Incheon Airport Holds Ceremony Declaring 'Zero' Major Accidents at 4th Phase Construction Site

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] Incheon International Airport Corporation announced on the 27th that it held a ‘Zero Serious Accident Declaration Ceremony’ at the Incheon Airport Phase 4 construction site.

The declaration ceremony held the day before was conducted to inspect the safety management system of the Incheon Airport Phase 4 construction site, the largest construction site in Korea, and to raise safety awareness among on-site workers ahead of the enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act starting that day.

At the declaration ceremony, Kim Kyung-wook, President of Incheon International Airport Corporation, visited the safety training center established within the Phase 4 construction site to check the current status of safety management at the construction site, and visited major facilities of the Phase 4 site to directly examine the safety status of each facility.

The subsequent declaration ceremony was attended by about 100 people, including Kim Kyung-wook, President of Incheon International Airport Corporation, Joo Gyeon, Head of the Construction Project Group, safety managers from the Incheon Airport Phase 4 Construction Project Management Group, and each contractor. The ceremony was conducted in compliance with COVID-19 quarantine guidelines.

The attendees read the ‘Resolution for Achieving Zero Serious Accidents’ and chanted safety slogans, reaffirming their commitment to the prevention of serious accidents. The main points included ▲ active prevention of construction accidents to create a worker-centered site ▲ autonomous improvement of hazardous and dangerous work environments and pre-removal of accident factors.

After reading the resolution, President Kim Kyung-wook encouraged the workers at the Phase 4 construction site by delivering encouragement items consisting of winter gear such as neck warmers, earplugs, and hot packs.

The Incheon Airport Phase 4 construction project is a large-scale infrastructure project involving the expansion of Terminal 2 and the construction of a new fourth runway at Incheon Airport, with an investment of approximately 4.8 trillion KRW by 2024. As of the end of December last year, the project recorded a progress rate of 31.9%, proceeding smoothly according to the planned schedule.

In particular, since the Phase 4 construction site is the largest construction site in Korea with about 80 contractors simultaneously carrying out construction, the corporation has strengthened the safety management system by introducing the Phase 4 CSQ (Construction Safety Quality) comprehensive level evaluation system and piloting the Phase 4 construction clean site creation plan.

President Kim said, “Based on the recognition that ‘safety is the top priority that cannot be compromised,’ we will fundamentally block the occurrence of serious accidents at the Incheon Airport Phase 4 construction site,” and added, “We will establish a role model for construction sites that meets the trust of the public.”

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