KCCI Publishes Customized Safety Management and Disaster Compensation Manual for SMEs

The Korea Employers Federation has created customized safety management and accident compensation manuals for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This is to help SMEs, which are vulnerable to major industrial accidents, manage safety systematically.

On the 21st, the Federation's Comprehensive Response Center for Major Accidents announced the publication of three types of customized safety management and accident compensation manuals for SMEs. First, the Major Accident Prevention Self-Inspection Manual was produced in a format that informs essential inspection items and implementation methods regarding key obligations under the Industrial Safety and Health Act (ISHA).

The ISHA is the most critical law to comply with in order to prevent major accidents and reduce the criminal risks for business owners that follow. The Federation structured the manual content into ▲ Overview and procedures of industrial safety and health supervision ▲ Essential inspection items and required documents (16 types) for major accident prevention ▲ Appendix (collection of document templates).

Secondly, the "Core Safety Rules for Preventing the Three Major Accidents" was created to enhance understanding of accident types that account for more than 60% of major accidents and to facilitate the easy application of preventive measures. Visual materials were included to help easily understand the risk factors and safety rules for each accident type, and in addition to preventive measures for business owners, compliance requirements for workers were also presented to increase effectiveness.

Lastly, the "Industrial Accident Insurance Guide" summarizes the key procedures and special considerations at each stage of medical care, compensation, rehabilitation, and return to work for injured workers, to help SMEs understand and utilize the industrial accident insurance system. Currently, most SMEs pay industrial accident insurance premiums, but they face difficulties because they are not familiar with the procedures and content needed to utilize the insurance when an accident occurs. The Federation prepared a step-by-step explanation covering understanding the concept of industrial accident insurance, application by the injured party, medical care and compensation, rehabilitation, and return to work.

Im Woo-taek, head of the Federation’s Comprehensive Response Center for Major Accidents, said, "Most SMEs lack safety and health professionals, so regardless of the business owner’s intentions, there is a high possibility of fatal accidents due to non-compliance with safety regulations." He added, "We will continue to publish various manuals that can assist companies vulnerable to industrial accidents, which are struggling due to the full application of the Serious Accident Punishment Act."

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