Yonhap News Agency reported that South Korean workers are highly exposed to workplace accidents compared to those in other countries among the world's major economies, a government report said Monday.
Last year, an average of six people died and 270 got injured at workplaces in South Korea on a daily basis, which topped the list among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to the report by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
During the reported year, the report also said, economic losses arising from industrial accidents reached 17.6 trillion won (US$16.2 billion), which is enough to employ an additional 880,000 workers with annual salaries of 20 million won.
In addition, the loss of working days due to workplace accidents last year was more than 100 times the number of lost working days resulting from strikes and other reasons.
In 2010, 98,645 workers suffered injuries at workplaces and about 2,200 of them died, the report said.
Last year, an average of six people died and 270 got injured at workplaces in South Korea on a daily basis, which topped the list among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to the report by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
During the reported year, the report also said, economic losses arising from industrial accidents reached 17.6 trillion won (US$16.2 billion), which is enough to employ an additional 880,000 workers with annual salaries of 20 million won.
In addition, the loss of working days due to workplace accidents last year was more than 100 times the number of lost working days resulting from strikes and other reasons.
In 2010, 98,645 workers suffered injuries at workplaces and about 2,200 of them died, the report said.
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