KOSHA’s OSH Activities during Songkran Festival

KOSHA distributed OSH media materials for Thai workers in Korea

April 11, 2011

On April 10 (Sun), the people of Thailand living in Korea celebrated the Songkran Festival, in “Wa Stadium” in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do. During the festival, KOSHA (Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency; President: Min-ki Noh) opened a booth to provide promotional media materials on safety and health.

The Songkran Festival, which is Thailand’s traditional New Year’s Day, is also celebrated in Korea for the Thai people living in the country. This year, the Songkran Festrival was organized by the Thai Embassy to Korea and Ansan City. With the participation of more than 8,000 Thai people, there were lots of festivities including Sukhothai traditional dance performance, Songkran beauty contest, Muay Thai and many more.

On the Songkran Festival day, about 10 people from KOSHA including Director Dong-ki Park from Training and Media Department distributed safety and health media material and other PR items. Also, consultations were given to Thai workers relating to safety and health training.

The safety and health media materials provided to Thai workers through the Songkran Festival, are about the manufacturing and construction industries. The materials contain safety tips and safe handling information about hazardous work, and machine and equipment.

<Photo: KOSHA during Songkran Festival>