DL E&C (KRX:375500) disclosed the death of a worker at S-Oil's (KRX: 010950) Shaheen petrochemical project in Ulsan, according to a Tuesday regulatory filing with the Korea Exchange.
DL E&C is part of a consortium, alongside Hyundai E&C and Hyundai Engineering, responsible for carrying out the project's core Package One. This phase covers the construction of the site's steam cracker and thermal crude-to-chemicals facilities.
The worker's body was discovered seated at the very bottom of a drum at the construction site. Local police and the Ministry of Employment and Labor are expected to conduct an on-site inspection and establish measures to prevent a recurrence, the filing said.
Shares of DL E&C and S-Oil rose more than 1% in recent trade.