Specialized Project Launched to Prevent Fatal Accidents in Shipbuilding Industry

KOSHA Busan Headquarters "Expansion of Safety Culture Specialized Projects in Shipbuilding Industry"

The Busan Regional Headquarters of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (Director Gong Heung-du) is launching a 'specialized project' to spread a safety culture in the shipbuilding industry.

The Busan Headquarters announced on the 13th that it will promote a regional specialized project for the shipbuilding industry in the Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam areas in 2020 to expand the safety culture in the shipbuilding sector.

Starting with a business agreement signed with major shipbuilders on April 22, the agency is analyzing frequent accidents and fatal disasters in the shipbuilding industry and disseminating key safety rules. Additionally, through campaigns focused on preventing fatal accidents, it plans to spread a safety-emphasizing atmosphere and devote efforts to preventing shipbuilding accidents and fatalities in the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam region.

The major shipbuilding companies that have signed safety agreements with the agency include eight major shipbuilders: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, HJ Heavy Industries, Daesun Shipbuilding, Samsung Heavy Industries, K Shipbuilding, Hanwha Ocean, HD Hyundai Mipo, and HD Hyundai Samho.

The Busan Headquarters plans to tightly manage the safety net by establishing a safety and health management system for vulnerable groups such as foreign workers and subcontractors, and to proactively strengthen support for preventing heat-related illnesses among outdoor workers, asphyxiation accidents, and musculoskeletal disorders to prevent accidents and fatalities in advance.

With the promotion of the specialized shipbuilding project in the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam region this year, it is expected to raise overall safety awareness in the shipbuilding industry and establish a safety culture.

Gong Heung-du, Director of the Busan Regional Headquarters of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, said, “I deeply agree on the need to spread a safety culture throughout the industry to prevent major accidents in the shipbuilding industry, and we will spare no effort or support to reduce shipbuilding accident fatalities.”

KOSHA (Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency)

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