KOSHA’s Safety and Health Campaign Topics in 2012

February 29, 2012

Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) selected monthly safety and health campaign topics for the year 2012 and announced action plans for each topic. The campaign topics have been selected to coincide with KOSHA’s accident prevention activities and relevant statistics.

The campaign topics have been selected after consulting with the Ministry of Employment and Labor of Korea, based on the nation’s occupational accident statistics and accident prevention projects. The topics take into account the accident types and characteristics of Korea, seasonal factors, social issues and so on. In addition, various media sources will be used such as “Escaping Crisis Number One”, which is a TV program, radio, newspapers, internet, SNS, and outdoor ad boards. Also, KOSHA-published periodicals and accident prevention materials will reflect the selected topics so that various campaigns and events related to safety and health (e.g. Safety check day) held in worksites share the same theme each month.

l  January

? Accident prevention in winter for the Service industry

       - Motorbike accident prevention

            - Slips and trips prevention on snowy or icy surfaces

Details

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

l  February

? Prevention of safety accidents in the thawing season

Details

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

l  March

? Prevention of safety accidents involving crush injuries

-  Prevention of injuries in workplaces

Details

                Promotion activities to prevent crushes because of spring tiredness which occurs frequently around the lunch break in March.

*data from OSHRI '2010 weather and occupational injuries

l  April

? Prevention of fall accidents

Details

Intensive promotion on the prevention of falls in the construction industry which record high increase rate during the spring

*data from OSHRI '2010 weather and occupational injuries

l  May

? Prevention of cardiovascular diseases & musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs)

 Details

Preventing Musculoskeletal diseases in the parcel delivery and quick delivery sector and Visual Display Terminal Syndrome.

l  June

? Prevention of suffocation

     Details

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

l  July

? Prevention of electric-shock in summer monsoon season

Details

Campaign for preventing electrocutions, which are frequent in rainy season

l  August

?Protecting workers’ health during hot summer

-           Keeping workers healthy in summer; prevention of drowning

Details

 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.

l  September

?Prevention of serious accidents

Details

                Focusing on occupational accidents prevention as maintenance is frequently conducted on October.

l  October

?Preventing safety accidents: collapse, destruction, and fall

               Details

Campaign on the prevention of accidents like collapse and destruction in the construction worksites, which increase in October annually.

l  November

?Preventing cerebro and cardiovascular diseases

Details

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

l  December

?Slips and trips prevention

                Details

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

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