Pohang City Holds Final Report Meeting on Five-Year Plan for Industrial Accident Prevention

Discussion on Creating Safe Workplaces, Preventing Industrial Accidents in the Region, and Promoting Labor Safety and Health Measures

On the 11th, Pohang City held the "Final Report Meeting on the Establishment of a 5-Year Plan for Industrial Accident Prevention in Pohang City" at the city hall's mid-sized conference room.

On the 11th, Pohang City held the "Final Report Meeting on the Establishment of a 5-Year Industrial Accident Prevention Plan" in the City Hall conference room.

Presided over by Kwon Hyuk-won, Director of the Job Economy Bureau, the final report meeting was attended by about 10 representatives from related departments of Pohang City's industrial accident prevention, Pohang branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, POSCO, Pohang Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Pohang Steel Industrial Complex Management Corporation, Gyeongbuk Eastern Safety Management Council, Pohang St. Mary's Hospital, and the law firm Daeryuk Aju, the contractor, to discuss measures for preventing industrial accidents and promoting labor safety and health in the region.

The establishment of the 5-year plan for industrial accident prevention is a mid-term plan to be implemented step-by-step from 2023 to 2027 in accordance with the Pohang City Ordinance on Industrial Accident Prevention and Labor Safety and Health Support.

The 5-year plan for industrial accident prevention consists of three major strategies and 28 tasks, focusing on protection and support to create a safe workplace. It will be carried out according to detailed annual implementation plans such as building governance with related organizations and groups to make labor safety and health policies tangible on site, spreading a safety culture, and creating safe workplaces.

Previously, Pohang City has promoted industrial accident prevention activities for each unit project, such as on-site guidance and inspection by safety and health keepers, education for supervisors, safety education for supervisors of local government-commissioned construction projects, safety education for subcontracting project managers, safety education for field workers, emotional education for workers, and patrol inspections, to reinforce awareness of safety importance and strengthen industrial accident response capabilities.

Director Kwon Hyuk-won said, "Recently, the importance of safety has increased throughout society with the enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act and the revision of the Industrial Safety and Health Act," adding, "Starting with the establishment and promotion of Pohang City's 5-year plan for industrial accident prevention, we will devote ourselves to making Pohang safe by establishing practical preventive measures against risk factors in all workplaces."

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