Gyeonggi-do to 'Reduce Industrial Accidents by 50%'... Formation of Interdepartmental Consultative Body

[Asia Economy (Uijeongbu) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province has taken proactive measures to prevent industrial accidents such as the fires at the Icheon logistics warehouse and the Yongin logistics center.

On the 31st, Gyeonggi Province announced that it has formed an interdepartmental consultative body involving 16 departments including the Labor Rights Division, Construction Policy Division, Architectural Design Division, Logistics and Port Division, as well as the Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation, and held its first meeting to efficiently promote industrial accident prevention projects.

This consultative body was established to create and implement industrial accident prevention measures more efficiently through "collaborative administration without partitions." The Labor Bureau takes the lead in overseeing industrial accident prevention projects, which were previously carried out separately by each department, and encourages interdepartmental collaboration to enhance project effectiveness.

The province is currently promoting 37 industrial accident prevention projects across four fields?general labor, construction, design, and other manufacturing?with the goal of reducing industrial accident fatalities by 50% across 16 departments.

The consultative body plans to classify these projects into short-term and long-term tasks to improve project efficiency.

The province has categorized 23 projects, including the introduction of labor safety guardians and dedicated construction safety supervisors, as short-term tasks to be rapidly advanced through collaboration to achieve tangible results.

Additionally, 14 projects such as the establishment of an industrial safety training center and the development of a construction site safety inspection system utilizing IT technology have been classified as long-term tasks. Starting next year, the province plans to cooperate with central government agencies and the National Assembly to propose institutional improvements, legal amendments, and sharing of labor inspection authority.

Kim Gyu-sik, Director of the Labor Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, emphasized, "Interest in industrial accident prevention is growing due to large-scale accidents such as the fires at the Icheon logistics warehouse and the Yongin logistics warehouse. We will explore all possible measures to break down departmental barriers related to industrial accident prevention and create safer workplaces."

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