How to Prevent Workplace Fatalities After COVID-19? Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Launches Industrial Safety and Health Forum

KOSSH, Expert Forum on Post-Corona Preparedness Streamed on YouTube for One Month

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency is conducting an Industrial Safety and Health Forum on the 6th to explore workplace safety in the post-COVID-19 era.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) is conducting a forum through YouTube and other platforms to explore workplace safety in the post-COVID-19 era.

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute (Director Kim Eun-ah) of KOSHA is hosting the "Industrial Safety and Health Forum" to forecast industrial safety and health after COVID-19 and to seek solutions.

This forum involves researchers from the Industrial Safety and Health Research Institute and experts from various fields who will predict changes in the industrial environment and workers' safety and health, and explore response measures.

The forum will be held five times over a month starting April 6, with a final session in May to compile experts' opinions.

At the first forum held on the 6th, two topics were discussed: "Ensuring the Safety of Delivery Platform Workers," a major safety and health issue due to the rapid increase in non-face-to-face consumption, and "Risks of Logistics Centers Due to the Expansion and Transition of the Online Distribution Market."

In the first session, Park Jung-hoon, Chairman of the Rider Union, presented on "Platform Labor Seen Through Delivery," followed by presentations from KOSHA researchers on "Social Issues Related to Delivery Platforms" and from the Future Professional Technology Institute on "Measures to Strengthen the Safety Net for Delivery Platform Workers."

In the second session, KOSHA's Central Accident Investigation Team presented on "The Current Status of Construction Safety at Logistics Centers and Future Response Measures."

Discussions continued on the status and cases of industrial accidents, institutional and social issues, environmental changes and prospects, and major domestic and international points of debate.

On April 9, a forum will be held on topics such as "Health Protection Measures for Platform and Care Workers," on the 22nd on "Digital-Based Workplaces and Safe Remote Work," on the 28th on "Changes in Employment and Labor Environment and Safety Blind Spots," and on the 29th on "Risks in Robot Usage Environments."

The forum can be viewed live or as recorded videos by searching "Industrial Safety and Health Research Institute" on YouTube.

The first forum held on the 6th was a recorded broadcast, and the video is scheduled to be released on YouTube on the 8th.

Through this relay forum, the Research Institute plans to establish research directions for industrial safety and health focusing on preventing fatal accidents in the post-COVID-19 era and the 3Ws (WorkForce, WorkTime, WorkPlace).

Kim Eun-ah, Director of the Industrial Safety and Health Research Institute, said, "The first character of the word crisis (危機) means danger, and the second means opportunity," adding, "In the rapid changes in industrial sites and labor environments caused by COVID-19, we plan to gather various expert opinions and reflect them in our research."

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