Korea Zinc Launches 2nd Safety Innovation Committee... "Safety is the Highest Value"

Commitment to Continuous Improvement of Safety-First System

Korea Zinc announced on the 4th that it has launched the 2nd term of the ‘Safety Innovation Committee’ for the company’s safety innovation.

From the left, Kwon Ki-seop, former Vice Minister of Employment and Labor, Lee Jun-yong, Head of Refinery at Korea Zinc, Kim Jung-won, Director of the Occupational Environment and Health Center at Kosin University Gospel Hospital, and Bae Seong-sil, Professor of Nano Energy Chemistry at Ulsan University, are taking a commemorative photo at the launch ceremony of the 2nd term of Korea Zinc's 'Safety Innovation Committee' on the 4th.
[Photo by Korea Zinc]

The first term of the committee, launched in 2021, successfully completed about three years of activities, and the activities of the 2nd term began with this inauguration ceremony.

Korea Zinc promised to improve its management system prioritizing safety-centered management with the launch of the 2nd term of the Innovation Committee. At the same time, it stated that it will continue to play its role as a policy-making organization while carrying out safety campaign policies and activities under the slogan "Begin Again: Safety."

The 2nd term of the Safety Innovation Committee was formed by inviting external members specializing in key professional fields. Kwon Ki-seop, former Vice Minister of Employment and Labor, was appointed as the chairman of the committee and will be in charge of industrial safety and health policy. Following him, Kim Jung-won, director of the Occupational Environment and Health Center at Kosin University Gospel Hospital (specialist in occupational and environmental medicine), will be responsible for the health sector, and Bae Seong-sil, professor of Nano Energy Chemistry at Ulsan University, will be in charge of the safety sector.

Composed of a total of nine members (external and internal members, labor union, representatives of the partner company council, etc.), the 2nd term of the Safety Innovation Committee will support Korea Zinc’s safety and health re-leap through various communications and consultations in the future.

Kwon Ki-seop, chairman of the Safety Innovation Committee, said, "Safety is the best value that labor and management must jointly pursue, and absolute risks must never be tolerated or neglected in the workplace. I will contribute to ensuring that safety is internalized by both labor and management beyond mere compliance with regulations."