‘A need for safety and health communication on construction sites’

KOSHA checked the state of safety & health management on major construction sites in Jeju.

Discussing measures to reduce occupational accidents with major construction managers

May 24, 2014

Baek Hun-ki, President of KOSHA, visited construction sites in Jeju to seek measures to reduce occupational accidents on Friday, May 23.

Recently, tourism accommodation facilities, an innovation city, and English education city are being built in Jeju. Accordingly, intensive safety and health management is required for workers in those construction sites.

President Baek and its related officials visited a construction site in Gangjeong-dong, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, where civilian-military complex port is being built by a construction company, Daerim, to check the state of safety and health management and KOSHA’s support.

On the site, construction of quay, breakwater, and dredging and reclamation are underway with an aim of completing the construction by September this year.

The civilian-military complex port construction is now 50 percent completed. On this day, KOSHA granted Daerim a certificate of achieving injury record for three years and four months from December 2010 to March 2014.

KOSHA had a major accident prevention meeting with ten construction managers from companies including Daerim, Hyundai Asan Corp. for new hotel construction and Kumho Industrial Co. for apartment construction.

The items for discussion in the meeting included measures to strengthen safety system in workplaces to prevent major accidents on construction sites, what has been done for promoting safety and health by each workplace, and the consequential difficulties improvement plans.

In the meeting, President Baek said, “Construction work requires special attention because there are many different workers including subcontractors at each level of construction.” “In order for safety system to be operated properly, communication in workplaces is necessary,” he added.

Baek Hun-ki, President of KOSHA (next to one in a black suit) and major construction managers in Jeju are discussing occupational accident prevention.

Baek Hun-ki, President of KOSHA (the person holding a hand up) is checking the state of safety and health management on a major construction site in Jeju.