An emergency automobile / Yonhap
One employee died and two others have been injured with authorities having rescued all seven employees trapped at an underground development web site in Seoul on Thursday, officers mentioned.
The accident was reported at 1:22 p.m. after a metal bar collapsed on the Sinansan Line development web site for Yeouido Station in southwestern Seoul, leaving the seven employees trapped underground, in accordance with police and rescue officers.
A person in his 50s was present in a state of cardiac arrest and brought to a close-by hospital the place he was pronounced useless. One other employee additionally in his 50s was hospitalized for a minor ankle harm.
A overseas employee in his 30s got here out of the location on his personal and acquired therapy for minor scrapes on his wrist. The remaining employees evacuated to a vertical shaft earlier than being rescued by firefighters.
The accident is presumed to have occurred some 70 meters underground when a metal bar collapsed as concrete was being poured.
Police plan to analyze whether or not security measures have been correctly taken on the web site.
