"Data Protects Workers" ... Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Declares Itself a Data-Driven Safety and Health Leading Institution

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency is holding a data-driven safety and health transformation proclamation ceremony.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Protecting workers' lives in the era of 'big data'!

On the 21st at 10 a.m., the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) held the 'Data Safety and Health Leading Institution Proclamation Ceremony' aiming for a digital transformation of safety and health services based on data.

This event was the first time among domestic public institutions that the head of the institution presided over the proclamation of a data vision. The slogan was "A Safe and Healthy World Communicating Digitally."

It showed the determination to leap forward as a leading institution in safety and health services that best handles and utilizes data.

In his proclamation speech, Director Ahn Jong-joo announced, "Data is power." The ceremony proceeded with sharing and reviewing the agency's data operation status, followed by the proclamation of three major strategies and action plans for data-based safety and health services.

Going forward, the agency plans to implement key tasks for a major transformation of data-based safety and health services, focusing on the three major strategies: "Establishing a data management system, expanding data infrastructure, and enhancing data quality."

In the short term, they will innovate work processes from a data perspective and improve digital literacy through data education for executives and staff.

In the mid- to long-term, they plan to build safety and health master data, organize management systems such as the organization, and produce and provide high-quality, high-value data beneficial to the public through continuous quality activities that maintain data reliability and integrity.

Ahn Jong-joo, Director of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, said, "We are now in an era where data is the core driving force," adding, "The agency will actively support companies' autonomous safety and health activities and the creation of new safety and health businesses by producing effective data, improving quality, and transparent disclosure, responding to national industrial accident prevention policies."

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