Busan Regional Headquarters of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Operates Promotion Booth for 'Busan Industrial Safety and Health Month'

July 15-19, Underground Passage between Busan City Hall and City Hall Subway Station

The Busan Regional Headquarters of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (Director: Gong Heungdu) will operate the '2024 Busan Industrial Safety and Health Month Promotional Booth' in the underground passage connecting Busan City Hall and City Hall Station (Line 1) of the urban subway, from Monday, July 15 to Friday, July 19, 2024, to mark Industrial Safety and Health Month.

VR Experience Zone.

The 2024 Busan Industrial Safety and Health Month Promotional Booth will be open for a week from Monday to Friday, offering various safety culture experience activities such as VR experiences and photo exhibitions for local citizens to participate in.

The contents of the promotional booth include: ① VR Experience Zone for experiencing safety and health content such as accident case studies and prevention measures (July 15), ② Safety helmet wearing experience photo zone with the representative characters of Busan City and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Bugi and Anjeli, using panels (July 15-19), ③ Exhibition of entries and award-winning works from the 2024 Busan Industrial Safety and Health Photo Contest (July 15-19), and ④ Consultation booth for risk assessment, guidance on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act, and establishment of safety and health management systems (July 17).

In addition, the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency is planning to conduct an industrial safety and health campaign for industrial sites and the general public from July 22 to August 2, as part of city-wide activities in celebration of Industrial Safety and Health Month.

Industrial Safety and Health Month, conducted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, is the largest safety and health event in Korea, designed to promote autonomous industrial accident prevention activities at worksites and raise national safety awareness. The central event was held during the first week of July at KINTEX (Goyang, Gyeonggi Province), and from the second week, seminars and other events will be held regionally throughout July.

Regarding the fire accident at a primary battery manufacturer located in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, the Busan Regional Headquarters has recognized the seriousness of the incident and is conducting intensive inspections on compliance with fire and explosion risk prevention in similar and related industries. High-risk workplaces within the jurisdiction (mainly those required to prepare and submit MSDS) have been selected as primary targets, and technical guidance is being provided to prevent accidents.

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