1 in cardiac arrest, 2 injured in S. Korea's subway construction site accident
Baku, December 18, AZERTAC
One worker was in cardiac arrest and two others were injured with authorities having rescued all seven workers trapped after a steel bar collapsed at an underground construction site in Seoul on Thursday, according to Yonhap.
The accident was reported at 1:22 p.m. at the Sinansan Line construction site of Yeouido Station in western Seoul, leaving the seven workers trapped, according to police and rescue officials.
A man in his 50s was found in a state of cardiac arrest and taken to a nearby hospital, while another 50-something male worker was moved to a hospital for a minor ankle injury.
A foreign worker in his 30s came out of the site on his own and received treatment for minor scrapes on his wrist. The remaining workers evacuated to a vertical shaft before being rescued by firefighters.
The accident is presumed to have occurred some 70 meters underground when a steel bar collapsed as concrete was being poured.
Police plan to investigate whether safety measures were properly taken at the site.
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