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When: At
17:55 hours on June 29, 1995 |
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Damage of
lives: Deaths - 501 / The wounded -
937 / Missing-6 |
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Details
of the accident |
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One of two buildings of Sampoong Department
Store located at 1675-3, Seocho-dong,
Seocho-gu, Seoul (the slab on the fifth
floor of the northern building, 5-storied
on the ground and 4-storied underground)
collapsed, which was continued to collapse
of the basement soon. This was a big
disaster resulting in 501 deaths, 937
injured and 6 missing.
Lesson
and countermeasure
£° The accident of Sampoong Department
Store¡¯s collapse resulted from incorrect
construction.
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It reduced the effective section
of the pillars and the steel reinforcing
so stress was highly likely to be generated,
but after completion of the construction,
its structure was changed without permission
and review of the structure, and accordingly,
load exceeded and a factor of instability
- cracks - grew up.
£° On the other hand, unreasonableness
in the construction practices like construction
permission system and supervision system
indirectly worked on this collapse. |
| £° The reasons for big loss of lives
were: absence of honest analysis of
the situation after a harmful factor
was found out; absence of the managing
body¡¯s fast judgment; a lack of the
relevant person¡¯s understanding the
situation; and late operation of the
crisis management system. |
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