Seoul City Applies LED Safety Helmets and Safety Vests to All Waterworks Construction Projects

Introduction of 'Arisu Safety Guardian Firefly'

The Seoul Metropolitan Waterworks Authority announced on the 16th that it will introduce the ‘Arisu Safety Keeper Firefly’ to all nighttime waterworks construction sites implemented in Seoul starting this year.

The ‘Arisu Safety Keeper Firefly’ is a system where all workers at nighttime waterworks construction sites wear safety helmets and safety vests equipped with self-luminous LEDs to ensure personal safety from construction equipment and vehicle drivers. It will be applied to all nighttime waterworks construction sites in Seoul implemented this year (59 cases planned for this year).

In the past five years, there have been four safety accidents at waterworks construction sites in Seoul, all of which occurred at night. These were accidents caused by the negligence of vehicle drivers during nighttime water pipe replacement work sites.

Meanwhile, last year, the Waterworks Authority introduced ‘task-type color safety helmets’ that allow anyone at the construction site to intuitively identify the main duties of workers by helmet color alone.

Yoo Yeon-sik, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Waterworks Authority, said, “The Arisu Safety Keeper Firefly may be a small idea, but it is the result of careful consideration to protect the precious lives and safety of on-site workers,” adding, “We hope that the excellent safety cases initiated by Seoul will be utilized at many sites to create a safer working environment.”

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