KOSHA, Find Answers On-Site: 'Construction Industry Health Case' Presentation Contest

On the 12th, the Seoul Northern Branch held the 'Construction Industry Health Management Best Practices Presentation and Awards Ceremony'
SK Construction Luwon City SK Leaders VIEW Phase 1 Site Wins Grand Prize

On November 12, award recipients are posing for a commemorative photo at the "Construction Industry Health Management Best Practice Presentation Awards Ceremony" held at the Seoul Northern Branch of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Occupational health management for construction site workers? The answer is found at the site.

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA, President Park Doo-yong) held the "Construction Industry Health Management Best Practices Presentation and Awards Ceremony" on the 12th at the Seoul Northern Branch Office, with health managers from five construction sites selected as best cases in attendance.

Since the implementation of the construction industry health manager appointment system in 2015, this presentation contest has been held for six years this year to discover and disseminate best practices for construction site health managers.

This event aims to provide various information and support to health managers who find it difficult to independently identify health management activities suitable for site conditions at construction sites.

The best practices presentation contest recruited participating workplaces from October, and after document screening, five construction sites were selected to participate in the final presentation contest.

The grand prize-winning site, SK Construction Co., Ltd.'s Luwon City SK Leaders VIEW Phase 1, was highly evaluated for conducting improvement activities in three directions: raising workers' awareness levels, attracting and encouraging participation in various industrial accident hazard prevention and health promotion programs, and improving workers' health and working environment, achieving excellent results.

The site of Hanla Co., Ltd., awarded the highest excellence prize, the Saehae Line Section 10 Roadbed Reconstruction and Other Works, carried out 'HAHAHOHO' health activities under the motto of Health care Assistant, Health Appointment, Happy Office, and Happy Our life.

Samsung C&T, which also received the highest excellence prize, conducted health management called the 'HEALTH Project' at the 1784 Project Phase 2 Building Construction site, focusing on six themes: Health promotion activities, Enclosed space management, COVID-19 prevention activities, Listening health management, Timely health management, and Hazardous chemicals management, earning high evaluation.

The excellent prize-winning Hanshin Engineering Co., Ltd. highway Anseong-Yongin Section 1 site brought changes to organizational culture through autonomous health promotion infrastructure establishment and expansion of health management work areas.

The apartment construction project site of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. Incheon Daehun Residential Environment Improvement Project was recognized for implementing customized health management tailored to individual characteristics and received the excellent prize.

Ryu Jang-jin, Head of Technology Headquarters at KOSHA, said, "Through this contest, we hope that best practices will spread and promote health promotion activities suited to the characteristics of the construction industry at other workplaces."

A KOSHA official said, "We will continue preventive promotional activities to support sites in preventing occupational diseases and fostering a healthy workplace culture."

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