Gwangyang Steelworks Certified as 'Earthquake-Resistant Steelworks'

Certification of Earthquake Safety Facilities Completed for a Total of 12 Plants Including 1 Cold Rolling Mill at Gwangyang Steelworks
Significant Verification of Steel Plant Buildings Safe from Earthquakes

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks (Director Kim Ji-yong) announced on the 30th that it has met the certification audit standards of the National Land Safety Management Institute and obtained the 'Earthquake Safety Facility Certification' from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

The ‘Earthquake Safety Facility Certification System’ is a system in which the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the National Land Safety Management Institute conduct detailed safety inspections and evaluations on buildings designed, constructed, and reinforced for seismic resistance, and issue certificates and plaques to facilities that have secured seismic performance and are safe from earthquakes.

Gwangyang Steelworks promoted the ‘Earthquake Safety Facility Certification’ last year for 12 plants, including the 1st Cold Rolling Plant, which has seismic performance evaluation records, in November. Subsequently, in January of this year, an on-site inspection was completed by a certification review committee composed of experts such as architectural structural engineers, and recently, the final earthquake safety facility certification was received.

This ‘Earthquake Safety Facility Certification’ of Gwangyang Steelworks is significant in that, as a representative company in the region, it is expected to activate the certification system among private buildings, which have only a 12.7% seismic resistance rate, thereby inducing voluntary seismic reinforcement.

Currently, the government supports part of the cost of seismic performance evaluation to promote voluntary seismic reinforcement of private buildings.

Kim Ji-yong, Director of Gwangyang Steelworks, said, "I am pleased that the safety of Gwangyang Steelworks has been proven once again through this earthquake safety facility certification," and added, "We will continue to do our best to create a workplace where steelworks and partner company employees can work in a safer environment."

Meanwhile, Gwangyang Steelworks has invested 1 trillion won over three years since 2018 to improve safety facilities to create a ‘Happy and Safe Steelworks,’ and is actively promoting safety activities such as protecting each other's safety within the ‘Encouragement Community’ culture and improving unsafe work areas.

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