Identifying Risks to Workers... Presentation Contest of Excellence in Risk Assessment Cases

Establishment of Safety and Health Management System, Presentation and Dissemination of Best Practices

Outstanding cases of 'risk assessment,' which identifies and reduces potential hazards that may affect workers, are pouring out and attracting attention.

The main event of the '2023 Industrial Safety and Health Month,' hosted by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (Chairman An Jong-ju) and organized by the Ministry of Employment and Labor (Minister Lee Jeong-sik), the Risk Assessment Best Practice Presentation Contest was held at 9 a.m. on the 5th at KINTEX.

Scenes from the 2023 Risk Assessment Best Practices Presentation Contest.

Risk assessment refers to the entire process in which employers identify harmful and dangerous factors that may cause injury or illness to workers and work to reduce those factors deemed hazardous.

This presentation contest is a venue for presenting excellent cases of risk assessment implementation. Thirty-five workplaces nationwide applied, and six workplaces that advanced to the finals through document and on-site evaluations presented their best practices. As a result of the contest, Seorabeol City Gas Co., Ltd., a small and medium-sized enterprise, won the grand prize, the Minister of Employment and Labor Award.

Seorabeol City Gas Co., Ltd. had its CEO directly participate in the risk assessment, discovering harmful and dangerous factors together with workers and discussing improvement measures to reduce risks. This unified risk assessment activity between the employer and employees earned high scores from the judges.

In particular, it presented excellent cases that can be easily implemented in small and medium-sized workplaces, receiving great applause from the audience.

An Jong-ju, Chairman of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, said, “Since this presentation contest was the first event held after the revision of the workplace risk assessment guidelines, public interest in risk assessment has greatly increased. Based on the various cases presented, I hope that risk assessments conducted jointly by labor and management will spread, and that the results will be shared with all workers on site, establishing a practical and actionable safety culture.”

Details related to the contest have been published on the ‘Risk Assessment Support System’ website.

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