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[Real Reality]

Nine S. Korean workers killed in building collapse
Nine construction workers were killed and five others injured when concrete reinforcements collapsed during construction work on a logistics center here Thursday, police said. The nine workers fell to their death around 11:20 a.m. when concrete reinforcements of the second floor collapsed at the construction site in this town 80 kilometers south of Seoul.
Yonhap News (October 7, 2005)
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20051007/410100000020051007012237E3.html

[funplanet]

It's a sad commentary on the state of construction safety regs here....I am certain someone was trying to cut costs by shoddy practices....

who pays? the poor construction workers...when will those responsible step up???

[Wangja]

A minor point perhaps, but the collapse was not due to collapse of the permanent building - and hence construction regulation compliance - it was due to collapse of temporary works or perhaps precipitate removal of those temproary works.

This does not help the poor guys who died for whom I extend my sympathies.

[Universalis]

I see these guys risking their lives doing such mundane, but necessary, things as washing windows and making buildings, and I think about how much they make compared to Joe CEO who's biggest risk in life is getting a paper cut while shuffling paperwork. Life just isn't fair.

Brian

[agraham]

Acording to the documentary I just watched called "Jongno, Winter", many construction workers are Chinese-Koreans who are treated like coolies, discriminated against in favor of western kyopos in immigration law and commonly cheated out of thier wages.

[mindmetoo]

[funplanet]

In nearly 5 years here I have yet to see a welder wearing eye protection....saw a stone cutter this week, stone chips flying left and right, with absolutely no eye protection...

I guess kim-chi protects 'em

[ddeubel]

Hey I was an iron worker for years through university and 6 years after...worked many cities in N.A. Terrible safety violations, guys working to just bring home the bacon and never coming home ....4 guys I knew in my time died, more injured but kept sluggin away. I got into teaching after falling and a lot of workplace litigation.......7 weeks in the hospital on demerol and daydreams..

Point is, so seldom we look at the world we live in and realize its COST. the real cost and those who carry the shit pail.......I've lived both sides and all the working joe really wants is a bit more respect, a beer bought now and then and for someone to think from time to time about what they built.

When was the last time you were in a place and wondered how it was made?

DD -

PS. Corners are cut everywhere, nobody likes a straight line..

[Summer Wine]

[kermo]

I had to check this out to see if it had anything to do with the incredible series of explosive noises coming through my window tonight around dinner in Banpo-dong. It sounded like heaps of fireworks going off, but it wasn't even close to dark.

I'm sorry to hear about this collapse though.

[Gord]

[Hollywoodaction]