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Occupational Safety and Health Act — Article 167 (Penalty provisions)

산업안전보건법 제167조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-08-01) — check the Korean original.

(1) Any person who causes the death of any employee in violation of Article 38(1) through (3) (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis in Article 166-2), 39(1) (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis in Article 166-2), or 63 (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis in Article 166-2) shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for up to seven years or by a fine not exceeding 100 million won. <Amended on Mar. 31, 2020>

(2) Any person who is sentenced to a punishment for committing a crime prescribed in paragraph (1) and recommits a crime prescribed in paragraph (1) within five years from the date his or her sentence becomes final and conclusive shall be punished aggravatingly by up to 1/2 of the corresponding punishment. <Amended on May 26, 2020>

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