‘Be more careful in construction sites in summer’

KOSHA distributes ‘Safety and Health Manual for Rainy season & Storm and Flood Damage’

providing preventive measures by risk factor and a facility check list, etc

July 2, 2014

KOSHA provides ‘Safety and Health Guideline for rainy season and summer’ and ‘Safety and Health Manual for Storm and Flood Damage’, which include measures to prevent collapse and electric shock caused by typhoons or heavy rain in summer.

The purpose of guideline is to prevent major accidents in construction sites caused by typhoons and torrential rain which accompany storm and heavy rain in summer.

Last year’s statistics for occupational accidents show that the number of victims is 6,538 in construction sites from June to August. Among them, the number of fatalities is 128.

According to the statistics for the past three years, the number of victims and fatalities is on the rise in construction sites from June to August.

The guideline includes safety measures against risk factors in construction sites including collapse by torrential rain; electric shock by flooding; suffocation in confined space; lightning; and collapse of tower crane.

In addition, it suggests measures that encourage workers not to work outside from 1 to 3 p.m. under sweltering heat and to drink enough water.

‘Safety and Health Manual for Storm and Flood Damage’ provides emergency plans organization and duties, a facility check list, emergency contact network table, emergency duty schedule and duty log, business report and other document, which will be utilized appropriately in each workplace.

<The cover of ‘Safety and Health Manual for Storm and Flood Damage’>