KOSHA supports 'the industrial vulnerable' such as small-sized businesses with less than 10 workers with financial assistance for the 'work environment monitoring' and the 'special medical examination'.

Employers of the businesses with less than 10 workers who apply for the financial assistance and then conduct the 'work environment monitoring' are eligible for being paid the related expenses.

In case of the 'special medical examination' which is subject to workers, expenses for the examination will be provided after completing 1^st and 2^nd examinations.

Frist, KOSHA selects businesses subject to financial assistance among applying businesses. Once an employer or workers implement work environment monitoring or special health examination through designated monitoring or examining institutions, the institutions charge the expenses to KOSHA. KOSHA then pays the expense after reviewing the propriety of the results.

The purpose of implementing the 'work environment monitoring' and the 'special medical examination' is to protect workers' health from the exposure to chemicals, noise, or dust related work. In accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act, an employer of workplace with workers exposed to the related harmful factors is obliged to conduct the monitoring or examination periodically.

Business with less than 10 workers, whose work environment is vulnerable to occupational accidents, falls short of capacity to manage health of workers due to financial reasons. In this regard, financial assistance for the 'work environment monitoring' or the 'special health examination' is provided to the business to ease the burden of the employer and to prevent occupational diseases.

The financial assistance for the 'work environment monitoring' or the 'special health examination' aims at protecting health of workers in small-sized business under the vision of the Government 3.0: establishing safe and secure work environment by sharing OSH information among KOSHA, businesses and related organizations.