Foreign Worker Preparing to Paint Apartment in Gimhae Falls to Death While Installing Safety Line...

At around 8:25 a.m. on the 20th, a foreign man in his 40s preparing for painting work on the rooftop of an apartment in Gwandong-dong, Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam, fell and died.

According to the Gimhae Western Police Station on the 21st, Mr. A, a Kazakhstani national, fell while tripping over a ledge as he was crossing a drainage channel to install a safety line before painting work on the 18th-floor rooftop.

Mr. A was immediately transported to the hospital by the 119 emergency medical team dispatched following a report from a colleague, but he ultimately passed away.

During the police investigation, he was identified as an undocumented immigrant who entered Korea on a tourist visa, and this information was reported to the Kazakhstani consulate.

The police plan to investigate the exact circumstances of the accident and will investigate whether there was any negligence in the workplace by the person responsible for safety management.