Safer rural infrastructure construction

KOSHA signed an MOU on accident prevention with Korea Rural Community Corporation to help its OSH management system and construction projects

Nov.02 2013

With rural infrastructure construction projects increasing, efforts to safeguard construction workers are coming from many fronts.

KOSHA signed an MOU on construction accident prevention with Korea Rural Community Corporation or KRCC on Nov. 1, a Friday, and promised to step up joint efforts to prevent accidents that may occur at rural infrastructure construction sites.

KRCC is carrying out several construction projects like agricultural water supply system, reclaimed land development, and Saemanguem industrial complex development. The MOU will help lay the foundation for effective accident prevention.

It will also allow KRCC to take a greater responsibility as a government agency by strengthening accident prevention activities for small- and medium-sized construction sites the KRCC’s awarded contracts to.

To that end, KOSHA will help KRCC establish OSH management system and implement OSH activities for construction sites the KRCC’s contracted out including joint safety inspection and training, joint development of technical material, and sharing of information such as construction safety-related statistics, accident cases, and prevention measures.

“KOSHA will spare no resources to help KRCC, as a government agency, establish systematic OSH management system for safety and health of workers,” President Baek Hun-ki of KOSHA said. “KOSHA will expand its OSH technical support cooperation according to the Government 3.0 plan.”

In an effort to pull OSH resources and step up joint efforts, KOSHA has signed MOUs with 300 different agencies and organizations including 87 on safety, 44 on construction, and 28 on health.

Mr. Baek (center) is posing along with President Lee Sang-moo of KRCC after signing an MOU.

Mr. Baek (4^th from the left) is posing along with President Lee Sang-moo of the KRCC after signing an MOU.