Sandangong Achieves A Grade in Public Institution Safety Activity Level Evaluation for Two Consecutive Years

Kim Jeonghwan, Director of the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation (second from the left), is on-site inspecting safety.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] Korea Industrial Complex Corporation (Chairman Kim Jeong-hwan, hereinafter referred to as KICO) announced on the 15th that it has achieved an A grade for two consecutive years in the 'Public Institution Safety Activity Level Evaluation' conducted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and carried out by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency.

The Public Institution Safety Activity Level Evaluation is a comprehensive assessment of the safety and health activities and levels promoted by each public institution in accordance with the government's policy to reduce industrial accident fatalities by more than half by 2022. The evaluation was newly established last year, and this year marks the second evaluation.

KICO established a dedicated safety organization and continuously expanded dedicated personnel. In addition, when COVID-19 spread in the Daegu region in February last year, it quickly established and responded with a Business Continuity Plan (BCP).

Since his inauguration, Chairman Kim Jeong-hwan has established a safety and health management policy stating that "a safe industrial complex is the corporation's core value and top priority," and personally inspected safety on-site more than 20 times. Chairman Kim said, "We will not be complacent with this evaluation result and will fulfill our social responsibility for the safety of corporation employees, subcontractor workers, and all citizens," adding, "Through the establishment of safety management, we will contribute to the government's goal of reducing industrial accident fatalities by more than half."