‘Risk Assessment’ The Start of a Safe Workplace … Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Launches Campaign

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) launched a nationwide risk assessment practice campaign to mark the "10th On-site Inspection Day."

On this day, Director Ahn Jong-joo of the agency visited a construction site located in Haeundae-gu, Busan, to inspect whether risk assessments were being properly implemented and to provide guidance on the revised "Guidelines on Workplace Risk Assessment."

The revised guidelines reflect feedback from the field that the risk assessment system was difficult and complex to implement, and have been improved to focus the risk assessment system on identifying risk factors and preparing improvement measures.

Chairman An Jong-ju of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency and other officials are visiting a construction site in Haeundae-gu, Busan, conducting a risk assessment practice campaign.

Additionally, various assessment methods such as checklists and OPS (One Page Sheet) were introduced to make risk assessments easier and more convenient to conduct. The revisions also clarified the timing of assessments, established special provisions for occasional assessments, expanded worker participation, and addressed shortcomings identified during the implementation of the system.

Director Ahn Jong-joo of the agency stated, “The Ministry of Employment and Labor and KOSHA are jointly operating a period focused on the widespread implementation of risk assessments,” adding, “We will strive to encourage workplaces to practice risk assessments on their own so that workplaces in the Republic of Korea can be transformed into safe workplaces.”