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Busan Metropolitan City to Advance Major Industrial Accident Prevention System Through Data-Driven Preemptive Management

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Park Heong-joon, announced that it will further advance its major industrial accident prevention system for workplaces under its jurisdiction and promote more systematic safety management policies through data-driven analysis of inspection results and a safety leader-centered preemptive management system.

Under the current Serious Accidents Punishment Act, serious accidents are classified into two categories: major civic accidents and major industrial accidents. The “advancement of the prevention system” being promoted by the city focuses on workplaces under its jurisdiction that fall under major industrial accidents.

The city conducts semiannual “occupational safety and health compliance inspections.” The inspection targets include 30 workplaces under the city’s jurisdiction, as well as contracted, outsourced, and delegated projects. The inspections focus on identifying and improving hazardous and risk factors and verifying compliance with obligations under relevant safety and health laws. Based on the inspection results, the city analyzes types of identified issues and recurring causes, while simultaneously advancing safety management policies through data-driven decision-making.

Through these efforts, the city is establishing a more precise safety management system by intensively managing repeatedly identified risk factors, implementing tailored improvements based on workplace characteristics, and setting priorities for safety and health budgets and management.

The safety and health compliance inspection for the first half of this year is scheduled to take place from May to July.

In the “second half of 2025 safety and health compliance inspection” conducted from November to December last year, a total of 1,979 hazardous and risk factors were identified across 30 city-operated workplaces, of which 93.5 percent were successfully addressed.

For items that could not be immediately resolved due to process constraints, temporary safety measures have been implemented, with improvements being carried out in stages.

In particular, the number of identified hazardous and risk factors increased approximately fivefold compared to the first half of 2025. This is analyzed not as an increase in risks, but as a result of significantly improved capability to recognize and identify risks due to the establishment of an on-site-centered inspection system.

Furthermore, the management system—extending from post-inspection improvements to re-verification—has been operating stably, indicating that a prevention-centered safety management structure is gradually taking root.

In addition, starting this year (2026), the city will fully operate a pre-monitoring system centered on designated Safety Leaders in each department and affiliated office.

Safety Leaders will continuously monitor workplace-specific characteristics, daily operations, and the processes of contracted, outsourced, and delegated work to identify necessary safety management elements in advance and prevent management gaps.

Through this initiative, the city plans to move away from a post-inspection-centered approach and establish a proactive safety management system focused on prevention.

The city is also strengthening practical understanding and field application capabilities by providing customized, level-based training to 155 Safety Leaders in the first half of 2026.

Although the prevention of major industrial accidents is carried out at the individual workplace level and may not be directly noticeable to citizens, the city plans to proactively advance safety management systems in the public sector and present standards and directions that can be applied across the entire region.

Meanwhile, under the “2026 Comprehensive Plan for the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents,” the city is focusing on establishing a prevention-centered safety and health management system, systematizing a continuous compliance management system, and fostering a safety culture.

In particular, the city has increased its safety and health budget by 31.5 percent compared to the previous year (87.11 billion KRW), thereby strengthening practical safety investments such as facility improvements, equipment expansion, and training.

Mayor Park Heong-joon stated, “The key to preventing major industrial accidents is identifying and eliminating risk factors in advance,” adding, “Through data-driven inspections and a safety leader-centered pre-monitoring system, we will minimize gaps in on-site safety management and establish a more systematic prevention system.”