Gyeonggi Province is launching a comprehensive program this month to prevent serious industrial accidents at small workplaces with fewer than 30 employees, where appointing safety managers is often difficult.
The province announced on the 4th that it secured 2.5 billion won in national funding after being selected for the Ministry of Employment and Labor's grant program aimed at eliminating blind spots in regional serious accident prevention. This marks the first field-oriented serious accident prevention model jointly pursued by the ministry and eight local governments. The Korea Industrial Safety Association's Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters will operate the program.
The province will pursue three initiatives simultaneously. First, it will provide risk assessments and follow-up management consulting to 350 workplaces with fewer than 30 employees in industrial complexes. The plan is to offer connected support from identifying risk factors to monitoring improvement implementation, helping establish practical safety management systems.
Experts will conduct on-site technical guidance at 1,500 rooftop and elevated work sites, where fall accidents occur frequently. Safety equipment will also be provided to achieve immediate preventive effects.
For foreign workers, the province plans to conduct 30 sessions of customized safety training and virtual reality experiences tailored to their linguistic and cultural characteristics. The focus is on improving understanding of industrial safety and strengthening on-site response capabilities.
Gyeonggi Province aims to activate cooperation with cities and counties to thoroughly inspect industrial sites across the province and achieve measurable reductions in actual accidents.
"Together with specialized operating agencies, we will reach as many industrial sites as possible across the province and actively engage our cooperation system with cities and counties to create changes that can be felt on the ground," said Lee In-yong, Director of the Labor Safety Division at Gyeonggi Province. "We will not stop at simple inspections but will deliver industrial accident prevention results this year that lead to actual reductions in accidents."