Industry worksites have reported an increasing number of safety accidents of late, related to how workers wear protective gear, which is sometimes unsuitable for work.
In a related development, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) published the One-Point Lesson (OPL) Series, a guideline on how to wear protective gear safely, as well as recommendations on the safe use of protection instruments and the prevention of the use of uncertified items.
The guideline consists of must-do categories, including the marking of safety certifications on industry dust-proof masks, how to use them and cautionary matters.
It also contains information on how to choose capacity and grade suitable to the use of dust-proof masks according to works and how to confirm the safety certification KCs to guarantee its safety and protection function.
The Occupational Safety & Health Certification Institute (OSHCI) of KOSHA will also publish guidelines on wearing safety shoes and protective goggles, a part of the OPL Series on the Guideline on Wearing Protective Gear.
The guidelines are designed to prevent the occurrence of accidents in which the safety of workers is endangered due to the wearing of protective gears, unsuitable to their gender, age or other physical conditions.
KOSHA President Ahn Jong-ju and POSID President Yoo Dae-sun attend a ceremony to sign an MOU on the protection of the health of workers with postal call centers between KOSHA and POSID at POSID headquarters in Seoul on March 25. (Photos: KOSHA)
KOSHA Strikes MOU on Protection of Health of Call Center Workers with POSID
Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) signed an MOU on the protection of the health of workers with call centers with the Postal Savings & Insurance Development Institute (POSID) at POSID headquarters in Seoul on March 25.
Among those on hand at the event were KOSHA President Ahn Jong-ju and POSID President Yoo Dae-sun.
The two institutions struck an MOU on the strengthening of the health safety net of postal savings & insurance call centers, operate by POSID and agreed to make joint efforts to protect the health of call center workers vulnerable to infectious diseases such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
KOSHA implements projects to support air exchange of the three call centers and supplies the co-Safe air exchange by non-face-to-face and Mobile (co-S.U.M), a measurement for evaluating the air exchange of worksites, developed by KOSHA in 2020.
Preventive Steps Against Suffocation Related to Curing of Cement
Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) took steps to prevent deaths from suffocation, caused by the burning of brown coal in the course of curing cement on Jan. 25.
Twenty-five deaths from suffocation in the construction industry have been reported over the past decade. Seventeen cases, or 68 percent of the total, took place in the course of curing cement.
At construction sites, burning of brown coal is designed for curing of cementer during winter, but failure to change the air to retain the temperate has caused carbon monoxide intoxication.
KOSHA conducts an unnoticed inspection into construction worksites to prevent accidents related to carbon monoxide intoxication accident on the 25th day of each month.
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