KOSHA Holds the 16th Safety and Health Education Training Competition

A Forum for Sharing Safety and Health Education Ideas

The 16th Safety and Health Education Training Competition, a major event of the 2023 Industrial Safety and Health Month organized by the Ministry of Employment and Labor (Minister Lee Jeong-sik) and hosted by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (Chairman An Jong-joo), was held at 2 p.m. on the 4th at KINTEX in Ilsan.

Industrial Safety and Health Month is an event expanded from the 'Industrial Safety and Health Emphasis Week,' which the government has implemented during the first week of July every year to communicate the value and importance of safety and health in our society with the public, now operated throughout the entire month of July.

The winners of the 16th Safety and Health Education Training Competition are standing in front of the camera.

This presentation competition was established to discover excellent instructors and teaching materials in the field of safety and health, distribute and share them with workplaces, and build an autonomous safety and health education system at workplaces, thereby contributing to the prevention of industrial accidents through the revitalization of safety and health education. This year marks its 16th edition.

Safety and health officials from 30 workplaces nationwide applied to participate in the competition, and six finalists were selected through document screening.

The grand prize, the Minister of Employment and Labor Award, was awarded to Yeo Eun-joo from Jeonbuk National University. She received high evaluations for selecting a highly effective educational topic and excellent teaching delivery. The Chairman of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Award (Excellence Award) was given to Cho Yu-ri, a security official at Incheon International Airport. Event-related information is provided on the Industrial Safety and Health Month website.

Choi Sang-yeol, Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Education Center at the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, said, “We thank those who strive to revitalize safety and health education in each field. We hope that excellent safety and health teaching materials will be widely disseminated and utilized in various ways through this presentation competition.”

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