Korea Zinc Onsan Smelter Wins Grand Prize in 'Pre-Work Safety Inspection Meeting Best Practices Video Contest'

The Ulsan Branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor (Branch Chief Kim Jun-hwi) held the '2023 Pre-Work Safety Inspection Meeting (TBM) Best Practice Video Contest' to raise safety and health awareness among workplaces and workers and to establish a safety culture, and announced the results.

Kim Jun-hwi, head of the Ulsan branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, held an awards ceremony at the Ulsan branch on July 27 with Kwon Kyung-duk, head of the Onsan Smelter at Korea Zinc, and other workplace officials.

This contest has been held annually since 2020, organized by the Ulsan Branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Ulsan Regional Headquarters of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, to spread safety and health knowledge sharing and promote an advanced safety culture.

This year, workers belonging to workplaces located in Ulsan submitted 111 entries on the theme of Pre-Work Safety Inspection Meeting (TBM) from May 2 to May 31.

Among the submissions, 20 works that passed the first screening were evaluated through YouTube engagement and a second judge evaluation, followed by public verification, and the final results were confirmed on July 25.

The grand prize was awarded to Korea Zinc Onsan Smelter, which cleverly introduced the TBM process at their workplace under the title 'The Importance of TBM.' Other awards included the Excellence Award to Hanwha Impact, the Merit Award to Motras Ulsan Plant, and the Encouragement Award to HD Hyundai Electric and SK Eco Engineering Ulsan GPS CCPP Project, each receiving honors.

The grand prize winner (team) received the Ulsan Branch Chief Award of the Ministry of Employment and Labor and a gift certificate worth 1 million KRW; the Excellence Award winner (team) received the Ulsan Regional Headquarters Director Award of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency and 500,000 KRW; the Merit Award winner (team) received 300,000 KRW; two Encouragement Award winners (teams) received 200,000 KRW each; and 15 honorable mentions (teams) received 100,000 KRW each. The award ceremony for the grand prize and excellence award winners was held at the Ulsan Branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor on July 27.

Kim Jun-hwi, Branch Chief of the Ulsan Branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, stated, “The government announced the ‘Serious Accident Reduction Roadmap’ aiming to reduce the fatal accident rate to the OECD average level by 2026. Its core is a self-regulatory prevention system centered on risk assessment. We chose the theme of this contest as the Pre-Work Safety Inspection Meeting (TBM) to encourage worker participation through TBM.” He added, “Please continue to make greater efforts to spread safety culture and prevent industrial accidents in the Ulsan region.”

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