‘Honorary Industrial Safety Supervisors’ Appear... Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Hosts Best Practice Presentation Contest

"Sharing and Spreading Cases of Sanjae Prevention Activities"

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The “Honorary Industrial Safety Supervisors Best Practice Presentation Contest,” one of the main events 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 Ahn Jong-joo), was held 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 had 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. It is now held throughout the entire month of July.

Honorary Industrial Safety Supervisors are professionals appointed under Article 23 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act to promote participation and support in industrial accident prevention activities. They are responsible for tasks ranging from establishing workplace accident prevention plans to workplace inspections and supervision.

Award recipients are taking a commemorative photo at the 2023 Honorary Industrial Safety Supervisor Model Case Presentation Contest.

In this presentation contest, six Honorary Industrial Safety Supervisors from 23 workplaces nationwide, selected through regional preliminaries, participated and presented excellent safety and health activity cases.

The grand prize, the Minister of Employment and Labor Award, was awarded to Kim Min-ryong, Honorary Industrial Safety Supervisor of SK Siltron Co., Ltd. Plant 3. In particular, he received excellent evaluations in risk assessment and TBM (Tool Box Meeting) for the self-discipline prevention system.

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Chairman’s Award (Excellence Award) was given to Baek Seung-deok of Korea Airports Corporation Gimpo Airport and Ha Yoon-jong, Honorary Industrial Safety Supervisor of Kolon Industries Inc. Gimcheon Plant 2.

Event-related information is available through the Industrial Safety and Health Month website.

Choi Sung-won, Director of Education and Public Relations at the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, said, “Through the presentation contest, we hope that excellent activity cases will be widely disseminated in workplaces and that self-discipline prevention systems such as ▲risk assessment and ▲TBM (Tool Box Meeting) will spread, leading to a reduction in industrial accidents.”

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