Accident Prevention "K-Sadari" Obtains S-Mark Safety Certification ... Rapid Progress in Private Technology Transfer

9 Manufacturers Seek Technology Transfer

Review of Support Project for Distribution Activation

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency’s Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the Institute) conducted research to develop a product that can replace Type A ladders in order to prevent fatal accidents during portable ladder work, and completed the development of an active platform ladder specialized for safety (hereinafter, K-ladder) last year.

Meeting for sharing the development of the active platform ladder.

The K-ladder recently obtained the S Mark safety certification through evaluation by an accredited institution, verifying the product’s safety and reliability, and was also selected as an exemplary case of proactive government administration.

On February 24, a meeting was held to gather opinions from domestic ladder manufacturers, which was attended by more than 20 companies and received great response. At the meeting, the developed K-ladder product was unveiled to the industry for the first time, and the results of a survey on improving portable ladder work as well as the research and development process were shared.

Additionally, during the process of collecting opinions on financial support and industrial property rights technology transfer, nine companies expressed their intention to acquire the technology, showing enthusiastic interest from manufacturers.

Active Platform K-Sadari.

The Institute plans to consider supporting ladder purchase costs and technology transfer through granting industrial property rights to promote the distribution of the K-ladder in the future.

Moon Hyung-su, Director of the Occupational Safety Research Division at the Institute, stated, “Many fatal accidents occur during portable ladder work,” and added, “We will take the lead in promoting the distribution of the K-ladder to prevent fatal accidents.”

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