Intensive Safety Inspections for 1,545 Sites Including Traditional Markets Until June 13
Inspection Results to Be Made Public and Continuous Monitoring to Follow
Jeollanam-do will conduct intensive safety inspections on 1,545 sites, including battery manufacturing companies, waste treatment facilities, traditional markets, and multi-use businesses, over a 61-day period until June 13, 2025, which is the designated intensive safety inspection period.
The intensive safety inspection, which began in 2015, is conducted annually with the participation of the government, local authorities, and residents to check the status of safety management in the Jeollanam-do region and to identify and improve risk factors.
This year, the primary targets are facilities such as battery manufacturing companies, waste treatment facilities, traditional markets, and multi-use businesses, focusing on those that have recently become an issue or where accidents could result in human casualties.
The inspections will be carried out jointly by the Safety Management Advisory Group, which consists of 189 experts in fields such as civil engineering, architecture, electricity, fire safety, and gas, as well as responsible public officials and related organizations from both the public and private sectors.
Additionally, safety monitors operated by city and county governments, as well as senior retired public officials, will participate in the intensive safety inspections to take the lead in eliminating safety hazards.
To ensure thorough inspections, drones will be used to identify risk factors in facilities that are difficult for personnel to access, such as bridges and water and sewage facilities, and for facilities where visual inspection is difficult, non-destructive testing and thermal imaging cameras will be used to make sure there are no safety blind spots.
To encourage residents to participate directly in the inspections and to spread a culture of safety by making safety checks a routine part of daily life, self-inspection checklists will be created and distributed, focusing on apartment complexes, single-family homes, and multi-use facilities.
Based on the inspection results, minor issues that can be corrected on-site will be addressed immediately, while serious defects will result in emergency safety measures such as suspension of use or demolition. For projects requiring prompt repair or reinforcement, budget requests will be actively discussed with central government ministries. Last year, two facilities in Haenam and Goheung that required urgent repairs received a special grant of 1.2 billion KRW through coordination with central government ministries.
The inspection results will be disclosed on city and county websites and the Integrated Safety Information Disclosure System to ensure transparency and to focus all efforts on eliminating safety blind spots in daily life.
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