KOSHA Gyeongnam East Opens VR Safety Experience Center for Foreign Workers in Gimhae

Collaboration Between Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency and Gimhae City
Full-Scale Launch of Industrial Accident Prevention Training That Overcomes Language Barriers

The Gyeongnam East Branch of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (headed by Shim Yeonseop) held an opening ceremony for a VR experience training center aimed at preventing industrial accidents among foreign workers at the Gimhae Foreign Workers Support Center on July 22.

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Gyeongnam East Branch is holding an opening ceremony for a VR experience training center to prevent industrial accidents among foreign workers at the Gimhae Foreign Workers Support Center. Provided by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Gyeongnam East Branch

Approximately 50 officials from related organizations attended the event to celebrate the opening, including Kim Hyunjung, President of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency; Hong Taeyong, Mayor of Gimhae; Kwon Guhyung, Director of the Yangsan Branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor; Ahn Sanggeun, President of Kaya University; and Kang Sunhee, Director of the Gimhae Foreign Workers Support Center.

This VR experience training center is a project promoted in cooperation with the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Gimhae City, and the Gimhae Foreign Workers Support Center, amid a growing need to prevent industrial accidents among foreign workers.

The training center offers VR safety education, which is operated continuously alongside weekly Korean language classes for foreign workers, allowing them to experience industrial accidents virtually and acquire safety knowledge.

In particular, workers who previously faced difficulties with traditional training due to language barriers can now participate in more effective education by experiencing industry-specific accident scenarios in VR that reflect their actual workplaces.

The agency plans to provide a total of 33 types of VR content, aiming to raise awareness of industrial safety and strengthen accident prevention capabilities.

Kim Hyunjung, President of the agency, emphasized, "Language should not be a barrier to safety," and added, "I hope this VR experience training center will become the seed of safety for preventing industrial accidents among foreign workers."

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