Reducing Workplace Fatalities... Safety and Health Agency Launches VR Content Production and Distribution for Safety Guidelines

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (Director Park Doo-yong) is developing and distributing safety and health content containing core safety rules to prevent fatal accidents occurring in the workplace.

The safety and health content consists of 16 types, focusing on accident types and industries (such as construction and manufacturing) with a high number of industrial accident fatalities, including falls and entrapments. It is designed for easy use in workplace safety education and accident prevention.

Eleven lesson plans using virtual reality (VR) content were created, centered on the four major malignant accidents that are highly likely to lead to serious disasters in case of an accident.

These lesson plans combine video (VR) and text into a single educational course, allowing learners to experience on-site hazards through video and study detailed accident prevention safety rules through the lesson plans.

The plan is to enhance the effectiveness of safety and health education by enabling repeated learning through practice-centered experiential education (VR) and lesson plans.

Additionally, five types of content, including safety rule card books and warning signs, were produced for easy use in the field.

The safety rule card books can be conveniently used for safety education on-site.

The agency plans to prioritize distributing this content during workplace 'patrol inspections' to facilitate simultaneous inspections and on-site safety education.

The content developed this time can be downloaded from the agency’s website under the ‘Safety and Health Resources’ section.

Director Park Doo-yong stated, “To prevent fatal industrial accidents, it is important to practice the three core safety rules: fall prevention, entrapment prevention, and wearing protective equipment,” adding, “We will focus on developing and distributing safety and health content that can be easily used in industrial sites to contribute to reducing industrial accidents.”

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