Hansunghee, President of POSCO Construction, Emphasizes 'Safety' in Inaugural Address

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho]

Han Sung-hee, the newly appointed president of POSCO Engineering & Construction, emphasized safety as his first priority after taking office. Han was appointed on December 20th of last year.

On the 2nd, Han began the new year’s first workday with a safety prayer event at the Incheon Songdo office building. At the event, he prayed with executives and employees for the achievement of this year’s management goals and reaffirmed their commitment to preventing serious accidents.

Han stated, “Safety at the site is a crucial driving force for the company’s sustainability,” and urged, “All executives and employees should carefully check for any blind spots in safety and create a safe workplace so that workers can have a lively and happy living environment.”

POSCO Engineering & Construction faced significant difficulties due to safety accidents in 2018 and established a comprehensive safety management improvement plan last year to eradicate safety accidents. Since then, through company-wide efforts to prevent safety accidents, the number of serious accident incidents has been reduced to one.

Accordingly, this year POSCO Engineering & Construction plans to closely manage unsafe behaviors of workers and induce proactive and voluntary safety practices to achieve a year free of safety accidents. Additionally, POSCO Engineering & Construction lifted all bidding sanctions imposed on partner companies that had safety accidents as of the 2nd. However, if those companies have additional accidents, a one-strike-out policy will be applied.

Meanwhile, President Han presented business portfolio, site management, execution, communication, and corporate citizenship as the key management keywords for 2020 alongside safety.

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