Daegu Urban Railroad Receives Prime Minister's Award in Public Sector at Ministry of the Interior and Safety's 'Safety Culture Awards'

Highly Praised for Efforts to Prevent COVID-19 Spread and Conduct Various Safety Culture Activities

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation announced on the 11th that it received the 'Prime Minister's Commendation' (Grand Prize) in the public sector category of the 2020 Safety Culture Awards hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation (DTRO·Ditiro) was highly evaluated for its efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, various safety culture activities, and social contribution activities, earning this award.

After the resurgence of COVID-19 on February 18 this year, the corporation promptly established an emergency response headquarters and quarantine situation room, and collaborated with related organizations such as Daegu City to successfully block mass infections and employee infections in the urban railway system.

In addition, to protect the elderly vulnerable to infectious diseases, the corporation operated a 'Priority Car for the Elderly' and conducted proactive quarantine promotion activities, such as attaching 'Leave One Seat Empty' stickers inside the trains.

Since 2009, the corporation has continuously promoted Safety Culture Practice Month and implemented a safety competency certification system for station staff to improve their safety response capabilities. Thanks to these efforts, the corporation obtained ISO45001 international standard safety and health management system certification and achieved 52 times zero-accident records, the first among similar organizations.

Hong Seung-hwal, president of Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation, pledged, "We will continue to practice safety-first management through proactive disaster management and focus all our capabilities on customer happiness and safety assurance to create the safest urban railway."

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