Jung Ho-young, LGD President: "Serious Responsibility for Paju Factory Accident... Promoting Internalization of Risky Work by Primary Contractors"

[Asia Economy Reporter Suyeon Woo] Jung Ho-young, CEO of LG Display, expressed "a serious sense of responsibility" regarding the chemical substance leakage accident that occurred last month at the LG Display factory in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, stating, "We will promote the internalization of hazardous work to control risks related to handling critical hazardous materials."

On the afternoon of the 22nd, at the Industrial Accident Hearing held by the Environment and Labor Committee at the National Assembly in Yeouido, CEO Jung disclosed these details. He said, "We are pursuing a plan for the primary contractor to directly perform hazardous tasks to facilitate mutual communication in hazardous material control operations and risk management," adding, "This will be a concept completely different from 'outsourcing of risk'."

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Im Eui-ja, a member of the People Power Party, criticized the issuance of a general work permit despite the Paju accident site being a hazardous work area at the time, calling it "outsourcing of risk."

In response, CEO Jung said, "There are parts that require further investigation, such as whether the scope of the permitted work included dismantling valves through which hazardous materials flow," and added, "However, since the accident occurred at our business site, regardless of the circumstances, I feel a serious sense of responsibility."

On the 13th of last month, a hazardous chemical leakage accident occurred during the maintenance of LCD panel manufacturing equipment at the LG Display Paju factory, resulting in a total of six injuries, including two serious injuries among subcontractor workers.

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