• Journal of the Korea Institute of Construction Safety
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.25-30
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• 2023

The Serious Disaster Punishment Act, which has been in effect since January 27, 2022, requires employers or management managers who neglect safety measures to be punished by imprisonment for more than one year in the event of a serious disaster. As this Act on the Punishment of Severe Disasters came into effect this year, it has received a lot of attention from society. According to experts, most of the opinions are that the bill was created focusing on increasing punishment for companies, contrary to the original purpose of the bill to reduce the safety accident rate. This study confirmed whether these contents were true through case studies, and if this continues, the conflict between companies and workers will intensify and the safety accident rate will not decrease. Therefore, this study does not unconditionally increase corporate punishment, but compares many situations through surveys and suggests a way for companies and workers to cooperate with the Critical Accident Punishment Act to reduce the safety accident rate.