'HDC Hyundai Development Company Safety and Health Management System Certification Canceled in "Gwangju Accident"... "Complete System Overhaul"'

Safety and Health Public "Committed to Strengthening Support for Establishing Safety and Health Management Systems"

The site office of HDC Hyundai Development Company at the mixed-use apartment construction site in Hwajeong-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju, where the collapse accident occurred. (Image source=Yonhap News)

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency announced on the 14th that it has revoked the safety and health management system certification of HDC Hyundai Development Company, the contractor of the new apartment construction project in Hwajeong-dong, Gwangju.

This system refers to a safety and health activity framework in which the top management declares a safety and health policy in the management guidelines, establishes plans, executes and operates them, conducts inspections and corrective actions, and then directly reviews and improves the results. It is a system that companies are required to have under the Industrial Safety and Health Act and will serve as an important standard for the Serious Accidents Punishment Act in the future. With the agency's revocation of HDC Hyundai's certification, the existing certification system is expected to be comprehensively strengthened and reorganized.

An agency official stated, "We will do our best to conduct a thorough on-site investigation and identify the causes related to the Gwangju collapse accident, prepare measures to prevent recurrence, and completely reorganize the safety and health management system certification work," adding, "We will strive to improve the system so that a safety and health management system that protects workers' safety and health is established."

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