Social Affairs
Four killed in crane demolition accident
Jan. 21, 2015
A crane undergoing deconstruction collapsed at a shipyard in Busan on Wednesday killing four workers. At about 9:46 a.m., the crane’s machine room fell about 20 meters to the ground immediately killing four workers, including one who was crushed by the debris. (Yonhap)The authorities believe that the workers, employees of a demolition contractor, were in the process of detaching the machine room from the 40-ton crane. According to reports, three of the workers were cutting through structures h