ILO-CIS National Centre of Korea

kyung-won, Lee

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Korea Occupational Safety and Health AgencyKorea Occupational Safety and Health AgencyKorea Occupational Safety and Health Agency

Introduction to KOSHA

Nothing is more important than saving lives!

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) is a public, and non-profit accident prevention organization

History

May 30,1987May 30,1987 Announcement of KOSHA ActAnnouncement of KOSHA Act

Dec. 9,1987Dec. 9,1987 Establishment of KOSHAEstablishment of KOSHA

Dec.12,1987Dec.12,1987 Establishment of OSH Training InstituteEstablishment of OSH Training Institute

Jul.19,1989Jul.19,1989 Establishment of OSRI and OHRI (DEC. ’98. Consolidati on)Establishment of OSRI and OHRI (DEC. ’98. Consolidati on)

1988~Now1988~Now Headquarters, 6 Regional Offices and 14 Area Office sHeadquarters, 6 Regional Offices and 14 Area Office s

OSRI+OHRI : Occupational Safety & Health Research I nstitute

Staffs : 1,319Budget(2007) : US $260 million

Established in 1987 to save worker’s lives andto improve workers’ safety and health

Contents

For Migrant Workers2

International Cooperation3

Safety and Health Network1

I. Safety and Health Network

1. Networking with Safety and Health Organizations

- Korea Industrial Safety Association

- Korea Industrial Health Association

- Korea Construction Safety Engineering Association

- Korean Association of Occupational Health Nurse

- Korea Safety Manager Association

- Education & Training Material Development

- Information Material Developing partnership with KOSHA

- Mutual Partnership in Field of OSH

Organizations

Purpose of Network

I. Safety and Health Network

1. Networking with Safety and Health Organizations

- Holding Working-level Talks

- Discussing Network Acting Plan

- Promoting dissemination of Global Safety and Health Newsletter

- Promoting World Congress on OSH

- E-mail Service for Organizations’ employees or customers

Activities

II . For Migrant Workers

1. Interpreter Pool

- Strengthen safety education for immigrant workers

- KOSHA awarded letters of appointment to 105

interpreters

- 15 languages of Asian Countires

- Interpretation services shall be provided during the circuit

education for foreigners in places where they are clustered and

during visiting safety education using the Agency’s bus.

Educational Materials on Industrial Accident Prevention for Migrant Workers

- Translated into 10 different languages, i.e., English,

Chinese, Indonesian, Bengali, Vietnamese, Uzbek, Thai, Sinhala(Sri Lankan), Mongolian, and Urdu(Parkistan),these materials also contain fundamental knowledge on industrial accident prevention for the training of migrant workers.

※※※※ Year 2007 (10 languages): 170,000 copies, teaching aids 2 kinds (construction, manu-facturing), education videos 2 kinds (construction, manufacturing), poster, sticker

II. For Migrant Workers

II. For Migrant Workers

II. For Migrant Workers

II. For Migrant Workers

- Educational Materials on Industrial Accident Prevention for Chinese Workers(more than 50% of migrant workers): teaching aids 2 kinds(construction, services)

II. For Migrant Workers

▞▞▞▞ Distribution of OSH materials to migrant workers - Porvide PDF version of guide book through KOSHA website(http://www.kosha.or.kr/education/business16/main.jsp)

II. For Migrant Workers

▞▞▞▞ Providing OSH training materials through KOSHA Web-site- 11 kinds of audio-visual materials are provided through KOSHA websites

(http://www.kosha.or.kr/education/business16/main.jsp)

II. For Migrant Workers

III. International Cooperation

Technical support to improve OSH level for the Asian countries- Mongolia, Vietnam, Indonesia, ASEAN, Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan

- Fellowship training & Consultation Program

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Cooperation with ILO Regional office- Fellowship Training Program : OSH related public servants

from Asian countries- Consultation on OSH : 4 countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, etc.)

- ILO-CIS National Center of Korea- APOSHO (Asia-Pacific Occupational Safety and Health Organization)

- EU-OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work)- WHO CC (Collaborating Center), ASEAN-OSHNET

International information exchange