"Safe Workplaces Today"... Ministry of Labor Hosts AI Expo and Seminars for Industrial Safety and Health Month

Throughout July, the "Industrial Safety and Health Month" event will be held nationwide to promote a culture of industrial safety and to disseminate advanced safety technologies.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency announced on the 5th that, in celebration of "Industrial Safety and Health Month" this month, they will host a variety of safety and health events across the country. This year’s event, under the slogan "Safe Workplaces Today, Happier Tomorrows," will kick off with a commemorative ceremony at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 6th, and continue for five days until the 10th.

More than 300 people are expected to attend the commemorative ceremony, including members of the National Assembly's Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee, individuals honored for their contributions to industrial accident prevention, representatives from labor and management organizations, academic societies related to safety and health, and officials from private disaster prevention agencies. The government will present official commendations, including orders and medals, as well as Presidential and Prime Minister’s Citations, to 17 individuals who have contributed to the prevention of industrial accidents.

Kim Young-hoon, Minister of Employment and Labor, is speaking at the Jeonnam Gwangju Semiconductor Workforce Training Meeting held on the 2nd at the Korea Photonics Technology Institute in Gwangsan-gu, Jeonnam Gwangju Unified Special City. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

The Order of Industrial Service Merit (Bronze Tower) will be awarded to Kang Boseong, Head of Production at Dong-A Pharm’s Cheonan Plant. Over 22 years in pharmaceutical production, Kang has been recognized for raising safety management standards by introducing automatic control systems such as automatic sensors and interlocks to prevent entrapment accidents. The Stone Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit will be awarded to Kim Gwangil, Executive Director of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions. Kim has been recognized for his more than 31 years of participation in the development of workplace safety and occupational accident prevention policies, as well as for helping to improve risk factors by conducting safety inspections at over 1,500 small and medium-sized businesses.

From the 6th to the 9th, the "AI Safety and Health Expo" will also take place at KINTEX Exhibition Hall 2. Three hundred companies will participate, showcasing AI and smart safety technologies such as CCTV video analysis systems and smart safety detectors. There will also be exhibitions and hands-on experiences featuring personal protective equipment designed to prevent the three major types of industrial hazards: falls, entrapment, and collisions. In addition, 40 safety and health seminars will be held to share policies and technologies for accident prevention, along with 18 best practice presentations on topics such as AI and smart industrial safety technologies and the creation of safer workplaces.

Starting from the second week of July, regional safety and health events will also be held at worksites nationwide, focusing on topics such as mobile workers, businesses with fewer than 50 employees, livestock facilities, solar panel installation and demolition work, and measures to prevent heat-related illnesses among logistics workers.

Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Younghoon stated, "We will do our utmost to eradicate industrial accidents, adhering to the principle that there can be no compromise when it comes to safety, in order to create workplaces where life is respected."

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