‘Safe Workplace’ in Everyone’s Hands… Busan Safety Culture Practice Promotion Team Campaign at LetsRun Park

Tour on Heat and Suffocation Prevention at Busan Gyeongnam Racing Park on the 17th

A public-private joint organization leading the safety culture practice project in the Busan area recently held safety events and campaigns at Korea Racing Authority Let’s Run Park Busan-Gyeongnam (Head: Song Daeyoung).

On the 17th, the Busan Safety Culture Practice Promotion Team conducted the August Safety Workplace Creation Day event and a campaign to prevent heatwaves and suffocation accidents in confined spaces during the summer.

The Promotion Team is a public-private joint consultative body launched in March this year, involving five public institutions including the Korea Racing Authority Busan-Gyeongnam Headquarters, Busan City, the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, labor-management organizations, private associations, and a total of 37 institutions in the Busan area.

The Promotion Team carries out various activities to spread safety culture in the local community by raising awareness of the importance of safety in industrial sites and daily life and supporting safety activities.

On the 17th, members of the Busan Safety Culture Practice Promotion Team visited the Korea Racing Authority Let's Run Park Busan-Gyeongnam site to hold the "Safety Workplace Creation Day" event.

At the event, Song Daeyoung, Head of the Korea Racing Authority Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters, the heads of Busan Northern and Eastern District Prosecutors’ Offices, Gong Heungdu, Head of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Busan Regional Headquarters, and 55 members of the Busan Safety Culture Practice Promotion Team launched in March attended.

The members toured Let’s Run Park Busan-Gyeongnam’s Equestrian Land, Animal Hospital, Riding Stables, Racehorse Stables, and Horse Swimming Pool to inspect the sites.

Following this, the Busan Safety Culture Practice Promotion Team confirmed the Korea Racing Authority’s safety and health measures to prevent heat-related illnesses and suffocation accidents for workers and animals during the workplace environment inspection.

The Promotion Team plans to disseminate excellent safety and health cases to various workplaces.

Gong Heungdu, Deputy Head of the Promotion Team and Head of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Busan Regional Headquarters, said, “Watching the Korea Racing Authority’s Safety Workplace Creation Day event, it seems we have taken a step further in preventing suffocation accidents,” expressing hope for workplace participation and continuous efforts toward prevention and improvement of safety awareness.

Song Daeyoung, Head of the Korea Racing Authority Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters, said, “We hope that all workers will be guaranteed a safe and healthy workplace through joint inspections and campaigns, and the Korea Racing Authority will also devote efforts to preventing industrial accidents.”

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