Signing of 'Safety and Health Win-Win Cooperation Agreement' with Local SMEs
Dongkuk Steel Group announced on the 29th that its steel affiliates Dongkuk Steel and Dongkuk CM were selected as 'Win-Win Cooperation Excellent Companies' hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency.
At the '2024 Large and Small-Medium Enterprise Safety and Health Win-Win Cooperation Project Participating Companies Agreement Ceremony' held at the Bankers Hall in Jung-gu, Seoul, Dongkuk Steel's Incheon and Dangjin plants and Dongkuk CM's Busan plant received certificates of excellence.
Excellent companies enjoy benefits such as a two-year exemption from workplace inspections by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, additional points in the win-win growth index evaluation, and preferential treatment when selected for government awards.
Dongkuk Steel receiving an award certificate as an excellent company at the Large, Medium, and Small Enterprise Safety and Health Win-Win Cooperation Agreement Ceremony. (From left) Byun Hong-yeol, Head of Planning Office at Dongkuk Steel; Lee Jeong-sik, Minister of Employment and Labor; Kwon Gi-jwa, CEO of Shinhung Enterprise. [Photo by Dongkuk Steel Group]
On the same day, the two companies also signed a 'Safety and Health Win-Win Cooperation Agreement' with local small and medium-sized enterprises. With this agreement, Dongkuk Steel Group expanded the scope of safety and health cooperation from in-house subcontracting, which was converted to direct management, to external contractors, external partners, and local SMEs. Dongkuk Steel and Dongkuk CM directly employed about 1,000 in-house subcontracted workers in January this year.
Through this agreement, Dongkuk Steel Group's steel business units Dongkuk Steel and Dongkuk CM will promote customized support activities for participating companies, including ▲ transfer and strengthening of risk assessment techniques ▲ focused identification and improvement of the three major accident types and eight major risk factors ▲ support for safety and health activities.
Commemorative photo of the Dongkuk Steel Group - Local Small and Medium Enterprises Safety and Health Win-Win Cooperation Agreement. (From left) Dongkuk Steel Planning Director Byun Hong-yeol, Shinheung Enterprise CEO Kwon Ki-jwa, Baegun CEO Lee Jae-sik, Dongkuk CM Planning Director Kim Do-yeon. Photo by Dongkuk Steel Group
The Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency launched the 'Large and Small-Medium Enterprise Safety and Health Win-Win Cooperation Project' last year. This project was established to have large and small-medium enterprises voluntarily unite to close the gap in safety and health levels, practice risk assessment-centered safety and health win-win solutions, and for the government to provide technical and financial support and discover and spread excellent models.
Dongkuk Steel Group has participated in this project since its inception. The group formed a company-wide 'Large and Small-Medium Enterprise Win-Win Cooperation Project Promotion Organization' and collaborated with professional consulting firms to support the establishment of safety and health management systems for about 30 partner companies across all business sites in Incheon, Pohang, Dangjin, and Busan.
Byun Hong-yeol, Head of Planning at Dongkuk Steel, said, "We plan to prioritize safety in our management activities and strengthen competitiveness through safety and health win-win cooperation with local partner companies. We will do our best to spread a safety culture."
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