A worker has died in a fall at South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean’s Geoje Shipyard.

The incident occurred at about 10 pm on 9 September when the worker fell during the loading of a lashing bridge while using an offshore crane on a floating dock.

The man — named in the Korean media as Mr Gu, who worked for a subcontractor at the shipyard — received emergency first aid and was taken to hospital but died at 11.23