Month

Campaign Topics

Details

January

Main

* Accident prevention in winter

: Service industry

- Motorbike accident prevention

- Slips and trips prevention on snowy or icy surfaces

· Campaign on motorbike accident prevention targeting hotel & restaurant businesses and wholesale & retail industries

Sub

* Provision on information on financial assistance

· Provide information on:

Clean Workplace Program, private agency-commissioned projects, specialized medical check-up, work environment measurement, and the financial assistance regarding the above

* Collection (open to public) of research topics

- Commissioned research, other research projects

· Public announcements for selecting new research projects for 2012 and commissioned projects for 2011.

Campaign on safety and health research projects

February

Main

* “Prevention of safety accidents” in the thawing season

· Safety management and campaign on: Higher risks of ground subsidence, collapse or fall accidents in construction sites in the thawing season.

Sub

* Project on self management of risk factors

· An expansion of pilot project in 2011 and the promotion of the transition to self-regulatory safety and health system

* Accident prevention in winter

  (continued)

· Motorbike accident prevention targeting hotel & restaurant businesses and wholesale & retail industries

* Expansion of projects on occupational health

· Discovering occupations vulnerable to occupational hazards. Campaign for Basic Occupational Health Service (BOHS) in small workplaces

* Financial support for purchasing industrial machinery through “Clean Workplace Program”

· Campaign on support programs for aerial work platforms in vulnerable worksites, and for load-carrying lifts

Month

Campaign Topics

Details

March

Main

* Prevention of safety accidents involving crush injuries

· Campaign on crush injuries occurring frequently around 9-10 a.m. and 2 p.m. due to drowsiness in spring

Sub

* Prevention of asbestos-related hazards

· Campaign on the hazards of asbestos, and support programs for the prevention of related hazards

* Prevention of cerebro and cardiovascular diseases & musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs)

· Campaign on accident prevention measures: wide temperature differences between daytime and nighttime in March and April cause high incidences of cerebro and cardiovascular diseases & MSDs

* Technical support program for small construction sites

· Campaign on technical support programs targeting construction sites working on projects worth less than KRW 300 million

* Mandatory installments of resting areas

· Provide information to workplaces relating to resting areas as they became mandatory starting March.

April

Main

* Prevention of fall accidents

· Campaign on preventing fatal accidents caused by fall from the height: construction works increase in spring time

Sub

* Work environment management in construction sites

· Campaign on work environment standards for each risk factor in construction sites and the management of risk factors

* Workplace Health Partner

· Campaign on “Workplace health partner”, which provides customized assistance to workers

* Campaign on the prevention of near-miss accidents

· Campaign on the prevention of near-miss accidents as a part of “Safe workplace creation” project

May

Main

* Prevention of slips & trips

· Campaign on the prevention measures for slips and trips, which is the number 1 cause for occupational accidents

Sub

* Emphasizing safety culture in relation to work-life balance

· Campaign on the importance of safety culture: linking with the commemoration of family month

* Prevention of accidents during outdoor events

· Campaign on accident prevention for workers as an average of 147 workers get injured in May while participating in corporate outdoor events

* Accident prevention training on aerial work platforms

· Campaign on the prevention of serious accidents especially for operators of aerial work platforms (e.g. tower cranes)

June

Main

* Prevention of suffocation accidents in summer

· Campaign on ways to prevent suffocation accidents occurring in confined spaces in summer rainy season (June & July), and inform support measures

Sub

* Prevention of summer accidents: fire, explosion; safe use of ladder

· Campaign on accident prevent measures (from June to September) when fires and explosion accidents are frequent. Also, on accident prevention measures for construction sites in summer and safe ladder workers during maintenance works of buildings in summer rainy season.

* Occupational Safety and Health Week

· Promotion activities for Occupational Safety and Health events in July

* Campaigning for the use of Personal Protective Equipments/Devices (PPE)

· Campaign for the use of PPE such as safety helmet and shoes, as part of “Safe workplace creation” project

Month

Campaign Topics

Details

July

Main

* Prevention on electic-shock in summer

· Campaign for preventing electrocutions, which are frequent in rainy season

Sub

* Prevention of amputation, cut, puncture wounds

· Campaign for preventing accidents involving amputation, cut, and puncture wounds during public works such as logging

* Occupational Safety and Health Week

· Introducing best practices during Occupational Safety and Health Week and key contents of international conferences

* Prevention of slips & trips

· Campaign on the prevention of slip accidents caused by rainwater

August

Main

* Protecting workers’ health during hot summer

- Keeping workers healthy in summer; prevention of drowning

· Campaign on the Health protection against summer’s heat waves; prevention of ill-health caused by chemical substances; prevention of drowning

· Prevention of burn injuries in service industry

Sub

* Protecting workers’ health

- Regional occupational health centers

· Introducing cases studies and accomplishments on “regional OH centers”, which are aimed at protecting workers’ health

* Mandatory installments of washing facilities

· Introducing the regulations requiring washing facilities in workplaces

September

Main

* Prevention of serious accidents

· Campaign to prevent major accidents in preparation for maintenance season coming October

Sub

* Basic safety training for construction workers

· Introducing basic safety training for construction workers; accident prevention measures in preparation for maintenance season after summer holidays; prevention measures during holiday season

* Accident prevention in the service industry

· Introducing prevention measures and the status of accident-prone service sectors, in preparation for busy season in fall

* Accident prevention involving industrial machinery

· Raising awareness about the seriousness of accidents involving industrial machinery (account for 1/4 of accidents); promotion activities on accident prevention measures on high-risk machinery and equipment

October

Main

* Preventing musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs)

· Introducing causes and prevention measures of MSDs

· Introducing healthy material handling methods, as material handling account for more than 50% of MSDs

Sub

* Preventing safety accidents: collapse, destruction, and fall

· Accident prevention campaigns in construction sites as accident involving collapse and destruction increase in October

* Medical check-up for workers

· Provide information about the mandatory medical check-up of workers

* Providing information about MSDS/ warning signs

· Provide information about the mandatory installments of warning signs due to changes in laws and regulations

November

Main

* Preventing cerebro and cardiovascular diseases

· Provide information about prevention measures and the status of cerebro and cardiovascular diseases: increasing occurrence of the disease is expected due to aging population and high temperature fluctuations

Sub

* Preventing slips & trips, fire & explosion, and suffocations in winter

· Provide prevention measures for frequent accidents in construction sites (fire, explosion, suffocation) and motorbike accidents in service industry

· Provide information about frequent accidents in winter: heavy snow, falls on snowy surface, etc.

December

Main

* Accident prevention in winter

· Topics in November (continued)

Sub

* Accomplishments and cases of accident prevention

· Provide information on safety and health support activities with related agencies in 2011

* Slips and trips prevention

· Accident prevention campaign on slips and trips caused by snowy surfaces