Protecting Delivery Workers' Wrists and Knees... Musculoskeletal Disorder Prevention Service

Safety and Health Gong, Support Project for Musculoskeletal Disorder Prevention for Essential Workers Until October

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[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency announced on the 14th that it plans to implement a musculoskeletal disease prevention service project targeting essential workers such as delivery drivers and sanitation workers.

By October, the agency will carry out the "Investigation of Hazardous Factors in Musculoskeletal Disease Burden Work and Improvement Support" project. Approximately 4,600 workplaces with fewer than 50 regular employees in sanitation, delivery, and mart sectors will receive free support including consulting, protective gear provision, and health management for those reporting pain.

Specifically, the agency will visit workplaces to analyze factors affecting diseases and provide consulting. Protective gear worn on areas such as wrists, forearms, elbows, and knees will be provided free of charge. Workers reporting pain will be linked to 23 nationwide Workers' Health Centers operated by the agency to receive specialized health management.

Workplaces wishing to receive support should contact and apply to the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency in their respective regions by the 26th. Park Duyong, the agency's director, stated, "We will continue efforts to protect the health of essential workers who play a key role in maintaining the functions of our society and to improve working environments."

Meanwhile, the agency plans to conduct "health examinations by occupation" at the end of this month and "detailed health examinations for high-risk groups of overwork-related deaths" in the first half of the year.

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