‘Safe, lively and motivated Seoul’

MOU between Seoul and KOSHA for framework to prevent accidents,

e.g., fiscal assistance to old facilities

2^nd April,

KOSHA starts a project that helps Seoulites and workers secure their rights to health and safety.

President Hun-ki Baek and Mayor Won-soon Park, Seoul’s mayor concluded memorandum of understanding at Dasan Plaza in Seoul on 2^nd April to make Seoul ‘safe, lively and motivated’.

<Outline of the MOU>

   When: 11:00 a.m., 2^nd April, 2012

   Where: meeting room on the 13^th floor of the Dasan Plaza, Seosomun, Seoul

  Participant: president Hun-ki Baek of KOSHA, Mayor Won-soon Park and relative persons.

KOSHA and Seoul metropolitan government pursues following plans:

- Improvement of old industrial facilities

- Prevention of accidents of street cleaners and public workers

- Enhancement of safety and health of workers in the restaurant and water & sewage treatment plants

- set up of a safety system for construction process ordered by the Seoul metropolitan government

First, when it comes to the improvement of the old facilities, the Seoul metropolitan government and KOSHA give fiscal assistance to some 100 work places in four vulnerable sectors in terms of prevention capability, such as printing, sewing, jewelry and machine industry, located in Seoul metropolitan area.

Second, for the safety of street cleaners, each district office and KOSHA build a network to prevent accidents. Also to help public workers avoid accidents, KOSHA and the Seoul government jointly educate them and check the status of the field.

Third, both KOSHA and the Seoul government examine OSH status when they check meal service center and restaurants, to prevent accidents in the food-service industry. In addition, KOSHA provides facilities such as oxygen meter to prevent suffocation accidents in the contained places, which usually occur in the sewage treatment facilities.

Fourth, the process of construction contract ordered by the Seoul metropolitan government will receive joint examination from KOSHA as well as Seoul. Also, they plan to create a safety and health management system to umbrella agencies of the Seoul metropolitan government such as the construction company, SH corporation, to make a better working environment.

Meanwhile, KOSHA concluded contracts with 290 organizations and enterprises up until now among which 51 are local governments, showing achievements in the accidents prevention.

<Achievement case in 2007>

KOSHA concluded a memorandum of understanding with Gyung-gi province in July, 2007 to prevent suffocation cases in contained places. After this MOU, fatal suffocation cases during the sewerage construction orderd by the Gyung-gi province, dropped from 5 cases in 2007 to none in 2009.

President Hun-ki Baek said that this MOU will serve as an opportunity to contribute to make Seoul ‘safe and sustainable’, adding that KOSHA keeps signing contract with other local governments so that it can strengthen the capacity for safety and health.

                        
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