Korea National Oil Corporation Gokseong Storage Base Achieves 20 Times No-Accident Target... 6 Consecutive Highest Grade Achievements

Korea National Oil Corporation Gokseong Storage Base.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The Korea National Oil Corporation's Gokseong Oil Reserve Base has achieved 20 times the no-accident target and the highest grade P rating in the Ministry of Employment and Labor's PSM evaluation for six consecutive times.

The Gokseong reserve base of the Oil Corporation is a strategic reserve facility in the southwest region, storing 2.1 million barrels of petroleum products in above-ground tanks.

Since its opening on May 6, 1999, the base has operated for 23 years until April 29 of this year, achieving 20 times the no-accident target without a single industrial accident.

In a situation where public interest in safety is increasing due to the enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act, the base also achieved the highest P rating for six consecutive times in the regular implementation status evaluation of PSM workplaces conducted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor in May this year.

The PSM (Process Safety Management) evaluation is a system in which the government conducts a comprehensive evaluation every four years of workplaces handling hazardous equipment and materials to prevent serious industrial accidents.

The Gokseong reserve base self-evaluated that it achieved these results by fully dedicating itself to accident prevention based on the corporation's safety management policy that regards "the life and safety of the people as the highest value," including ▲expansion of safety facilities and equipment ▲guaranteeing the right to stop and refuse work when safety concerns arise ▲sharing safety information with partner companies.

From this year, the base has also been proactively implementing company-wide safety culture expansion emphasized by management and the introduction and application of advanced safety-related technologies on site.

Kim Seong-won, head of the Korea National Oil Corporation Gokseong branch, said, "We will not be complacent with achieving 20 times the no-accident target and maintaining the highest PSM rating, but will continue to build the Gokseong reserve base by expanding safety infrastructure and internalizing safety culture."

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