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Arc 2: Reenactment Trigger

Open Case File · S1-ARC2-INDUSTRIAL

The Hand That Pushed Back

At the Danha Vocational Rehabilitation Center's occupational therapy wing, safety manager Choi Su-kyung was found dead beneath a hydraulic lift platform on the sheltered workshop line—a protected work area designed for people with disabilities. That day she'd been assigned to the line as a substitute, inspecting hazard zone markings, and the line had been running normally right up until the accident. The descent lever was jammed all the way down and locked in place. Interrogate the five people entangled in this death and determine whose hand pushed that lever and held it there.

Scene

operating sheltered workshop line in vocational rehabilitation center's occupational therapy wing · late summer afternoon, end of monsoon season

5 suspects

  • Park Byung-jooPark Byung-joooccupational therapy wing contracted operator site managerEarly fifties. Loud voice, fast talker, calculates loss and liability first in any conversation. When questioned, pulls out documents and regulations first to defend his position.
  • Noh Da-kyungNoh Da-kyungoccupational therapist (sheltered workshop line record keeper)Mid-thirties. Quiet and precise with records. Doesn't volunteer statements that might put others in difficulty, but when asked directly, says what she saw.
  • Yoon Hee-wonYoon Hee-wonrehabilitation center patient safety and rights reporting officerMid-forties. Soft-spoken, quick with paperwork. Retreats behind 'I followed procedure' for difficult questions, doesn't hold eye contact long.
  • Lee Tae-ohLee Tae-ohoccupational therapy wing materials assistant (rehabilitation work)Early forties. Few words, speaks only what's necessary and briefly. Slow hands but accurate, dislikes passing his share of work to others. When questions run long, silence lengthens instead of answers.
  • Jang Sang-mukJang Sang-mukoccupational therapy wing equipment and facilities manager (hydraulic system maintenance)Late forties. Taciturn but talks at length when equipment comes up. Clearly separates what his hands touched from what they didn't.

Exhibits

  • Recovery Program Operation Record and Supply Ledger

    This is the recovery program's operation record and supply ledger kept in the occupational therapy wing's counseling room. Session dates and participant signatures for each scheduled meeting are filled in without gaps. Signatures for receipt of grounding tools—stabilization devices that use sensation to return the body to the here and now when anxiety rises—are likewise complete. On the surface, no operational defects are visible.

  • Lift Platform Operation Log and Descent Lever

    The lift platform operation log shows one descent operation at the time of the accident. Normally material descent is divided into two or three stages, but that day the operation sequence was off.

  • Underground Hydraulic Pump Room Equipment Log

    This is the equipment log from the occupational therapy wing's underground hydraulic pump room. Hydraulic system pressure adjustment work was scheduled for that afternoon on the day of the accident.

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Field Guide

One question = one turn. Examine the clues, shake statements with confrontations, question everyone, then accuse — there is no undo.

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The Hand That Pushed Back · THE TELL Mystery Game