KOSHA Launches 'Integrity Patrol' to Create Safer Workplaces

"Safer with Integrity" ... Implementing 3 Major Strategies and 11 Key Tasks to Enhance Integrity Levels

Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) is launching a new 'Integrity Patrol' project to create a safe workplace through improved integrity.

KOSHA announced on the 1st that it has established and will implement the '2021 Integrity Improvement Promotion Plan' to promote trusted industrial accident prevention projects and contribute to securing safety and workers' health in industrial sites.

From 2017 to 2020, KOSHA analyzed external integrity measurement results and project-related survey data over four years to set three major promotion strategies and 11 key tasks concerning internal audit systems, external customer response, and the spread of an integrity culture.

This year, KOSHA plans to establish the 'Integrity Patrol' by assigning dedicated auditors by region and project to continuously monitor corruption risk factors from the project implementation stage and proactively block corruption risks.

For projects with high external customer contact, such as PSM audits or risk assessment approvals, where many complaints are received, a system has been established to guide the progress at each project stage so that follow-up actions can be easily known when complaints are filed at the project site.

Additionally, to foster an integrity culture led by senior officials, KOSHA will diagnose corruption risks of senior executives, including agency heads, through external specialized institutions and promote integrity and job performance education.

Jo Byung-gi, Standing Auditor of KOSHA, said, "Integrity creates a safe workplace," and added, "We will implement this integrity improvement promotion plan company-wide to carry out fair and transparent industrial accident prevention projects."

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