Safe Spring Preparation... Geumcheon-gu Conducts Safety Inspections of Construction Sites and Retaining Walls During Thawing Season

Safety Inspections Conducted at 204 Vulnerable Facilities Including Construction Sites, Retaining Walls, and Road Structures
Mayor Yu Seong-hoon Leads Joint Public-Private Inspections at Two Major Construction Sites in Preparation for the Thawing Season

Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) announced that it will strengthen safety inspections to prevent accidents at vulnerable facilities during the thawing season.

The ground frozen during winter melts during the thawing period, increasing the possibility of safety accidents such as facility collapse or falling rocks.

The district will conduct safety inspections at a total of 204 locations, including construction sites, safety-vulnerable facilities, bridges and overpasses, tunnels, underpasses, retaining walls, and park facilities, until the 28th of this month. Joint inspections will be carried out with external experts according to the level of risk.

Minor issues found during safety inspections will be corrected immediately on-site, and matters requiring repair or reinforcement will be promptly addressed using facility maintenance personnel and continuously monitored.

On March 5, Mayor Yu Seong-hoon visited the new construction sites of the ‘Kia Siheung Automobile Exhibition and Maintenance Complex Facility’ and the ‘Gasan-dong Data Center.’ He inspected the project progress, potential hazards at the construction sites, and the status of site and worker safety management together with on-site personnel.

Both construction sites have numerous special facilities related to automobiles and power, and more than a hundred workers are employed, raising concerns that safety accidents such as fires could lead to major disasters.

Mayor Yu Seong-hoon of Geumcheon-gu emphasized, “We regularly conduct education to prevent safety accidents and hope to establish and train an emergency evacuation system that can be applied in real situations. Since safety is always the top priority, I ask that safety rules be followed more thoroughly during the thawing season.”

Meanwhile, on the occasion of Safety Inspection Day (the 4th of every month), the district held a ‘Safety Inspection Day’ campaign on the 6th in Siheung 5-dong with the Geumcheon-gu Regional Autonomous Disaster Prevention Group and Safety Security Officers. They inspected apartment retaining walls and park landslide-prone areas and distributed leaflets on thawing season safety accident prevention tips and evacuation behavior guidelines tailored to vulnerable groups among residents.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.