"Monitoring 100 Schools"... Gyeongbuk Office of Education Collaborates with Safety and Health Experts to Prevent School Safety Accidents

Scene of a school safety prevention management meeting.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] The Gyeongbuk Office of Education has begun inspecting risk and hazardous factors at 100 schools vulnerable to safety and health issues following the enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act.

On the 4th, the Gyeongbuk Office of Education announced that it entrusted safety inspections to five safety and health specialized institutions certified by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

On the 26th, the Gyeongbuk Office of Education held a preliminary consultation meeting with the safety and health specialized institutions at the Chilgok Library of the Gyeongbuk Office of Education to discuss effective inspection methods for school cafeteria machinery and equipment and how to verify compliance with the Industrial Safety and Health Act.

At this consultation meeting, manufacturers of cafeteria equipment, which are widely used in schools, directly participated and provided detailed explanations about the structure of the equipment and inspection methods.

With a budget of 240 million KRW, safety inspections will be conducted at 100 schools. For one year, specialized institutions will inspect facility safety and hazardous equipment within schools every month.

Kim Dongsik, Director of Educational Safety, said, “Let us all devote our efforts to prevent school safety accidents by designating schools vulnerable to safety and health and conducting entrusted inspections with expertise.”

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