KEF Holds Safety Culture Innovation Awards Ceremony... KT and Dongbang Win Grand Prize

The Korea Employers Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Federation) held the '2nd Safety Culture Innovation Awards' ceremony at the Press Center in Seoul on the 9th. The Federation established the Safety Culture Innovation Awards last year for the first time among business organizations, aiming to identify and promote exemplary workplaces that effectively prevent serious industrial accidents.

At the '2nd Safety Culture Innovation Awards' ceremony held by the Korea Employers Federation at the Press Center in Seoul on the 9th, Son Kyung-sik, Chairman of the Korea Employers Federation, is taking a commemorative photo with the award recipients. From the front row, left to right: Kang Bong-ju, Executive Director of HD Hyundai Electric; Kim Dong-myung, Chairman of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions; Son Kyung-sik, Chairman of the Korea Employers Federation; Ryu Hyun-chul, Director of the Industrial Safety and Health Headquarters at the Ministry of Employment and Labor; Park Chang-gi, CEO of Dongbang; Lim Hyun-gyu, KT Chief Safety and Health Officer; Park Ji-soon, Professor at Korea University; Lee Dong-geun, Senior Vice Chairman of the Korea Employers Federation. From the second row, left to right: Cha Seok-ju, CEO of Kyungchang Industry; Park Sang-hyuk, Head of CJ ENM. Korea Employers Federation.

At the awards ceremony, Son Kyung-sik, Chairman of the Federation, Ryu Hyun-chul, Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Headquarters at the Ministry of Employment and Labor (Vice Minister), and Kim Dong-myung, Chairman of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, attended to congratulate the representatives of the winning companies.

This year, KT received the Grand Prize in the large enterprise category, while HD Hyundai Electric and CJ ENM were awarded the Excellence Prize. In the mid-sized and small business category, Dongbang received the Grand Prize and Kyungchang Industry was awarded the Excellence Prize, making a total of five companies selected.

KT, which won the Grand Prize, has established a safety and health management system that meets both domestic and international standards under the leadership of its management. Through its self-developed safety culture assessment and diagnostic program, the company is embedding a genuine safety culture throughout the organization and its partners. In addition, by operating an artificial intelligence (AI)-based safety management system (All-in Safety), KT supports real-time risk prediction and response across all stages of work, including safety work permits, weather information-based messaging, and video monitoring.

Dongbang has introduced a customized on-site safety management system developed in-house, establishing a digital framework that allows essential safety documents-such as work plans, pre-work safety meeting (TBM) logs, and equipment inspection records-to be easily created and managed in a mobile environment. The company also compiles and inspects all safety and health activities and implementation evidence from every site each month, continuously raising safety awareness on the ground.

Son Kyung-sik, Chairman of the Federation, stated, "To achieve advanced safety standards, there must be a paradigm shift from a focus on legal regulations and post-incident punishment to safety culture innovation through autonomous workplace accident prevention activities." He added, "The Federation will work to publicize the exemplary cases of the award-winning companies across the industry so that more companies can grow based on a strong safety culture."

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