"Prevent Major Accidents Through Practice" Hyundai Mobis Opens Safety Experience Center

Hyundai Mobis has established a safety experience center to prevent major workplace accidents and foster a safety culture within the company. Amid growing importance of safety following the recent enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act, Hyundai Mobis aims to take the lead in "creating a safe workplace."

On the 7th, Hyundai Mobis announced the opening ceremony of the "SH&E Academy Safety Experience Center" in Asan, Chungnam. About 30 people attended the ceremony, including representatives from the labor union, the Cheonan branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Chungnam Regional Headquarters of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, and officials from the Administrative Safety and Sports Bureau of Asan City Hall.

SH&E (Safety·Health·Environment) Academy is Hyundai Mobis’s in-house training facility designed to cultivate safety professionals and raise safety awareness among employees and partner companies. Hyundai Mobis has additionally established a safety experience center specialized in experiential safety education at this facility.

Hyundai Mobis employees are receiving various safety training, including virtual simulations of hazardous situations and learning safety rules for using loading and unloading equipment. Photo by Hyundai Mobis

Hyundai Mobis equipped the safety experience center with a total of nine experiential zones and 29 types of equipment to help employees and partner company safety managers prevent accidents and strengthen their practical response capabilities. The center is built based on various safety hazard scenarios that may occur in workplaces, including personal protective equipment, equipment, operations, fire, electricity, and chemicals.

In particular, each experiential zone replicates the actual worksite environment. To provide realistic experiential training, some equipment was recycled from logistics machinery such as forklifts and order pickers (loading and unloading equipment) that have been used for a long time at Hyundai Mobis’s parts business sites. Trainees can directly practice forklift-related safety rules such as wearing seat belts, prohibiting overloaded and unstable cargo, and securing visibility, thereby enhancing their ability to respond to safety incidents.

Since establishing the SH&E Academy last year, Hyundai Mobis has continued its safety cooperation activities by providing various safety and health education programs to group companies, integrated affiliates, and partner companies. The academy operates training facilities for more than 200 days annually and offers a total of 25 specialized safety courses. Over approximately two years until this year, about 2,900 people have completed training at the facility.

Starting next year, Hyundai Mobis plans to expand experiential education centered on the safety experience center. Additionally, it will pursue certification as a private safety experience training center and open the facility to local citizens and workers.

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