Dongbu Construction Encourages 'Work Suspension Rights'... "Aiming for Zero Serious Accidents for 3 Consecutive Years"

Dongbu Construction announced on the 7th that it held a 'Right to Stop Work Guarantee' declaration ceremony for workers at sites nationwide. This ceremony, held for the second time following 2021, was promoted to raise safety awareness among site executives and employees and to encourage the practice of the right to stop work.

Yoon Jin-oh, CEO of Dongbu Construction (right), is conducting a site safety inspection. / Photo by Dongbu Construction

The workers' right to stop work is the right for workers to request a halt in work when there is an imminent danger of an industrial accident or when a serious accident has occurred. Dongbu Construction actively encourages the use of the right to stop work under the fundamental premise that work cannot proceed unless workers' safety is guaranteed.

At the declaration ceremony, Dongbu Construction also resolved the slogan "Safety First, 1% Instruction 99% Thorough Confirmation" and emphasized guaranteeing workers' right to stop work to achieve the goal of zero accidents. The main points include ▲ stopping work and evacuating to a safe place in case of imminent danger ▲ immediately reporting to the Safety Reporting Center if work stoppage is necessary ▲ supervisors taking necessary actions upon workers' reports of work stoppage ▲ prohibiting any disadvantages to workers who stop work and evacuate.

Dongbu Construction operates its own Safety Reporting Center to respond promptly in dangerous situations. It conducts right to stop work training for newly hired employees and installs banners and signboards displaying the Safety Reporting Center contact information throughout the sites to ensure the system can be used at any time.

A Dongbu Construction official stated, "Even if the situation is not an imminent danger as defined by the Industrial Safety and Health Act, we actively encourage workers to use the right to stop work whenever they judge the work environment to be unsafe on their own." He added, "By improving the system and infrastructure, we will raise the overall safety level at sites and definitely achieve zero serious accidents for three consecutive years."

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