Hanil Cement, First in Korea's Dry Mortar Sector to Obtain ISO45001 Certification

Oh Hae-geun, CSO of Hanil Cement (right), and Park Byung-wook, President of the Korea Standards Association Industrial Standards Institute, are posing for a commemorative photo at the ISO45001 certification award ceremony.
[Photo by Hanil Cement]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jong-hwa] Hanil Cement has obtained the international standard safety and health management system certification 'ISO 45001.' A total of 19 sites were simultaneously certified, including 7 dry mortar business sites such as the Incheon plant, 2 slag cement business sites such as the Pyeongtaek plant, and 10 ready-mix concrete business sites. Notably, the certification acquisition in the dry mortar sector is the first in Korea.

The certification awarding ceremony was held on the 23rd at Hanil Cement headquarters in Seocho-dong, Seoul, attended by Oh Hae-geun, Hanil Cement CSO (Chief Safety and Health Officer), and Park Byung-wook, President of the Industrial Standards Institute of the Korean Standards Association.

ISO 45001 is an international certification system for safety and health management systems established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 2018. It can be obtained through document review and on-site audits. Deficiencies found during on-site audits are classified into three levels: 'improvement recommendation,' 'minor nonconformity,' and 'major nonconformity.' If even one of the seven evaluation items receives a major nonconformity rating, certification cannot be obtained.

Since February this year, Hanil Cement has been working on establishing a safety and health management system with the help of professional organizations through about six months of preliminary consulting. Focusing on 'redefining the safety and health management manual,' 'establishing safety and health management policies,' and 'risk assessment,' the company passed the on-site audit this month and received ISO 45001 certification.

Oh Hae-geun, Hanil Cement CSO, said, "We prepared for ISO 45001 certification to respond to social demands for creating a safe working environment, including the enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act, and we will develop this further to carry out proactive industrial accident prevention activities."

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