KOSHA Checks Heatwave Response Measures to Protect Logistics Center Workers

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency under the Ministry of Employment and Labor visited the Coupang Fulfillment Gyeonggi Gwangju Center on the 13th to inspect the implementation status of health protection measures for logistics center workers and the response to the heatwave.

During this inspection, special attention was given to the operation status of cooling and ventilation systems in the logistics center, which is vulnerable to heatwaves due to working conditions and workplace structure, as well as the compliance with the three major heat illness prevention rules in indoor workplaces.

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The Safety and Health Agency is operating an emergency heatwave response system throughout August, making every effort company-wide to prevent heat illnesses by inspecting the implementation of the three major heat illness prevention rules at heatwave-vulnerable workplaces such as construction sites and logistics centers.

Director An Jong-ju stated, “In addition to checking compliance with the three major heat illness prevention rules in indoor workplaces, special attention should be paid to the initial response to heat illness cases, such as designating a person in charge to prevent situations where workers with heat illness symptoms collapse alone during rest and do not receive emergency treatment or rescue.”

He added, “Special management is necessary for sensitive groups vulnerable to heat illnesses such as heatstroke and workers with high work intensity. In the event of heat illness cases or similar situations, immediate work stoppage and prompt activation of medical facility contact systems must be ensured.”

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