Law Firm Dongin Publishes Commentary on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act

Analysis of the Application of the Serious Accident Punishment Act Based on Real Cases

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] Law firm Dongin has published a commentary book analyzing how the Serious Accidents Punishment Act is applied in actual cases to help companies prevent serious accident incidents.

According to the legal community on the 16th, Dongin's Serious Accident Investigation and Litigation Response Team recently published "Commentary and Cases on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act."

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The current Serious Accidents Punishment Act stipulates that if an industrial accident such as a worker's death occurs at a workplace with 50 or more regular employees (or construction projects with a contract amount of 5 billion KRW or more), the business owner or management responsible who failed to fulfill accident prevention duties shall be punished by imprisonment for more than one year or a fine of up to 1 billion KRW.

Although it has been one year since the act was enforced in January last year, companies complain that some provisions of the law are unclear, making it difficult to interpret and apply on site.

The commentary explains how the Serious Accidents Punishment Act is applied in actual cases and analyzes whether the law applies to serious accident incidents reported in the media, dividing them into seven types, and examines what civil, criminal, and administrative responsibilities may be incurred.

Attorney Lee Geon-ri (Judicial Research and Training Institute class 16), head of Dongin's Serious Accident Investigation and Litigation Team, stated, "We hope this will serve as basic material for companies to predict and prevent serious accidents and to gauge how to respond if an accident has already occurred."