At Protection equipment quality award, ‘Electric actuator’ was awarded the first prize; the Minister of Ministry of Employment and Labor prize. KOSHA selects candidate safety excellent products for the awards.

HKC Co., Ltd.’s the electric actuator is mechanical equipment which operates/controls valves at place with explosive hazard under automatic plant process. Unlike the existing products, the winner product gained high scores with user convenience such as easy operation via showing valve status and remote control.

Related to the above, the winner company has achieved domestic explosion proof certificate (KCs) and overseas one at Europe and North America.

The Protection equipment quality award is held by KOSHA to encourage development of safety excellent products and with the aim of bringing them into industrial sites. This year, it faces the 19^th occasion.

In total 28 companies submitted 33 products and only 8 products have been selected for the four final rounds. Aside from the top prize; the electric actuator, ‘Protection equipment for press·shearer’ which prevents workers from caught in accident, using four sensors wined the accident prevention innovation prize.

The three grand prizes were owned by wearable and comfortable ‘Leather safety shoes’, ‘Shading safety glasses’; protects face and ‘Platform air curtains’; blocks contaminated air at place with potential explosion.

Following those awards, the three runner-up prizes are: ‘Gas mask’; protects face and prevents toxic substance to be inhaled, ‘Safety helmet’; with great usability at high temperature worksites and ‘Level transmitter’; explosion proof and used at high temperature/pressure conditions.

According to KOSHA, the selected products will be exhibited at ‘The safety week’ event and award ceremony at the COAX, Seoul from 6^th of July. Meanwhile, the information of the products will be released to the public via advertising brochure and KOSHA webpage.