Construction Fatality Prevention Meeting... Ministry of Employment and Labor, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, and Construction Companies Collaborate

Establishing a Self-Discipline Prevention System

Discussion on Construction Safety Innovation Cooperation

A communication session was held to prevent fatal accidents in the construction industry.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor (Minister Lee Jeong-sik) and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (Chairman Ahn Jong-joo) held a meeting with safety executives (CSOs) from the top 10 construction companies to explore new approaches to accident prevention in celebration of the "Industrial Safety and Health Month," aiming for the successful implementation of the government's serious accident reduction roadmap.

This meeting was an opportunity to discuss issues such as activating risk assessments for construction accident prevention and sharing construction safety information between the public and private sectors, which were derived from two previous meetings with safety department heads of the top 10 construction companies.

Executive meeting of the top 10 construction companies held on the 5th.

The attending construction company executives introduced their own construction safety innovation cases to prevent fatal accidents and agreed that establishing a self-regulatory prevention system at construction sites requires the participation and activities of workers.

They reached a consensus that companies should establish procedures for identifying and improving risk factors and provide resources, while the sites should take practical risk improvement measures through worker participation.

Park Sang-won, Director of the Construction Accident Prevention Policy Division at the Ministry of Employment and Labor, said, "Fatal accidents at the top 10 construction companies have significantly decreased in the first half of this year, and the government is making every effort to spread these achievements to medium-sized and small construction companies," adding, "We are also focusing on updating outdated safety standards that hinder the establishment and implementation of self-regulatory prevention systems."

Ryu Jang-jin, Executive Director of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, emphasized, "For the establishment of a self-regulatory prevention system, which is a core task of the serious accident reduction roadmap, it is crucial for large construction companies to build safety and health management systems tailored to the characteristics of the construction industry," and stressed, "The leading role of the top 10 construction companies is important to ensure that system-building activities spread to small and medium construction companies."

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