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Chemicals, Safe Use Yes! Incident No! Campaign | 2016.08.31 | |||
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Author : KOSHA | The attached file(1) | |||
□ KOSHA, in cooperation with Korea Association of Occupaitonal Health Nurses (KAOHN), is carrying forward a project called「Chemicals, Safe Use Yes! Incident No! campaign」 targeting 2,000 small-sized workplaces from July to November of 2016. □「The 「Chemicals, Safe Use Yes! Incident No! campaign」is a project to raise people's awareness on chemicals as well as to reduce chemical accidents at the same time. o Through the project, educational training and campaign are directly delivered to small-sized workplaces on how to handle chemicals and correct usage of chemicals by calling on workplaces experiencing insufficient in chemicals information. o Targeting 2,000 small-sized workplaces with less than 50 workers, qualified occupational health experts such as nurse or industrial hygienist, make a visit to workplaces in person and give educational training to workers. o The nurses and hygienists examine a workplace to figure out the current status of chemicals usage. Then, they provide the workplace with customized PR materials to correct improper usage of chemicals o Along with this, MOEL, KOSHA, and related organizations carry on a nationwide campaign to enhance workers' awareness in concentrated area of businesses using chemicals. □ The 「Chemicals, Safe Use Yes! Incident No! campaign」is one of 2016 National project for OSH support which is proceed by KAOHN □ A staff of KOSHA stated that "KOSHA will do our utmost to prevent chemical accidents in small-sized workplaces by delivering door-to-door educational training service on correct handling and usage of chemicals". |
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