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Busan Metropolitan City Conducts On-site Safety and Health Consultation Sessions at City-affiliated Workplaces

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that, in preparation for the Chuseok holiday, it will hold customized on-site consultation sessions at each city-affiliated workplace until September 26 to raise awareness of occupational safety and health.

This consultation program will cover city-affiliated workplaces including the main city hall, four direct agencies, and 25 subordinate offices.

Safety and health managers, along with other field experts from the Industrial Accident Prevention Division, will participate to raise awareness about preventing industrial accidents and proactively manage potential risk factors.

Together with workplace safety and health officers and field workers, the team will inspect major work sites and provide guidance on essential safety rules regarding hazardous machinery and equipment, harmful factors, and high-risk work.

The program will also involve checking the current status of workplace safety management and discussing improvement measures, thereby strengthening practical responses to improve working conditions and prevent industrial accidents.

In addition, intensive training on safety management for contracted, outsourced, and consigned projects will be provided to managers responsible for city workplace contracts, in order to prevent industrial accidents among subcontracted workers.

Under the Serious Accident Punishment Act, contractors are obligated to ensure the safety and health not only of their own workers but also of subcontracted workers. Accordingly, a three-day intensive group training session will be held to explain and discuss detailed methods of implementing these obligations with city workplace contract managers.

The city emphasized that establishing a safety culture in which all workers practice basic safety principles and comply with regulations is the first step toward preventing industrial accidents. It also announced plans to continuously expand customized on-site consultations and training to raise awareness and enhance workers’ capabilities in safety and health.

Kim Ki-hwan, Director General of the Citizens’ Safety Office, stated, “Since industrial accidents can be sufficiently prevented in advance, we will continue to strengthen a field-oriented safety management system,” adding, “We will do our utmost to create a safe working environment where all workers can work with peace of mind.”