Workers in the construction site died recently who got poisoning after they drank boiled cold-resistant substance in the instant cup noodle, not knowing what it is, which is a chemical material that helps concrete resist freezing. The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, KOSHA, is coming up with measures not to make such an accident happen again.

The KOSHA had a meeting with cold-resistant materials manufacturers at the headquarters on the 26^th, January after which they decided to send the warning sign from the manufacturing process stage.

The cold resistant substance manufacturers, as a result, now put additional warning labels on the container cover adding to the one on the side of the products. Also, they will add color in the liquid in the process of manufacturing so that folks can identify it as hazardous substances.

The cold-resistant substance is colorless or yellow and normally used in the construction site. Workers in the site sometimes mistake it which is preserved in a plastic bottle for drinking water ending up with being poisoned to the toxic chemical material.

In particular, one died and nine fell ill on the 8^th January after they ate instant cup noodle in a boiled cold-resistant substance that looked like water.

The KOSHA announced an alarm regarding the accident to prevent it happen again and called for caution to the construction businesses. Furthermore, the agency is producing warning labels to focus on giving them to small size construction companies.

Mr. Jeong, Director of Occupational Health Department, KOSHA, said “the KOSHA will strengthen cooperation with the Ministry of Employment and Labor to avoid cold-resistant materials poisoning. Meanwhile, the Agency will also continue to secure fundamental safety through cooperation with regarding manufacturers.”