LH's Efforts to Eradicate Corruption in Safety Sector... Awarded Presidential Citation

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Jiwon] Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) announced on the 15th that it received the Presidential Institutional Award for excellence in safety inspection at the 'Safety Corruption Eradication Cooperation Forum' held in Daejeon, hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

In April last year, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety identified corruption as the cause of repeated safety accidents and established a public institution division within the 'Government-wide Anti-corruption Council for Safety.' Since then, safety inspections have been ordered for 43 public institutions, including LH.

Accordingly, LH conducted audits from April to October last year targeting the eradication of corruption in construction sites and rental housing safety sectors.

During the audit process, LH held a safety grand discussion forum to gather opinions from domestic safety experts and benchmarked Singapore's safety system, introducing overseas best practices adapted to domestic conditions, such as conducting safety competency evaluations from the design and construction company selection stages.

By conducting extensive on-site audits to identify issues, LH strengthened safety education for foreign workers and introduced a 3D safety education system. Additionally, various safety-related systems were improved, including mandating work platforms to prevent falls.

Heo Jeongdo, LH's Standing Auditor, stated, "We will focus our audit capabilities on preventing corruption in the safety sector to provide the public with safe workplaces and living spaces, and strive to ensure that the government's 'Safety Corruption Eradication' policy spreads across all LH project sites."

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