The 15^th Quality Award on Best Protective Equipment and Devices

Excellent products have been chosen based on safety and user-friendliness

June 10, 2011-06-24

A welding face-shield made by OTOS Tech Co., Ltd has been awarded the Grand Prize as the best protective equipment and device of the year. The welding face-shield was recognized for its user-friendliness and design, which protect workers from musculoskeletal burdens.

“The 15^th Quality Award on Best Protective Equipment and Devices” was organized by Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA; President: Min-Ki Noh). The winner of Grand Prize ? welding face-shield from OTOS Tech ? was given the prize awarded by the Minister of Employment and Labor.

The face-shield of OTOS Tech scored high points in safety and work environment improvement categories. It was designed and manufactured in a way that completely protects the user’s eyes. Just as an LCD (liquid crystal display) that uses polarized light, the face-shield blocks hazardous light such as strong visible rays, ultraviolet rays, and infrared rays within 1/20,000 of a second from the instant welding operation begins.

Also, ergonomically designed headband distributes the load imposed on a workers body parts such as the neck when welding for a long time. It was highly praised that the face-shield has been ergonomically designed to ease the fatigue felt by workers while helping to reduce musculoskeletal burdens.

A total of 50 products from 30 manufacturers competed for the Grand Prize. Through the evaluation made by judges, eight winners were selected on the following four award categories.

 - Grand prize: 1 winner

 - Innovation award on accident prevention: 1 winner

 - Excellence award: 3 winners

 - Outstanding award: 3 winners

As the winner of Innovation Award on Accident Prevention, overload limiter of lifting machinery made by Hananics Co., Ltd was selected. The integration of the overload limiter and remote control device was praised for the safety and user-friendliness.

The winners of Excellence Award are: Air supplied respirator of Sancheong Co., Ltd

                                                                          Compact hydraulic power packs of RPM Tech

                                                                          Armoured cable gland of Dong-A Bestech

The winners of Outstanding Award are: Ear protector (ear plug) of Korea 3M

                                                                           Safety Shoes of Gentech

                                                                           Pressure relief valve for pressurized vessel of Jokwang ILI Co., Ltd

The eight award-winning products will be recognized and exhibited during the 44^th OSH Week event in July, to be held in COEX, Seoul. The information about these excellent products will be provided through KOSHA’s website and related publications, in order to facilitate the production and distribution of high-quality protective equipment and devices.