Korea's Yonhap News Agency is reporting that Samsung will be fined a nominal 1 million won (roughly $1,000) for not reporting its recent gas leak
quickly enough. The incident led to the death of a maintenance
contractor who was brought in to fix a pipe leaking hydrofluoric gas at
one of Samsung's semiconductor plants. Police are said to be imposing
the fine on both Samsung and its subcontractor for violating a law
stipulating that such chemical leaks must be "promptly" reported to the
authorities. It appears no official alert was given until the contractor
died in hospital. Police say they're continuing to investigate how the
fatal accident happened, and that it's clear "someone died due to poor
administration," so this isn't the end of the matter -- a fuller report
is expected within two weeks.
Source: Yonhap News