‘Mobile Worker’ Protection Project Launched … Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency and Korea Meteorological Administration Produce Heatwave and Typhoon Hazard Weather Videos

Platform Worker Task App Launch → 15-Second Weather Check Broadcast Before Delivery

KOSHA (Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency).

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A project to ‘care’ for workers engaged in mobile labor such as delivery and courier services, which are closely related to weather conditions, is being launched.

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) is collaborating with the Korea Meteorological Administration to produce and broadcast ‘hazardous weather information videos’ to enhance the safety of platform workers such as delivery and courier personnel.

The hazardous weather information videos are about 15 seconds long per episode and are displayed together when platform workers launch their work apps.

To prepare for hazardous weather conditions such as heatwaves and typhoons, weather information is received from the Korea Meteorological Administration based on the current location, allowing the ‘hazardous weather information videos’ to be played before starting work.

The service includes 17 videos across four summer hazardous weather categories: 6 for heatwaves, 4 for typhoons, 3 for rain, and 4 for strong winds. The content provides weather-specific precautions along with impact forecasts, warnings, and other hazardous weather information.

The ‘hazardous weather information videos’ service began on the 16th. It is broadcast through the ‘Occupation-specific Platform Disaster Prevention System’ operated by the agency’s Future Specialized Technology Institute.

Delivery, courier, and designated driver workers who want to use the ‘hazardous weather information videos’ can apply the API authentication key issued from the agency’s ‘Occupation-specific Platform Disaster Prevention System’ website to their operating platforms.

With the recent normalization of non-face-to-face consumption, the number of courier and delivery orders and workers has increased, raising the risk of safety accidents such as traffic accidents among workers.

In particular, so-called ‘mobile workers’ who work while moving without a fixed workplace, such as delivery and courier drivers, are at greater risk of exposure to hazardous weather conditions like heatwaves and heavy rain.

An agency official stated, “In addition to weather-specific caution videos, the system provides various information related to safety and health that platform workers need to know, such as accident prevention, safe driving, accident cases, and notifications of accident-prone areas for two-wheeled delivery workers,” adding, “We plan to gradually expand the platforms that can be linked with information-providing industries in the future.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.