Ministry of Employment and Labor and Ruling Party Labor Special Committee Conduct On-Site Inspections to Prepare for Summer Heatwaves

Request for Field-Centered Industrial Accident Prevention Activities to Related Agencies

Lee Seong-hee, Vice Minister of Employment and Labor, along with Im I-ja, Chairwoman of the People Power Party's Labor Special Committee, and committee members Kim Hyung-dong, Kim Wi-sang, and Woo Jae-jun, visited the reconstruction site of Samsung C&T's Banpo 3 Residential District on the 12th to check the heatwave preparedness situation.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on the 12th that it visited the Banpo 3 Residential District reconstruction site of Samsung C&T along with the People Power Party's Labor Special Committee to inspect preparations for heatwaves and heavy rain.

Lee Sung-hee, Vice Minister of Employment, stated, "To prevent industrial accidents caused by summer heatwaves and heavy rain, we will collaborate with central government agencies, local governments, as well as private safety and health institutions and related associations and organizations to respond with a field-centered, all-out effort."

Im E-ja, Chairwoman of the People Power Party's Labor Special Committee, after inspecting the construction site where the framework work is underway, said, "Protecting the lives and health of workers at industrial sites is the government's top priority," and urged, "Please focus on managing workplaces vulnerable to heatwaves and heavy rain, and strengthen government field activities such as technical guidance and supervision."

Prior to the site visit, the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the People Power Party's Labor Special Committee prepared the "Heavy Rain and Typhoon Preparedness Industrial Accident Prevention and Response Measures" to prevent worker accidents and workplace damage caused by heavy rain and typhoons. The government plans to build information on risk areas and workplaces prone to flooding, collapse, and burial in cooperation with related ministries, and based on this, will focus on managing workplaces vulnerable to heavy rain and typhoons.

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