate Punishment for Severe Accidents’, which strengthens corporate responsibility in the event of an occupational accident, exceeded 100,000 signatures. As a result, the Legislative Judicial Committee and the Environmental Labor Committee, which are permanent committees under the jurisdiction of the National Assembly, have discussed the bill.
According to the notice of the National Assembly, 100,000 people accepted the petition at 9:20 am that day. This petition, which was published on August 26 under the title of “ a petition regarding the enactment of the law on corporate punishment for severe disasters for a safe workplace and society, ” was registered as the president of the Kim Yong-gyun Foundation, Kim Yong-gyun, the mother of a young non-regular Kim Yong-gyun who died while working at the Taean Thermal Power Plant. did.
As of January 2020, among the petitions submitted on the National Assembly Petitions for National Consent website (https://petitions.assembly.go.kr), the petition with the consent of 100,000 people for 30 days will be It refers to the corresponding standing committee for examination.
In this petition, President Kim Mi-sook said, “2,400 workers die each year from industrial accidents. 90% of workplaces violate the law and the recidivism rate of the Occupational Health and Safety Act is 97%. He said: “In 2008, 40 construction workers died in the Icheon freezer, but the company’s fine was only 500,000 won per worker. “Said.
Below is the entire content of President Misook Kim’s petition.
<안전한 일터와 사회를 위한 "중대재해기업처벌법" 제정에 관한 청원>
My mother, Misuk Kim, is Yong-gyun, a young irregular worker who died while working alone on a conveyor belt at the Taean Thermal Power Plant in December 2018.
Korea’s quarantine K is trusted in the Corona-19 situation, but even now, more than 8 times more than 8 times Corona-19 deaths, 2400 workers die from industrial accidents every year. My son, Yong-gyun, also died while working as a non-regular subcontractor without any safety devices. 50 years ago, a worker Jeon Tae-il yelled, “We are not machines,” but the workplace has not changed. Citizen disasters have been repeated not only in the workplace, but also in the Daegu subway in 2003, the Sewol ferry disaster in 2014, and the humidifier disinfectant disaster.
90% of workplaces violate the law and the reciprocal crime rate under the Occupational Health and Safety Act is 97%, but companies that still cause serious disasters are only punished with a fine of 4.5 million won and a cotton bat. In 2008, 40 construction workers died in the Icheon freezer, but the company’s fine was only 500,000 won per worker, and in the end, another 38 workers died at the Han Express Icheon warehouse site in 2020. The conglomerates chaebol, who are the main subcontractors, subcontract the risk, and even if the subcontractor dies, only the subcontractor is sanctioned and has no responsibility. Yonggyun also worked by keeping all the business rules set by the original office, but after the accident, the original office did not take any responsibility. In the Daegu subway disaster, only the engineer was punished, and those responsible for the Sewol ferry and the humidifier sterilization system were not even prosecuted, much less punishment. The cut-off penalty, which is only punished by junior managers and workers, cannot force companies to make improvements to prevent it from happening again.
Once again, I believe that in order for no worker to be unjustly killed by industrial accidents in the workplace like Yong-gyun-i, the Law on Punishing Companies with Serious Accidents should be enacted. The Law of Corporate Punishment for Severe Accidents is a law that sanctions companies and those responsible for companies that fail to comply with their obligations to protect the safety and life of workers and citizens. Adequate punishment of companies will allow us to create and enforce measures to protect the safety and lives of workers and citizens. The repeated civilian deaths of workers are an obvious corporate crime. I hope that the enactment of the Law on Corporate Sanctions for Serious Accidents duly punishes the company and the person responsible for it and guarantees a society where the right to work without dying is guaranteed.
The Major Accident Business Penalties Act should be enacted with the following content.
-For serious accidents of workers and citizens, the company’s management manager, the main office and the person in charge are sanctioned so that the company obeys the law and makes practical improvements.
-Even if a multi-level subcontractor or specially employed worker suffers a serious accident, the original contractor with practical responsibility is penalized.
-We resigned the person in charge of the company for serious accidents in the process of using multipurpose facilities and products manufactured for the Sewol ferry disaster and the humidifier disinfectant disaster.
-We resign public officials and those responsible for public officials for serious disasters caused by illegal licenses and negligence in supervision.
-In the case of intentional or repeated infringement of the law, punitive damages will be introduced.
It is necessary to enact a workplace that has not changed for 50 years since Jeon Tae-il, and prevent repeated deaths of workers and citizens, and enact the “Serious Accident Corporate Sanctions Act” for a safe workplace and society .
I sincerely hope that many workers and citizens will actively participate in the legislative initiative for the enactment of the Law on Corporate Penalties for Serious Accidents.
