□ Two agencies are joining hands to prevent large accidents such as explosion and fire and protect the safety of people and workers.

□ Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA, President Lee Young-soon) and Korea Gas Safety Corporation (KGS, President Park Ki-dong) are concluding a memorandum of understanding which mainly focuses on 「Increasing Efficiency in Preventing Occupational Accident and Gas Accident and Establishing Advanced Gas Safety Control」 at KGS located in Eumseong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do on Tuesday February 7.

□ Based on the MOU, following activities will be implemented to intensify activities to prevent occupational accidents and gas accidents in workplaces.

○ First, both agencies will share technical information and case information related with △occupational accident and gas accident, △ safety inspection, test, and diagnosis, △ inspection of accident cause, and △ safety certification for explosion-proof electric machines and instruments in order to intensify their technological capacity.

○ The two organizations will also promote a campaign to uplift the safety consciousness of business owners and workers alongside mutually cooperative public relations activities to spread the safety culture and the training the in-house staff using the training facilities of both organizations.

○ KOSHA’s Occupational Safety Bureau and KGS’s Technical Inspection & Advisory Service Division will be in full charge of implementing the MOU.

□ “We now have a solid cooperation base for preventing occupational accidents and gas accidents,” said KOSHA president Lee Young-soon and KGS president Ki-dong Park, “both organizations will implement polices that focus on the prevention of deaths and large accidents based on the core values of Government 3.0: openness, sharing, communication, and collaboration.” (End)