KOSHA Establishes Risk Assessment-Centered 'Self-Regulation Prevention System' with Industrial Site Visits and Inspections

On the 14th, officials from the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency visited SK Materials Airplus in Nam-gu, Ulsan.

On the morning of the 14th, An Jong-ju, Chairman, and other officials from the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency conducted an on-site safety inspection at SK Materials Air Plus in Nam-gu, Ulsan.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) has launched on-site inspections to establish a self-regulatory prevention system for safety and health management.

On the morning of the 14th, KOSHA visited SK Materials Airplus in Nam-gu, Ulsan, to check the status of establishing a safety and health management system centered on risk assessment at industrial sites.

This inspection was conducted to raise awareness of the importance of establishing a ‘self-regulatory prevention system,’ a key element of the government’s serious accident reduction roadmap announced on the 30th of last month, and to observe the on-site situation.

SK Materials Airplus, an industrial gas manufacturing site, was recognized as an excellent workplace for risk assessment in 2022 following consulting support from KOSHA for establishing a safety and health management system.

During the on-site inspection, a presentation was given on the risk assessment-centered safety and health management system establishment activities carried out by SK Materials Airplus.

The workplace introduced safety and health activities such as operating the ‘Safety Golden Rules,’ which are eight essential safety rules for accident prevention, work safety standards using a mobile app, provision of chemical substance information, selection of ten major risk factors related to processes, facilities, and equipment, and improvement activities.

After the presentation on safety and health management system establishment activities, safety and health measures at industrial gas manufacturing facilities and production processes were inspected, and on-site opinions on improving the risk assessment system were collected.

The on-site inspection was attended by the Ulsan District Prosecutors’ Office (Chief Prosecutor Noh Jeong-hwan) and the Ulsan Branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor (Branch Chief Kim Jun-hwi), who shared the status of safety and health management system establishment and discussed cooperation plans for industrial accident prevention.

KOSHA Director An Jong-joo stated, “Risk assessment is a key means to reduce serious accidents,” adding, “We will expand on-site support measures so that labor and management at industrial sites can jointly identify and improve hazardous risk factors to contribute to reducing serious accidents.”

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