KOSHA Gyeongnam East Branch Conducts Suffocation Accident Prevention Campaign at Workplaces with Confined Spaces

The Gyeongnam East Branch of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, led by Branch Manager An Wonhwan, conducted a campaign on the 25th to prevent suffocation accidents at workplaces with confined spaces located in Yangsan City.

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency's Gyeongnam East Branch conducted a campaign on the 25th to prevent suffocation accidents at workplaces with confined spaces located in Yangsan City. Photo by Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency

This campaign was organized to disseminate recent cases of suffocation accidents that have occurred in confined spaces and to share preventive measures against similar incidents.

During the campaign, agency officials and workplace representatives jointly inspected areas at risk of suffocation within the site. They also carried out preventive activities, such as posting warning signs at hazardous locations and utilizing self-inspection checklists.

Essential safety rules for preventing suffocation accidents include: measuring oxygen and harmful gas concentrations before, during, and periodically throughout the work; ventilating with fans before and during work; and wearing an air-supplied mask or self-contained breathing apparatus during rescue operations.

Branch Manager An Wonhwan emphasized, "In confined spaces, even a single breath can be fatal," and stressed the importance of attention from business owners and occupational safety personnel in preventing suffocation accidents in the region, including actively utilizing the agency's 'One-Call Service for Suffocation Accident Prevention.'

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