Business Agreement Signed with the Korean Society of Safety and RIST
Advancing Preventive Systems Based on AI and Data
The Korea Iron & Steel Association has established an industry-academia-research collaboration system to enhance the safety culture in the steel industry.
From the left in the photo: Daljae Park, President of the Korean Society of Safety; Kyungho Lee, Executive Vice President of the Korea Iron & Steel Association; and Kwanhee Lee, Director of the Pohang Institute of Industrial Science and Technology. Provided by the Korea Iron & Steel Association.
On February 27, the Korea Iron & Steel Association announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for industry-academia-research cooperation to advance the safety culture in the steel industry with the Korean Society of Safety and the Pohang Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST). The signing ceremony was attended by Kyungho Lee, Senior Vice President of the Korea Iron & Steel Association; Daljae Park, President of the Korean Society of Safety; Kwanhee Lee, Director of the Process Safety Research Center at RIST; and other related officials.
This agreement was promoted to establish a safety management system tailored to the characteristics of the steel industry, which is a continuous process industry centered on high temperatures, heavy materials, and large-scale equipment. It also aims to lay the groundwork for collaboration among policy, technology, and on-site practices to prevent industrial accidents.
Under the agreement, the three organizations plan to cooperate in the following areas: ▲ sharing policy, technology, and on-site information related to steel industry safety; ▲ jointly operating seminars, forums, and educational programs for industrial accident prevention; ▲ promoting collaborative projects and joint research to advance safety management systems; and ▲ developing and supporting the on-site application of AI- and data-based digital safety technologies.
Kyungho Lee, Senior Vice President of the Korea Iron & Steel Association, stated, "The steel industry is structurally exposed to a variety of risk factors, and the importance of building a preventive, data- and technology-driven safety system is growing. This MOU is significant because it establishes a cooperative structure in which industry, academia, and research institutions can leverage their respective expertise."
He continued, "The association will actively gather broad feedback and needs from the industrial field, and provide robust support so that academic research outcomes and AI- and data-based safety technologies can be systematically disseminated across the industry. If a virtuous cycle that organically connects policy, research, technology, and field operations is established, the safety management level of the steel industry will be further advanced."
Daljae Park, President of the Korean Society of Safety, remarked, "As the steel industry is a key national industry, its safety standards are directly linked to industrial competitiveness. I expect that this industry-academia-research collaboration will become an opportunity to establish a practical, site-oriented safety culture and to advance digital, preventive safety systems." He added, "The Korean Society of Safety will actively contribute to industrial accident prevention and safety innovation based on scientific evidence and expertise."
Kwanhee Lee, Director of the Process Safety Research Center at RIST, said, "Through this MOU, we plan to further develop AI- and data-based digital safety management technologies and focus on demonstrating customized safety solutions in the field. Through mutual technological cooperation, we aim to raise the actual safety management standards in the steel industry and spread the resulting technological achievements throughout the industry in the future."
The three organizations plan to use this agreement as a starting point to generate tangible safety improvements in the steel industry and to continuously expand cooperative activities to establish a preventive safety culture.
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