A steel worker died after accidently falling into a melting furnace at a steel company in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, Tuesday.
The worker only identified as Kim, 29, missed his step and fell into a five-meter-high electronic blast furnace while melting scrap metal, his colleagues said.
The furnace held molten steel at over 1,600 degrees Celsius and the National Institute of Scientific Investigation looking into the accident said it would be impossible to retrieve Kim’s body from the furnace due to the extremely high temperature.
Police are investigating the exact details of the accident and any possible negligence in safety supervision.