'Iron Man(?)' of Industrial Sites: Large-Scale Deployment of Industrial Safety Patrol Cars Underway

KOSHA to Introduce 32 Additional Vehicles and Strengthen On-Site Safety Patrols to Reduce Industrial Accident Fatalities

Industrial Safety Patrol Car.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A large number of 'Industrial Safety Patrol Cars' tasked with safety inspection patrols at industrial sites will be deployed.

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (Chairman Park Doo-yong) announced on the 9th that it will introduce 32 additional Industrial Safety Patrol Cars to frontline agencies nationwide and begin full-scale operation from the 10th.

The Industrial Safety Patrol Cars will be used for on-site inspections (patrols) and technical guidance, focusing on areas requiring intensive management of fatal accident hazards, such as small and medium-sized construction sites and areas densely populated with factories and warehouses.

Last year, one patrol car was introduced and operated at 27 frontline agencies starting in August, but with the expansion of on-site inspection targets, the agency explained that the additional introduction was made to ensure the promptness of technical guidance.

The additional introduction of patrol cars is expected to play a significant role in emergency dispatch and proactive prevention activities in the event of major accidents, such as the April fire accident at the Icheon logistics warehouse.

The patrol cars are equipped with fire, explosion, and asphyxiation hazard prevention diagnostic equipment (multi-gas detectors, ventilation fans, supplied-air respirators, etc.) to enable rapid on-site support.

With the reinforcement of patrol cars, special planned inspections (patrol inspections) for the construction industry will be significantly expanded from the existing 30,000 sites to 60,000 sites.

Chairman Park Doo-yong of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency said, “With the additional introduction of patrol cars, not only will the response to fall accidents at construction sites, which account for more than half of fatal accident victims, be strengthened, but also the on-site response to fire, explosion, and asphyxiation accident prevention activities.”

Chairman Park added, “We will focus our efforts on reducing fatal accident victims by half by 2022.”

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