A subcontracted worker was killed after being caught in a paper roll at Hansol Paper’s Janghang plant in Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province, on November 10. The Daejeon Regional Employment and Labor Administration summoned leaders from seven major paper factories on November 13 to address repeated serious accidents in the industry.
The agency said four of the five recent paper-industry fatalities occurred at Hansol Paper sites, according to the report. The meeting included Hansol Paper’s Daejeon, Sintanjin, Janghang and Cheonan plants, along with paper factories operated by Daehan Paper, Asia Paper and Ssangyong C&B.