After Fatal Accidents at Construction Sites... Construction Workers' Mutual Aid Association and Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Sign 'Worker Safety' Agreement

Construction Worker Employment Improvement and Construction Industry Accident Prevention Cooperation Initiated

Song Inhoe, Chairman of the Construction Workers' Mutual Aid Association (4th from the left), and Park Duyong, Chairman of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (5th from the left), along with other attendees, are making a resolution after signing a business agreement on the 19th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency signed a business agreement on the 19th to cooperate on preventing construction accidents.

At the agreement ceremony held at the Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association, the two organizations agreed to strengthen cooperation by sharing databases to establish the electronic card system and skill grading system for improving the employment of construction workers.

They also plan to jointly conduct promotional and educational activities to prevent accidents in the construction industry, ensuring worker safety and fulfilling social responsibilities.

The two organizations will promote △ cooperation to activate the electronic card system and skill grading system △ mutual sharing of construction worker databases △ occupational accident prevention education and promotion to improve construction worker employment and prevent fatal accidents at construction sites.

Additionally, they will form a working-level consultative body between the two organizations and continuously discuss cooperative matters after the agreement.

Song In-hoe, Chairman of the Mutual Aid Association, said, “By mutually sharing the databases of both organizations, we plan to establish the electronic card system and skill grading system firmly, and to join forces not only to improve construction worker employment but also to prevent industrial accidents.”

Park Doo-yong, Director of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, said, “More than half of fatal industrial accidents occur at construction sites, so it is very meaningful to cooperate for the safety and health of workers,” adding, “We will spare no support and effort to prevent industrial accidents at construction sites.”

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