Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Prepares Measures for the Serious Accidents Punishment Act

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Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education held a briefing session on the key points ahead of the enforcement of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 26th that it held an online briefing session on the key contents of the Serious Accident Punishment Act for headquarters executives and education superintendents of 22 cities and counties ahead of the enforcement of the Act.

According to the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education, the Serious Accident Punishment Act, which will be enforced on the 27th, mainly stipulates that if a serious accident occurs due to violation of safety and health measures obligations, the business owner or the person responsible for management shall be subject to imprisonment for more than one year or a fine of up to 1 billion KRW.

To systematically respond to the Serious Accident Punishment Act, the Provincial Office of Education converted the existing Safety Welfare Division’s Safety Education Team into the (provisional name) Serious Accident Prevention Team and added two dedicated personnel.

The (provisional name) Serious Accident Prevention Team will be responsible for ▲ establishing and implementing a safety and health management system necessary for accident prevention and nine delegated matters under the enforcement decree ▲ establishing and implementing measures to prevent recurrence in case of an accident ▲ implementing measures related to improvements and corrections ordered by central administrative agencies and local governments according to relevant laws ▲ management measures necessary to fulfill obligations under safety and health-related laws.

Kim Jae-gi, Director of the Safety Welfare Division, said, “With the activities of the dedicated Serious Accident Prevention organization, we can effectively respond to serious accidents such as electric shock accidents in transformer rooms, falling lathe accidents, and soup pot explosion accidents that recently occurred in schools in other cities and provinces,” and added, “We hope that a safe educational environment will be created as an opportunity for the enforcement of the law.”

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