Ministry of the Interior and Safety to Hold 'Safety Inspection Council' on 27th... Gathering Safety Monitoring Capabilities
Discussion on Cases of Promoting Key Tasks in Safety Inspection
[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 27th that it held a Safety Inspection Council on the 26th, involving audit and safety inspection departments from central government ministries, local governments, and public institutions.
At this council, presentations and discussions were held on ?cases of key safety inspection tasks promoted by each institution ?results of tasks selected from public proposals ?operation details of regional councils. Participating institutions selected key areas for safety inspections, focusing on fields where disasters and accidents repeatedly occurred or those closely related to public safety. As a result, they detected and corrected over 104,000 violations, striving to resolve safety management issues.
Regarding the tasks selected through last year's public proposal contest?‘Confined Space Workplaces,’ ‘Illegal Modification of Cargo Trucks,’ and ‘Personal Mobility Devices’?all institutions cooperated to conduct nationwide inspections and improvements, achieving public participation outcomes. Regionally, councils centered on provinces and cities, including counties and local public enterprises, have been formed to conduct safety inspections on various facilities, thereby establishing a dense safety monitoring network at the local level.
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Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to operate an anonymous safety inspection reporting center, allowing the public to report safety-related misconduct 365 days a year without revealing their identity. Kim Seong-ho, Director of the Disaster and Safety Management Headquarters at the Ministry, stated, “This council will be a valuable opportunity to review the government-wide safety monitoring system,” and added, “All institutions will work together to promptly detect violations and improve unreasonable systems so that the public can tangibly feel safer.”
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