Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education, Establishes On-site Safety Management Measures

Establishment of Control Tower, Support for Lung Cancer Screening Costs for Food Service Workers, etc.

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced the "Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Management Plan in accordance with the Enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act." Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] On the morning of the 3rd, the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education held a non-face-to-face policy briefing in the main building's conference room and announced the "Comprehensive Measures for Disaster Prevention Management in accordance with the Enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act."

According to these measures, the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education set the slogan "Safe Jeonnam Education for All" and established three directions: ▲ Establishment of a serious accident management system ▲ Strengthening on-site safety management of educational facilities ▲ Enhancing activities to prevent student safety accidents.

First, to establish a serious accident management system, a Serious Accident Management Team will be newly created in the Safety and Welfare Division of the headquarters, and dedicated personnel will be assigned to serve as a "control tower" responsible for all matters necessary for disaster prevention.

In addition, support will be provided for risk assessments at all schools, consulting projects for accident prevention will be expanded, and substantial industrial safety and health education will be operated to raise safety and health awareness among school members.

To prevent disasters like the recent apartment collapse accident in Hwajeong-dong, Gwangju, safety management at construction sites will be significantly strengthened. Before starting new, relocated, or extension and reconstruction construction, the "Safety Management Plan" will be thoroughly reviewed and confirmed, and experts will be mobilized to identify and eliminate risk factors in advance.

Along with this, self-safety inspections will be conducted on all facilities within schools, seismic reinforcement of 95 aging buildings will be carried out, safety certification for educational facilities will be obtained at 196 schools, and asbestos replacement will be promoted at 197 schools.

Furthermore, to prevent student safety accidents, support for traffic safety facilities will be expanded, and projects such as separating pedestrian and vehicle roads within school grounds, replacing and repairing aging school buses will be carried out earnestly.

In particular, to ensure safety during on-site training at vocational high schools, companies will be selected by applying strengthened safety standards, and through support for safety supplies for trainees and pre-education for training supervisors, the plan is to create learning-centered on-site training that guarantees student safety and labor rights.

Additionally, to guarantee the health rights and improve the welfare of meal service workers, lung cancer screening costs will be supported for all 3,900 personnel regardless of work experience, age, or public/private distinction. This is a more expanded measure than the standards presented by the Ministry of Employment and Labor (workers with more than 10 years of experience or aged 55 and above).

Superintendent Jang Seok-woong said, "Under the belief that 'schools must be the most equal and safest places,' the Jeonnam Office of Education will actively promote the establishment of a dense educational safety net as a key task," and added, "While advancing the existing COVID-19 quarantine system, we will further strengthen the safety management system to create safe and peaceful schools."

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