Regularizing Regional Industrial Accident Response and Cooperation... Busan City, Government, and Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Continue Safety Management Stakeholder Review Meetings

April 25th, 4:30 PM, Busan City Hall 7th Floor Video Conference Room

Strengthening Inspections of Workplaces at Risk of Industrial Accidents, Safety Culture Movement

Panoramic view of Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Meetings among related organizations in the Busan area for industrial accident prevention will be regularized.

Busan City (Mayor Park Hyung-jun) will hold a "Industrial Accident Prevention and Response Status Check Meeting" on the 25th at 4:30 PM in the 7th-floor video conference room of City Hall, chaired by Deputy Mayor Lee Byung-jin. Participants include government agencies such as the Busan Regional Employment and Labor Office, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Busan Port Authority, public corporations like Busan Urban Corporation and Busan Facilities Corporation, as well as the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Korea Construction Association, and the Federation of Korean Trade Unions.

This meeting was organized to discuss measures to reduce industrial accidents and cooperation plans among Busan City, the government, and safety management entities, following the continuous occurrence of industrial accidents at Busan industrial sites, including the forklift crushing fatal accident at the New Port logistics center on May 23, the suffocation fatal accident at a food waste disposal company in Gijang-gun on May 24, and the fall fatal accident at a shipyard in Saha-gu on June 6.

On the day, Busan City will report on the basic policy promotion plan for industrial accident prevention, and the Busan Regional Employment and Labor Office will explain the upcoming Serious Accident Punishment Act and industrial accident reduction initiatives.

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency will follow with reports on safety management measures and plans for construction sites and industrial sites where industrial accidents are concentrated.

After reports on safety management measures by Busan City’s relevant departments for industrial complexes and by the Busan Port Authority for ports, discussions among safety management entities will take place.

Busan City recognizes that due to the characteristics of industrial accidents occurring in various fields, close cooperation and capacity consolidation among related organizations and safety management entities are necessary, and plans to regularize related meetings in the future to periodically check progress.

Additionally, it plans to strengthen workplace inspections and actively promote publicity to spread a safety culture for industrial accident prevention.

Deputy Mayor Lee Byung-jin of Busan City said, “Through close and continuous cooperation among our city, the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Safety Agency, and other safety management entities, we plan to minimize safety blind spots and build a safe city, Busan.”

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