Gwangju Urban Railway Corporation Completes 2023 Regular Risk Assessment

Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (President Jo Ik-moon) announced on the 30th that it has completed the 2023 regular risk assessment to prevent major accidents and raise safety awareness.

The workplace risk assessment is a self-preventive activity in which potential hazards and risk factors at the site are identified and improved by the workers themselves. The corporation conducted evaluations across all processes related to urban railway operations, auxiliary facility management, and emergency response sectors.

In this assessment, frontline employees responsible for each work process identified risk factors they actually experience on site, proactively discovering 108 risk factors such as the "fall hazard improvement of rooftop inspection stairs" and sought improvement measures.

In particular, during this assessment, the corporation conducted a mid-term inspection together with external experts from the Safety Management and Health Committee, making multifaceted efforts including deriving fundamental solutions. The results of the assessment will be shared with all employees and continuous management will be promoted.

President Jo Ik-moon stated, “We are doing our best to proactively and systematically eliminate risk factors to prevent major accidents,” adding, “We will thoroughly strengthen safety management to protect the lives and safety of citizens and workers.”

Meanwhile, earlier this year, the corporation newly established a dedicated department for major accident prevention and is making company-wide efforts such as strengthening sector-specific safety measures at each site.

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