Ministry of Employment Introduces 49 Emergency Vehicles for Industrial Accident Prevention and Supervision... Expands Construction Industry Oversight

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] The Ministry of Employment and Labor will introduce and operate 49 industrial safety emergency vehicles at local offices nationwide starting from the 25th.

Industrial safety emergency vehicles are crime investigation vehicles under the Road Traffic Act and will be utilized by labor inspectors, who are special judicial police officers, for industrial accident prevention tasks.

The main purposes of operation are safety inspections and supervision for industrial accident prevention, emergency dispatch to industrial accident sites, and industrial safety promotion.

Until now, labor inspectors have used their personal vehicles for on-site supervision or emergency dispatch to industrial accident sites, but with the introduction of these emergency vehicles, rapid on-site response is expected to be possible.

In addition, industrial safety supervision for the high-risk construction industry will be expanded from the existing 4,400 sites to 6,700 sites.

The special planned inspections (patrol inspections) for the construction industry conducted by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency will also be significantly expanded from 30,000 sites to 60,000 sites, and the linkage of industrial safety supervision will be raised from 3% to 4% compared to special planned inspections.

Park Young-man, Director of the Industrial Accident Prevention and Compensation Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Employment and Labor, stated, "With the introduction of emergency vehicles, the responsiveness of industrial accident prevention activities such as on-site supervision will be strengthened," adding, "We will continue to reduce industrial accident fatalities through swift and strict supervision on-site."

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