KOSHA NEWS COVER STORY. Protecting Worker's Life and Health COVER STORY

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1 Government 3.0 Open, Share, Communication, Collaboration KOSHA NEWS Dec. 78 Protecting Worker's Life and Health 2015 COVER STORY COVER STORY NEWS International Seminar On Seoul Statement Imprementation and Dissemination Korean Wave(Hallyu) in Wider Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Field KOSHA's Accident Prevention TV campaign Awarded Special Prize At NY Festivals Copyright 2015 by KOSHA For right of reproduction or translation, application should be made to the International Cooperation Center, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency.

2 CONTENTS COVER STORY 01 International Seminar On Seoul Statement Imprementation and Dissemination NEWS 01 Korean Wave(Hallyu) in Wider Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Field 02 KOSHA's Accident Prevention TV campaign Awarded Special Prize At NY Festivals 03 4th International Strategy Conference on Safety and Health at Work at DGUV Academy Dresden Newsletter Protecting Worker's Life and Health 02

3 COVER STORY 01 International Seminar on Seoul Statement Implementation and Dissemination 'To bridge the gap' The International President of KOSHA seminar signed has been civil, government held to seek and balanced scholar s development of Occupational Safety and Health in Metropolitan City, Jung-bok Yoo, Chairman of Incheon Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kang-shin Lee, Vice principal of the globe. President of KOSHA Young-Soon LEE hosted the Inha University, In-kyo Jung, President of Incheon SK Energy, International Seminar on Seoul Statement Jae-hwan Lee at Incheon Metropolitan city office on 24th September. Implementation and Dissemination on 6 th November at Hotel Geomosan located in Gyeongsangbuk-do province. The MOU is aiming for enhancing OSH recognition in community and national OSH capacity five organizations st International The seminar is following the 31 cooperation Commission from business, on Occupational university and Health companies. Congress at COEX, Seoul in May to discuss how to implement According and disseminate to the MOU, the KOSHA Seoul will Statement. support accident prevention The activities statement in Incheon embraces Metropolitan the role of city international and the city will precede OSH professional OSH-related policy, in closing Incheon the Chamber gap between of Commerce and developing Industry, Incheon and developed SK Energy countries. and Inha University will add Global OSH professionals; the president of International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), Jukka Takkala and the former president of Finland Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Jorma Rantanen delivered keynote speeches. Newsletter Protecting Worker's Life and Health 03

4 COVER STORY 01 Five organizations join together for International Safe City: Incheon Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) signed MOU for Safety and Health professional development to prevent chemicals leakage and Dr. Jorma Rantanen s presentation was about importance of implementation of the Seoul Statement, and international organization and governments role; and Dr. Jukka Takala spoke about European countries efforts in OSH service distribution and collaboration between International Labor Organization (ILO) and World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. LEE explained Korean current status and previous efforts to expand OSH service and role of professional agency in implementation of Seoul Statement, and Dr. Woo Keukhyun, president of Korea Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine suggested role of the field professional. Meanwhile, each country s follow-up activities for the statement and results of implementation will be presented at the 32 nd ICOH Congress 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. President of KOSHA said, KOSHA will continuously play a role in seeking collaboration among international communities to expand the concept and effort of Seoul statement. explosion accidents. The President of Young-soon, LEE said Incheon Metropolitan cit y s representative organizations joined together for accident prevention and safer/ healthier Incheon, and KOSHA will never save its effort so that the MOU will make synergy effort among the joined organizations. Newsletter Protecting Worker's Life and Health 04

5 NEWS 01 Korean Wave (Hallyu) in wider OSH field Korean Occupational Safety & Health Agency (KOSHA), Supports developing countries' OSH Provide mobile training bus to Cambodia and Build training infrastructure in Vietnam Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA), President Korean OSH training bus will be utilized in LEE, young-soon, has started Media delivery service which Cambodian occupational accident prevention, and enables provides OSH media required by workplaces via online Vietnamese workers will use Korean OSH training application within three days. This service enables the applicants easily receive posters/stickers for accident material when they get OSH training. prevention. under the banner of government 3.0, KOSHA will continuously improve related services to share/expand OSH information in broader scope. President Young-Soon, LEE signs an agreement on This user-oriented service is tailored to focus on users convenience and accurate/quick delivery. KOSHA s headquarters donation of training bus to Cambodia for the nation s OSH enhancement at Cambodian Ministry of Labour manage practical data in on-line system and provide the requested and Vocational material/data Training in timely (MoVLT) manner to workplaces. on 16 th November. Any workplace in need of accident prevention poster or warning The sign donation can access has KOSHA been webpage: made upon request from the or MoVLT english.kosha.or.kr/ and it is expected english/ to expand main.do(english) practical and OSH use Media training delivery in Cambodia. service like buying stuffs via on-line shopping. The mobile training bus is a cutting-edge training Among material 70 types equipped of posters with and large-sized 30 types of screen OSH sticker, TV, laptop select necessary and DVD items player. and fill up simple application form. Upon completion of order, delivery tracking service is provided as well. This is the 3 rd bus donation, followed by Mongolian The Ministry president of Labor LEE, young-soon and General said Agency providing in 2011 OSH for data/ material Specialized is as important Inspection as making (GASI) them in in fine quality. and Newsletter Protecting Worker's Life and Health 05

6 MSDs patients by industries in KOSHA received a appreciation plaque from the MoVLT 2014 at the donation ceremony for its contribution in enhancement of OSH level in the country. Category Total Manufacturing Service Construction MSDs 5,174(100%) 2,368(45.8%) 1,908(36.9%) 559(10.8%) KOSHA provides training materials and practical training equipment by different OSH training courses to OSH training center will be completed in the coming March in Vietnam. Work-related disease and MSDs patients Category Category Logistics Agriculture, Finance Electricity Communica- forestry, tion mining, fishery This support is under Official Development Aids (ODA) toward developing countries, coworking with Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) since MSDs 220(4.3%) 89(1.7%) 27(0.5%) 3(0.1%) On 19 th November, KOSHA and MoVLT held a meeting to discuss a further support at Work-related 7,803 7,247 7,472 7,627 7,678 For different size of the enterprises, 66.3 per cent of patients Daewoo hotel with presence of the Vice Minister of MoVLT, Doan Mau Diep. At this (3,431) works for an enterprise with less than 50 employees, MSDs(ratio) 5,502 5,077 5,327 5,446 5,174 meeting various support including 13 vocational facilities, and MSDs were 11 training found the course most in 40s and and dispatch 50s. of (70.51%) (70.06%) (71.29%) (71.40%) (67.39%) experts will be discussed. * Work-related disease: MSDs, Cardiovascular and work-related disease due to chemicals Based on KOSHA s analysis of 5,174 MSDs patients, 45.8per cent of patients(2,368) were work for manufacturing industry, 36.9 per cent (1,908) were in service industry and 10.8 per cent (559) were in construction industry. MSDs patients by size of enterprise in 2014 Vice President Young-seop Lim said, KOSHA will actively put efforts to spread our Category MSDs Total Less than 50 50~ ~999 More than 1,000 accident prevention experience and professional technology to developing countries, and pursue closer ties in OSH field to bridge the gap among the world. 5,174 3, (100%) (66.3%) (16.8%) (3.8%) (13.1%) Newsletter Protecting Worker's Life and Health 06

7 NEWS 02 KOSHA's Accident Prevention TV Campaign Awarded Special prize at New York Festivals MSDs patients by ages in 2014 Category MSDs Total Younger 30s 40s 50s Older than 29 than 60 5, ,122 1,607 1, (100%) (5.8 %) (21.7%) (31.1%) (30.4%) (11.1%) Accordingly, KOSHA has selected 5,700 enterprises, vulnerable to has MSDs such as motor manufacturing and provided intensive technical support in this year. Also, KOSHA has been putting effort to prevent MSDs through providing heavy material handling/exercising posters and video via their webpage. Thus, financial support amount to about 230 billion won for 3,353 enterprises has been provided to set up MSDs prevention and management program. One official of KOSHA said, since 2010, annually 5,000 workers are suffered from MSDs. Especially elderly workers and small-sized enterprise need to raise recognition to MSDs and participate in the prevention activities. Newsletter Protecting Worker's Life and Health 07

8 NEWS 03 Korea Ministry Of Employment and Labor (MOEL) and Korea Occu- and both countries discussed on direction of OSH policy and Easy and funny TV public campaign with putting Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by hand pational Safety & Health Agency (KOSHA) have participated in the social psychological risk and work-related stress at the policy 2015 drawing International and erasing Occupational dangers Safety and by Health erasers Conference: wined overseas discussion. Especially award the policy at New discussion York focused Festiva on how to A+A International from 27th October Advertising 2015 to 30th Awards. October KOSHA 2015 as delega- s TV campaign; expand economic Safe Work network Place, in OSH Healthy area between Workers the two countion and laid foundation for Korean-Germany OSH information tries. Also OSH issue among services industry workers and new sharing achieved and networking. NY Festivals Special award at Korea Communication hazards; new chemicals Award were ceremony, another topic held for at the Korea discussion. Press Center on 2nd December During the conference, KOSHA had its promotion booth to O rganized by German OSH committee (BASI) introduce Korean industrial status and OSH system to partici- The NY Festivals special award is given by one of the world top 3 commercial festival; NY Supported by German Ministry of labor & Society (BMAS) and pants. Festivals Institute for International Occupational Safety Advertising and Health Award. (DGUV) Korea Public Relations Association (KPRA) selects one All in all, 47 Korean and global enterprises were participated to of domestic TV program or video an delivers the award conference instead and exhibited of NY Festivals. their latest safety equipment and The German government has invited partner countries in every device. conference In 2015, and about enhanced 10 companies policy development and public and cooperation KOSHA with national/civil s TV campaign organizations. has been In this selected. year s conference The winners campaign used animation and actual agencies submitted around 40 pieces. Among them, KOSHA strengthened both countries cooperation starting from picture an delivered somewhat bookish topic Accident prevention in easy and friendly way. the Keynote speech at the opening ceremony on 27th Oct. The president Meanwhile, of KOSHA, Korea Dr. Young-Soon, Communication Lee emphasized Award establishment of OSH system meeting expectation from the people, is held by KPRA; consisted with 24 awards for video publications and PR and it faces 25th birthday in 2015 risk management in contract workers and prevention for new occupational An official diseases. from KOSHA He also mentioned said, KOSHA that he expects is doing the our best to ease so-called quickly-qui 2015 culture conference in safety will give field us many with lessons. its slogan; Meanwhile, careful, Korean certification system has been introduced at the watchful Korea seminars Newsletter Protecting Worker's Life and Health 08