Ministry of Industry Conducts Energy Safety Inspections for Electricity and Gas Ahead of Chuseok

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Dongwoo Lee] The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 18th that it will conduct safety inspections on more than 22,000 electricity, gas, and hydrogen facilities over a three-week period from the 22nd to the 12th of next month in preparation for the Chuseok holiday.

This safety inspection aims to refurbish facilities damaged by the recent heavy rains that struck the metropolitan area and central regions, while also preventing accidents at energy facilities caused by seasonal factors such as typhoons occurring before and after Chuseok.

The Ministry plans to inspect the electricity and gas facilities of over 22,000 multi-use facilities such as traditional markets, terminals, and social welfare facilities, where the number of users increases during the Chuseok holiday, as well as 111 hydrogen car charging stations.

For electricity and gas facilities, they will check and inspect the insulation status of electrical equipment, the proper operation of leakage circuit breakers, boiler exhaust pipes (to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning accidents), and safety vulnerabilities such as butane can explosions.

At hydrogen car charging stations, they will focus on inspecting the proper operation of charging equipment such as hydrogen leak detectors, compressors, storage tanks, and chargers, as well as checking for hydrogen leaks.

During the Chuseok holiday period, the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation and the Korea Gas Safety Corporation will operate emergency response teams to promptly resolve malfunctions in electricity, gas, and hydrogen facilities.

The Ministry will also conduct special safety inspections on electric fence facilities, focusing on unauthorized or illegal installations. However, since unauthorized or illegal installations are difficult to identify externally, a reporting system for suspicious illegal electric fence facilities in the vicinity will be operated simultaneously, with immediate on-site inspections and safety measures taken upon reports.

The Ministry stated, "Some farms, lacking awareness of the risk of electric shock, install electric fences arbitrarily to enhance the effect of repelling wild animals, but this is very dangerous and constitutes a serious violation punishable by a fine of up to 30 million KRW."

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