Preventing Safety Accidents... Geochang-gun Holds Training for Earth and Stone Excavation Industry Stakeholders

Preventing Safety Accidents and Complaints through Regular Training and Meetings

Providing training for stakeholders in the rock and soil extraction industry

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam Province held the '2022 Second Half Year Training and Meeting for Soil and Rock Quarrying Industry Stakeholders' on the 29th at the county office's medium conference room, with about 15 participants including local soil and rock quarry operators, site management personnel, and site managers.

The county conducts annual training to respond to demands for easing unreasonable regulations on soil and rock quarrying, and to raise awareness about safety negligence such as speeding, reckless driving, and lack of vehicle covers on cornerstone transport vehicles, as well as about illicit and illegal practices.

During the training, education was provided on marking quarry boundaries and buffer zones, compliance with stepped quarrying standards, designation and training of site management personnel, methods of soil and rock extraction, dust reduction measures, and implementation of environmental impact assessment agreements.

Stakeholders in the soil and rock quarrying industry proposed the necessity to lift restrictions on cornerstone quarrying areas to revitalize the stone material industry.

Kang Shin-yeo, Director of the Forestry Division, stated, "The stone material industry accounts for a large portion of the local real economy, but many quarries are located near residential areas, causing frequent complaints. We ask for cooperation to minimize residents' complaints by prohibiting speeding of transport vehicles, requiring vehicle covers, and installing sedimentation ponds to prevent polluted water from entering rivers during the rainy season."

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