"Prevent in Advance" - Korea Employers Federation Publishes Risk Assessment Manual

"Helping Establish Workplace Self-Discipline Prevention System"

The Korea Employers Federation (KEF) announced on the 27th that it has published the "Risk Assessment Start Manual" to help establish a workplace self-regulation prevention system.

Last November, the government announced a roadmap to reduce major accidents, highlighting risk assessment as an important tool for workplace safety management. This year, the government continues to emphasize the transition to industrial safety policies based on self-regulation through revisions to risk assessment-related notifications and specialized inspections, and plans to gradually mandate it by introducing penalties.

KCCI 'Risk Assessment Start Manual'
[Photo by Korea Employers Federation]

However, KEF judged that many companies still face difficulties in implementing risk assessments. According to the indictment status under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act as of last month, the violation rate related to risk assessment measures was also very high. In other words, failure to properly conduct risk assessments can lead to legal risks.

The manual simplifies complex legal content and presents the procedures for identifying hazardous and dangerous factors, establishing safety measures, and implementing them in a flow. Specifically, it includes ▲a checklist to review the current status of risk assessment implementation at workplaces ▲guidelines for drafting implementation regulations and execution processes to establish standardized risk assessment procedures tailored to each workplace’s reality ▲methods to apply assessment results to on-site safety activities ▲and more than 20 types of materials and forms that can be used during the risk assessment process. This manual will be produced as an e-book (PDF) and posted on the KEF Plaza website.

Im Woo-taek, head of KEF’s Safety and Health Division, said, “To prevent major accidents, it is very important for labor and management to jointly diagnose risk factors and improve the working environment,” adding, “We hope this manual will provide practical guidelines and methods to workplaces lacking risk assessment execution capabilities and contribute to creating a safe industrial site.”

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