Top court upheld construction site manager’s liability in Russian worker’s death

South Korea’s Supreme Court has held a construction site manager responsible for the death of a Russian worker who fell from a structure along a building’s exterior, despite prior instructions restricting access to the area. The ruling underscores the heightened duty of site supervisors to ensure safety in hazardous environments, particularly when foreign national workers who are not fluent in Korean are involved, raising the risk of miscommunication. According to data from the Construction Work

By The Korea Herald