The auto and steel industry seeking serious accidents prevention plans

MOEL and KOSHA hosted auto and steel industry leadership conference

Oct. 10 2013

○ KOSHA and the Ministry of Employment and Labor hosted on 10 Oct. the Auto and Steel Industry OSH Leadership Conference that aims at preventing serious occupational accidents.

○ Hosted in Daejoen-si, the conference was attended by OSH leaders of 5 carmakers and 5 steelmakers, president of KOSHA, and officials from the MOEL.

○ The conference covered companies’ OSH activities and government’s policy against serious occupational accidents, after a series of such accidents like hydrofluoric acid leak, explosion, fire, suffocation, water tank explosion, and flood.

○ The MOEL explained a comprehensive anti-serious occupational accidents plan and its plan for more strict enforcement of the OSH act. Companies discussed comprehensive OSH plans for both principal employers and contractors, how to address a widespread false sense of safety among employers and employees, and counter-accident plans. A resolution was adopted after the conference to show participants’ commitment to accident prevention.

○ “Recent serious accidents could have been prevented if basic rules and regulations had been followed,” Baek Hun-ki, president of KOSHA, said. “Companies’ leadership teams need to have a strong commitment to accident prevention and workplace safety.”