South Korean worker dies at a Hungarian factory construction site

A South Korean citizen died on Friday evening in the area of a factory under construction in Iváncsa, the Fejér County Police Headquarters confirmed the information of Telex.

Deadly accident

The police said that on 13 January at around 8:55 PM, the police received a report of an accident at the factory in Iváncsa, Fejér county, Hungary. According to the police response to Telex, a South Korean citizen was involved in an accident at 21, Route 9, Iváncsa. He died on the spot. The circumstances of the accident are being investigated by the police under the administrative procedure.

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A battery factory is building in Iváncsa

A battery factory is being built on 135 hectares in Iváncsa, for the South Korean-owned SK Innovation by Market Építő Zrt. Telex contacted both companies by e-mail to find out whether the fatal accident occurred at this construction site, but they had not received any reply by the time their article was published. The government has given HUF 50 billion (EUR 126.2 million) for the battery factory’s infrastructure in 2021.

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Not the first death at the site

On 11 May 2022, a worker also died on the construction site: the 52-year-old man was killed when the hydraulic lifting machine he was driving fell on him. And on 8 January 2023, a 38-year-old man of Slovak nationality was hit by a forklift truck driven by a 39-year-old man, also of Slovak nationality. The 38-year-old man suffered such serious injuries that he died at the scene, Telex writes.

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Source: telex.hu