Safety Complacency at Gwangju Metro Line 2 Construction Site...Detected by Labor Office

Violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act Confirmed at Section 11
Material Safety Data Sheets Found Inadequate

Officials from the Gwangju Regional Employment and Labor Office are inspecting the construction site of Gwangju Metropolitan City Subway Line 2. Photo provided by the Gwangju Regional Employment and Labor Office.

The Gwangju Regional Employment and Labor Office uncovered safety complacency at the construction site of Gwangju Metro Line 2 and ordered corrective measures.

The Gwangju Employment and Labor Office announced on the 12th that it had conducted a surprise inspection on the 11th at the construction site for Section 11 of Phase 2 of Gwangju Metro Line 2 and detected multiple violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

This inspection of the site, located in Yangsan-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, was carried out to prevent industrial accidents at construction sites during the thawing season.

The inspection revealed that the site did not clearly distinguish safe walkways for workers to move through, and that control measures to block access by unauthorized persons from outside were not properly implemented.

It was also confirmed that the submission number, a mandatory entry in the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) containing information on hazardous chemical substances, was missing.

The Gwangju Employment and Labor Office ordered that the identified violations be corrected immediately, while also requiring the site manager to provide training to prevent recurrence and to prepare specific countermeasures.

Lee Doyoung, head of the Gwangju Regional Employment and Labor Office, stressed, "We will continue to improve working conditions through ongoing surprise inspections so that workers can work safely," adding, "At construction sites, the lives of workers must be treated as the top priority value when carrying out construction work."

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