SAFETY,

where
your happiness
begins

Your hard work does not go unnoticed.

The dreams you have are truly inspiring.
KOSHA knows the value of your hard work and
your inspiring dreams,
their impact on people's lives today,
and their ability to bring about a better tomorrow.
That is why we are doing our utmost to ensure your safety and
health at every turn.
KOSHA is helping to bring about true happiness
for workers throughout Korea.
I Corporate Identity I
"Safety & Health Agency" is
KOSHA's new name
Under the rapidly changing domestic and foreign business environment,
we established our new CI to state our disire to move one step closer to
our customers.
In order to make it easier for people to remember and recognize our
name, we chose 'Safety & Health Agency'.
In addition, our motto 'Preventing Occupational Accidents' specifically
states our area of activity.

The meaning of the symbol

The cross pattern of Safety & Health Agency's symbol represents the friendly image of a
nationally loved agency with the motif of 'Safety and Protection' and 'Health and
Happiness'. The curvature symbolizes the agency's goal to respect life in a dynamic and
friendly way, while representing our mission to serve our customers with all our hearts
as we hold them in the safety of our hands. The green color signifies safety and health
while the blue color imports credibility and professionalism.
More than safety,
we ensure everlasting hope
Hope Morning
7:30 a.m.
Whenever a sturdy building is constructed or a new road is built,
life becomes easier and more enriched for so many.
Everyday you are helping to build a more convenient and affluent world
at industrial sites across Korea.
KOSHA is dedicated to standing by you every step of the way.

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More than safety,
we desire your happiness
Smile Daytime
10:00 a.m.
You brighten people's day with your smile,
and leave a lasting impression on them with your dedication.
Throughout the work day,
your kind smile imparts real warmth and generosity upon everyone.
KOSHA is always there to make sure your smile stays true.

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More than safety,
we make it worthwhile
Pride Afternoon
3:00 p.m.
You build new ships that will sail around the world
by combining your unique skills with your years of experience.
Even during the hottest time of the day you work relentlessly to advance
the future of Korea's shipbuilding industry.
KOSHA is always there to ensure all your hard work is worthwhile
and valued.

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More than safety,
we help bring about a better tomorrow
Dream Evening
6:00 p.m.
As the great plants that beat like a strong heart turns the dream of becoming
tomorrow's powerful nation in energy into realization, your passion and hard
work day and night, even during the weekends are what will bring about a
brighter tomorrow for your future.
KOSHA is always there to maintain your hopes for a brighter future.

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I Message from the President I
 Safety, where your happiness begins

Korea is the largest shipbuilding country in the world. It is also an

industrialized nation leading the world in semi-conductors, automobiles,
electronics, the internet and many others.

Korea was selected to host the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics because
it successfully hosted the 2011 IAAF Championships in Daegu, the 2002
World Cup, and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. With our presence in
the international sporting arena, Korea is undergoing a great transition to
becoming a leading country in the world.

To make Korea a truly advanced nation, the culture of our society should
value not only the level of economic development but also the importance of
human lives. Only when these values are given proper attention, we will be
able to realize a safe society.

However, there are still too many accidents happening in our workplaces.
KOSHA works Last year, approximately 98,000 people fell victims to occupational
accidents, and 2,200 people die due to these accidents every year. The level
with you to of safety in Korea is one of the lowest among OECD nations. Also, the
economic losses due to these accidents well exceed 17.6 trillion won a year.
Accidents occurring at work cause great loss to not only the victims and
make healthier family but also to the workplaces and the nation as a whole. Preventing
occupational accidents is our common responsibility as well as the society’s
and safer greatest challenge. It will not be possible for Korea to further upgrade its
presence in the international area without reducing injuries and illnesses at

workplaces work.

KOSHA is doing its best to realize the precious values of safety and health,
which are the basis of our national development. We are making multifaceted
efforts to prevent accidents, including the development of various prevention
programs. With“Watchful, Careful Korea”as the slogan of KOSHA’s safety
culture campaign, we are conducting a nation-side campaign to promote
safety culture with the participation of the general public.

Recently, KOSHA renamed our agency as“Safety and Health Agency”to

take one step closer to our customers. The launch of a new name and the CI
will help KOSHA take a new step forward. We will continue to provide the
best safety and health services that will touch the people’s hearts with
professionalism and creativity. We will also be thoroughly prepared for both
the internal and external changes in the safety and health environment. Also
we will keep our promise of ensuring the health and lives of workers by
reaching the same safety levels as other advanced nations.

Thank you.

President _ Baek, Hun Ki

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I Achievement Highlights I

Working hard for a better future

CONTINOUS DECREASE INCREASE STRENGTHENED

IN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT RATE IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ETHICAL MANAGEMENT

0.69% 89.9 Point

2009·2010
Selected as an excellent organization
on an integrity survey carried out by
the Anti-corruption & Civil Rights
Commission

Selected as the top organization in

corruption prevention by the Anti-
corruption & Civil Rights Commission
 Safety, where your happiness begins

KOSHA has done a great deal in various aspects to build a strong society by protecting the health and lives of
workers. ● Thanks to the sustained efforts over the years, Korea's industrial accident rate has continued to fall.
● Additionally, by pursuing customer satisfaction management, our customer satisfaction rate is steadily
increasing and having been elected as a chair institution of ISSA Culture Prevention Subcommittee, our status
in the international society is also rising to a higher level. ● KOSHA has also strengthened ethical
management and community services to fulfill its social responsibility as a corporate citizen, further reinforcing
the trust the customers and local communities have in the organization.

EXPANDED INVIGORATION OF COMMUNITY TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR

GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SERVICE ACTIVITIES INDUSTRIAL SITES

18,257 hours 881,475 places

2009
Hosted the World Congress on Safety
and Health at Work

2011
Elected as a chair institution of
ISSA Culture Prevention Subcommittee

※ ISSA(International Social Security Association) * 700,000 service industry Safety+(plus) support

offices included

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Protecting
the safety and welfare of
Korean workers
 Safety, where your happiness begins

A Korean Organization Specializing in the Prevention of Industrial Accidents

Founded in December 1987, KOSHA has pursued a mission to protect the lives and health of all workers and
committed to preventing industrial accidents for the safety and health of the workers.
Active in a wide range of projects, such as the development and distribution of new safety and health
management techniques, the introduction of safety certification systems, the expansion of expert training and
the promotion of safety issues for Koreans, KOSHA has grown as a world-class organization which specializes
in the prevention of industrial accidents.

Increasing Management Efficiency through Continuous Innovation

Every KOSHA employee works hard to provide the very best safety and health services based on leading
expertise and creativity. Based around its headquarters, consisting of 9 departments and 4 teams, KOSHA
operates 6 regional offices, 17 area offices and four safety support centers. In total it has 1,300 employees. In
2010, KOSHA restructured its organizational model to focus on jobs. It also launched the Department for
Accident Prevention in the Service Industry, while establishing a corporate culture where the abilities and
achievements of employees are always highly respected and recognized. Through these ongoing innovative
measures, KOSHA is increasing its management efficiency.

Leading the Development of the World's Occupational Safety and Health Field
KOSHA has concentrated its capabilities on the globalization of occupational safety and health by forging
technological partnerships with many different countries. In addition, it has hosted various international
conferences and seminars. In 2008 it held the 18th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in Seoul along
with the ILO and the International Social Security Association (ISSA), accelerating international exchanges and
cooperation in technology and information regarding industrial safety and health. A year later, KOSHAwas
elected as a chair institution at ISSA and led the foundation of the Culture Prevention Subcommittee,
reinforcing the reputation of a global specialized agency in occupational safety and health.

Growing as a Specialized Organization Trusted by Customers

Based on the expertise and technology that KOSHA has accumulated, it will expand its position as an
organization which specializes in the prevention of industrial accidents by designing and conducting all of its
projects with a focus on its customers. KOSHA will also further reinforce its organizational capabilities to meet
the highest demands of its customers.

Technical Industrial
Manpower Property Rights
(as of November 2011) (as of November 2011)

■ Technical experts 365 ■ Certified engineers 678 ■ Patents 62 ■ Utility models 19

■ Ph. D. holders 65 ■ M. A holders 410 ■ Designs 2 ■ Labels 13 kinds, 35 cases
■ Medical specialists 9

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I KOSHA Story I
Innovative measures needed to protect
workers and maintain workplace safety
For over 20 years, KOSHA has consistenly overcome challenges
and implemented innovative measures to protect workes and
maintain workplace safety. ● It has done this across the nation in
order to realize its goal of healthy workers and a strong society
which has led to a decrease in industrial accident rates and a rise
in customer satisfaction. ● KOSHA will stand by the employees
at all workplaces across Korea just as it has done for more than
two decades.
1987~1990
Pre-development Phase
Dec. 1987 Korea Occupational Safety Agency
(now KOSHA) established
Jul. 1989 Occupational Safety and Health
Research Institute established
KOSHA was established in December 1987 to ensure
the comprehensive and systematic prevention of
industrial accidents. Over that time, it has laid the
foundation for Industrial accident prevention activities
by operating intensive programs. For example,
KOSHA has provided plans to improve safety and
health at workplaces, improved conditions in
unsatisfactory working environments, prevented
accidents at construction sites, and expanded safety
and health training for both labor and management.
At the same time, it has focused on the expansion of
infrastructure, including programs, systems, and
manpower for preventing industrial accidents.
1991~1994
Take-off Phase
Aug. 1992 Tripartite meeting to bring about
low-cost, highly effective,
zero-accident worksites held
Aug. 1993 10.1 million people participated in
Zero-Accident Signature-Seeking
Campaign, which sought to
mobilize 10 million signers
Nov. 1993 1st Occupational Saety and Health
Award held
In the take-off phase, KOSHA came up with low-
cost, highly effective methods to prevent industrial
accidents, conducted R&D on safety and health,
expanded inspections of dangerous macihnery
and equipment, and carried out a Zero-Accident
Signature-Seeking Campaign, which sought to
mobilize 10 million signers. The Zero-Accident
Signature-Seeking Campaign, carried out for
12months from August 1992, was successful in
greatly raising Koreans' awareness with respect to
the importance of industrial accident prevention
and safety.

1995~1998
Acceleration Phase
Aug. 1995 Plate-hanging ceremony at Safety
Culture Center
Oct. 1995 1st Safety Culture Promotion
Convention held
Dec. 1995 Center for Safety and Health
Research completed
Aug. 1996 Launching ceremony held for Joint
Safety Inspection Team for
Construction Sites
May 1997 Completion of Training Center for
Contruction Safety Experience
Sep. 1997 Completion of Industrial Chemicals
Research Center
Sep. 1997 Launching ceremony held for
100-day intensive plan to reduce
industrial accidents
Dec. 1997 Presentation ceremony for KOSHA's
Safety Certification Mark
(S-Mark) No. 1
Apr. 1998 14th APOSHO annual conference held
in Seoul, Korea
When KOSHA moved its headquarters from
Incheon to Bupyeong, it helped bring about a new
momentum for growth. Since then it has been
able to establish voluntary management systems
in Korea by conducting programs such as S-Mark
(safety certification for industrial equipment) and
KOSHA 18001 (an occupational safety and health
management system), launching the Safety
Culture Center, finishing work on the Center for
Safety and health Research, extablishing a Safety
Certification Center, and conducting numerous
safety culture campaigns.
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2009~
1999~2008
2nd Take-off Phase
Jan. 2009 Renamed Korea Occupational Safety
and Health Agency
Mar. 2009 Awarded the right to host the 2015
ICOH
2009. 2010 Selected as the top organization in
corruption prevention by the Anti-
Growth and
corruption & Civil Rights
Commission
2009. 2010 Service industrial disaster
Development Phase
prevention office established
Dec. 1999 12th Anniversary of KOSHA's
Sep. 2011 Achieved top grade on management
establishment / CI Prolamation
evaluations of public institutions
Ceremony held
Oct. 2011 Elected as a chair institution of ISSA
Nov. 2000 Arrangement in Mutual Recognition
Culture Prevention Subcommittee
of Occupational Safety and Health
Dec. 2011 New CI proclaimed Acronym 'Safety
Management System signed
and Health Agency' declared
between KOSHA and BVQI
Jul. 2002 Electromagnetic Wave Lab completed
A New CI was declared in 2011 with the slogan
Mar. 2003 Jeju Area Office opened
Preventing Industrial Accidents in order to be
Sep. 2004 Winner of the National productivity reborn into a specialized agency in industrial
Award accident prevention, growing together with the
Nov. 2006 30,000"Clan Workplaces"recognized people. KOSHA is actively practicing strategies
Oct. 2007 5,000th S Mark given out that are goal-oriented, cooperation-oriented,
creative-oriented, participation-oriented, to protect
Nov. 2007 Hosted the Conference for Safety
the health and lives of workers.
and Health Professional
Organization in Asia.
Dec. 2007 20th Anniversary of KOSHA's
extablishment
Jun. 2008 18th World Congress on Safety and
Health at Work held / Adoption of
Seoul Declaration on Safety and
Health at Work
Jul. 2008 Certification of KOSHA 18001 No. 400
In order to gain even greater trust from customers
as an organization that specializes in the
prevention of industrial accidents, KOSHA
redesigned its customer-oriented work process.
Since 2001, it has strengthened the prevention of
occupational diseases, expanded the development
and distribution of skills to improve working
environments, and operated a Clean Workplace
Program. In addition, KOSHA has been able to
provide systems and technology internationally,
giving it a chance to global leadership.
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I Vision & Goal I

A Professional Agency Working with the

Public to Prevent Accidents at Work
 Safety, where your happiness begins

In order to take the second leap forward through a groundbreaking paradigm shift, the Safety & Health
Agency has established a new vision and objectives, initiative and mission. The new vision of the Safety &
Health Agency is to stand as a Specialized agency in industrial accident prevention, growing together with the
people.

In addition, the newly established objectives is to reduce the loss of work days, fatalities and accident rates by
6% per year and thereby decreasing the industrial accident rate to 0.5%, the level of advanced countries, by the
year 2014. In order to attain these vision and objectives, the Safety &Health Agency has set strategies that
focuses on goals and outcome, collaborative network, creative workplaces and worker's involvement.

Also, we have decided to promote six strategies, concentrating on preventing accidents in each type of
businesses, establishing voluntary safety and health systems, enhancing occupational health activities,
promoting advancement in the safety culture, expanding infrastructures forthe future, and lastly boosting
organizational capabilities in preventing industrial accidents.

We will with no doubt succeed in achievingour mission and goal of lowering industrial accident rates by
effectively and efficiently carrying out strategic missions

MISSON
We protect the lives and health of workers

VISION
Korea's leading occupational safety and
health agency

KOSHA FOCUSES ON
Goals and outcome Collaborative network
Creative worplaces Workers’ involvement

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Industrial Accident Rates by Year
We will raise Korea's prestige around
the world by reducing the nation's
occupational accident rate to the level
of advanced countries
KOSHA puts the highest value on the safety and health of each and every worker in Korea and works
tirelessly to prevent industrial accidents across the country. With the belief that a lower accident rate of
Korea upgrades the nation's reputation, KOSHA will concentrate all its capabilities on achieving an industrial
accident rate of 0.5% by 2014.
I Business Areas I

SAFETY,
where your happiness begins
Based on its leading expertise and its strong spirit of service, KOSHA is deploying businesses in
industrial safety, occupational health, and safety certification targeting workplaces and workers
in the field of manufacture, construction, and service. ● It also provides a wide range of
educational programs on safety and health, develops and distributes media and materials, and
concentrates on safety and health-related R&D. ● KOSHA is active in its promotional
activities and in helping to form a safe culture in order to raise Korea's awareness of safety and
health issues as it continues to strengthen its ties to international cooperative efforts. ● The
following is an introduction to KOSHA's business areas, which collectively strengthen safety
and health measures in all workplaces.
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Creation of Safe Workplaces

Promoting Workers' Health

Prevention of Accidents at
Construction Sites

Service Industry Safety+(PLUS)

Training & Media Service

Advancement of Safety Culture

International Cooperation

Safety Certification

Occupational Safety and Health

Management System (KOSHA 18001)

Research & Development

Strengthening Cooperation with

Safety and Health Partnerships

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 I Creations of Safe Workplaces I

Creating safe and enjoyable workplaces

KOSHA is conducting a number of projects to prevent industrial accidents in each workplace, through intensive management of
accidents, demonstration projects to self-manage the hazard and risk factors, verification and review of manufacturing hazards
and risk prevention plans, technical support for preventing accidents in the shipbuilding industry, certification of safety and health
management system (KOSHA 18001), verification and review of Process Safety Management (PSM). KOSHA is continuously
making the effort to build a safe and comfortable workplace, such as supporting improvement costs up to 150 billion wons per
year in investments into accident prevention facilities and promoting a 'clean workplace', especially at small scale workplaces.

■ Clean Workplace Program
Based on risk assessment consulting for companies
with fewer than 50 employees, KOSHA provides
financial support to carry out safety improvement
measures.
■ Loans for Industrial Accident
Prevention Facilities
KOSHA provides loans to small and medium-sized
companies that cannot finance safety and health
facility improvements. It offers long-term, low-
interest loans for investment in facilities to prevent
industrial accidents.
■ Intensive Support for the Prevention of
Accidental Disasters
KOSHA provides packaged support which includes
intensive identification of risk factors for the
prevention of three frequent industrial accidents -
falls, crushes, and trips - in accident-prone
industries that have fewer than 50 employees, while
also suggesting measures for improvement. In
addition, it provides technical data services, loans
and financial support to applicants for facility
improvement funds, safety inspections, and
educational support.
■ Self-Management of Hazard and Risk
Factors
In a pilot project for self-management of hazard and
risk factors, labor and management voluntarily
identify and improve the causes of accidents and
occupational diseases on the basis of risk
assessment.
■ Review and Verification of Manufactur-
ing Hazard and Risk Prevention Plans
In order to guarantee a site’s safety prior to
construction at a place where accident-prone
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facilities are being established. KOSHA mandates
the submission of work plans so that it can review
and monitor their execution.
■ Preventing Accidents in the
Shipbuilding Industry
In order to prevent fundamental disasters in the
workplaces of shipbuilding and repairing industries
where disasters often occur due complicated work
processes, we are providing systematic technical
and educational support that is most suitable to the
characteristics of each type of business and as such
contribute to the prevention of industrial disasters.
■Safety and Health Management System
(KOSHA 18001)
It is a voluntary safety and health system in order to
systematically promote the activities of disaster
prevention and reduce company losses. Following
are a number of procedures to achieve them:
business owner promote a safety and health policy
under a voluntary management plan, stipulate action
guidelines and standard details of reflected policy
plans, periodically self-evaluate the performances of
the safety and health plan that were carried out and
make improvements.
■ Verification and Review of PSM
We contribute in preventing critical industrial
disasters at work places in high hazard and risk
facilities such as petrochemical plants having high
possibilities of critical industrial disasters by
mandating them to report PSM which specifies the
processing of the safety data, evaluation of dangers
in the process, planning of safe operation and
emergency procedures, then verifying and reviewing
them.
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 I Promoting Worker’s Health I

Worker's health comes first

Our focus is to ensure employees work in a clean environment with healthier minds and bodies, by educating the
proper methods of handling toxic substance safely, establishing clean working environments, promoting various
occupational health businesses to prevent occupational diseases such as musculoskeletal disorders through the
improvement of employee health care.
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Workers’ Health Care

■ Supporting the costs of inspecting work environments and special physical
examinations
We support the costs of inspecting work environments and special physical examinations for employees in
order to prevent occupational diseases and to eliminate hazard factors, such as dangerous chemical
substances, noises, and dust, among others.

■ Supporting professional technologies for reducing exposure to hazardous factors and levels
We support technologies for improving the fundamental working environment where hazardous factors such
as chemical substances, noises and dust are exceeding safe exposure levels, and as such prevent the
outbreak of occupational diseases by decreasing the worker exposure to hazardous factors.

■ Supporting technologies for workplaces that are concerned about occupational

diseases
We provide various supporting technologies for worker health care. We prevent occupational cancer through
technical support in workplaces which handle carcinogenic substances including asbestos and also prevent
acute poisoning and suffocation through technical support in sealed works spaces and primary processes that
handle chemical substances.

■ Monitoring project for occupational health problem

By establishing and operating networks with professional occupational health institutions, we provide
proactive technical support in the workplaces that are vulnerable to outbreaks of occupational diseases. Also
we contribute in improving the quality of the revaluations of the inspection results in the working environment.

Promoting good physical health of employees

■ Supporting the costs for activities to promote employee health and
expanding participating workplaces.
We support voluntary health promoting activities by providing part of the cost for the workplaces (alliance) that
are willing to promote activities to improve employee health and we seek to expand the number of workplaces
participating in the promotion to prevent occupational diseases.

■ Supporting prevention of musculoskeletal disorders

Through risk assessment and fact finding surveys of the types of businesses that are vulnerable to outbreaks
of musculoskeletal disorders, we provide comprehensive prevention activities, such as ergonomic
improvements, developing informative manuals, and developing and providing data.

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 I Prevention of Accidents at Construction Sites I

Helping to make construction sites safe

KOSHA works on a number of programs for the prevention of construction site accidents. These range from safety
management during each phase of construction to technical support for the reduction of potential accidents and
the supply of an occupational safety and health management system (KOSHA 18001) that supports the
establishment of voluntary safety management systems tailored for each specific construction company.
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■ Review and Verification of Hazards and Risk Prevention Plans

KOSHA stipulates that large construction projects (buildings 31 meters or higher and those which pose a risk
for a large-scale industrial accident) submit safety and health management plans in advance so that KOSHA
may review the plans and then monitor their execution.

■ Support for Building a Safety and Health Management System (KOSHA 18001)
To allow for a construction company to systematically manage the entire construction site through voluntary
safety and health activities, KOSHA supplies it with a safety and health management system. KOSHA 18001
develops and supplies appropriate programs for three groups: clients, general construction companies, and
specialized construction companies. The result of this has been a significant decrease in accidents over the
years and a lower accident rate at general construction companies.

■ Calculation and Announcement of Accident Rates of Korean Construction Companies

In order to prevent accidents at construction sites by raising safety awareness for construction company
owners, KOSHA calculates accident rates at Korea's top 1,000 construction compaines based on the appraised
value of the construction projects they handle. When each company's accident rate is calculated, a 10-fold
heavier weight is placed on the number of people who die over those who are injured in construction accidents
in the previous year, with the results announced on July 1 of every year. These figures are also submitted to
major public organizations including the Public Procurement Service so that they may be used when the
government initiates the bidding process for construction projects.

■ Intensive Management to Prevent Accidents

As people are constantly working at different heights in the construction industry, over 46% of total accidental
deaths are caused by workers falling. Thus, KOSHA identifies construction sites with a high risk of falling and
provides timely technical support, while also giving technical support for construction sites that pose other
significant risks for major accidents such as potential collapses, explosions, or fires.

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 I Service Industry Safety+(PLUS) I

Safe service industry makes our society safer

With the increase of service industries in our economy industrial accidents of workers are also increasing. KOSHA
is undertaking great efforts to reduce the amount of industrial accidents in the service industry by promoting
safety culture and making service industrial workplaces safe by establishing a service industrial accident
prevention office in 2010.
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■ Life-long safety & health project for the service industry

We discover and match stage by stage (learning-entering the workforce, founding a new business-working,
doing business-living) preventive safety and health measures which are necessary for a worker occupational
life and the business owner management life, promoting a Ubiquitous Safety Network together with the
Ministry of Employment and Labor.

■ Safety plus, service industry visiting campaign

We visit small workplaces of 7 major categories of businesses in the service industry that are vulnerable to
industrial accidents (building, sanitation, food, wholesale and retail sale, health care, education, rent) and
provide them with information related to safety and health and conduct campaigns for them to enhance safety
consciousness. We also inform them of the importance of safety and health in the service industry.

■ Safety and health consulting

To ensure those service industry workplaces with a high probability of disaster outbreaks establish a voluntary
safety and health system, we oversee a safety and health consulting business, to provide technical support,
educational support, data, and financial support.

■ Provide safety and health education courses to occupational organizations

We provide education on safety and health through legal occupational education courses for all occupational
organizations related to the service industry to form a consensus with business owners and workers on the
importance and the necessity of preventing disasters and improving safety consciousness at the workplace.

Seven Major Sevice Sector for Intensive Management

Complete Health
Hygiene
building and and Educational Wholesale Leasing
and related Food
facility social services and retail services
services management welfare

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 I Training & Media I

Supporting safety and health education

To small and mid-sized workplaces, and those companies vulnerable to industrial accidents, KOSHA provides
specialized training services, complete with an analysis of the cause of any accidents and relevant safety measures.
Alongside trained experts, KOSHA codevelops videos, animation programs, textbooks, and teaching plans for safety
and health training, which it then distributes online and offine.
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■ Customized Safety and Health Training by Level

Centered on regional offices and area offices across the nation, KOSHA provides programs that
focus on on-the-job training according to the structure of each industry or the specific
characteristics of an accident. Additionally, it offers education for high-risk business owners,
locally tailored education, and courses for honorary industrial safety supervisors. At the same
time it provides consulting services on safety and health and supports instructors with inhouse
training, while also carrying out mobile safety education and safety education through experience.
In short, KOSHA is further strengthening training for those who tend to be most vulnerable to
industrial accidents, including migrant workers, service industry workers, and older female
workers.

■ Occupational Safety and Health Training Institute (OSHTI)

OSHTI operates a variety of specialized training courses for over 35,000 trainess a year, including
safety and health managers and supervisors, as well as safety inspector training, job training for
industrial safety supervisors, and training courses for executives. In addition, it runs courses by e-
mail and through the Internet so that people can receive training anywhere and at any time. By
providing people with real-life experience in their education, such as construction safety training
and virtual safety training, OSHTI is further increasing the effectiveness of this kind of education.

■ Development and Distribution of Safety and Health Educational Materials

KOSHA develops educational materials suited to each specific industry, such as industries
suffering from frequent accidents, and the forestry and service industries. At the same time it
develops and distributes reference materials for each specialized area, from occupational safety,
machines and electricity to chemicals, construction, and occupational health and hygiene. It also
deals with material for those most vulnerable to industrial accidents, which often include
worksites with less than 50 workers and migrant workers.

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 I Advancement of Safety Culture I

We make safety-oriented social atmosphere

In order to decrease the number of accidents through reinforcement of safety consciousness and safety action, KOSHA is
spreading safety consciousness to the entire nation by initiating various efforts, such as promoting safety consciousness
campaigns, spreading consumer participation safety culture businesses, improving non accident certification systems. KOSHA
also induces reinforcement of safety consciousness and safety action by conducting public relations through various media
including television, radio, newspaper, and internet and providing data of safety and health that are supportive to workers and
thereby contributing to the establishment of a safe atmosphere in our society and workplaces.

■ Advancement of Safety Culture

KOSHA is taking the initiative in advancing OSH culture across the country through financial support
for private organizations' activities and the development of programs to identify any psychological
problems workers are suffering from. It has also come up with a Safety Check Day and hosts many
safety-related events throughout the year.

■ Support for Zero-accident Campaign

In order for the zero-accident campaign, based on a respect for people, to be achieved with the
participation of business owners and workers, it offers all possible support mechanisms to
participating businesses, including guidelines, reference materials, certifications and awards for
worksites that achieve the "no-accident period" goal.

■ Occupational Safety and health Week

The 1st week of July has been designated as Occupational Safety and Health Week by KOSHA and
Korea's Ministry of Labor. An annual festival is held during this time to pay homage to people in the
OSH field and to offer various seminars and exhibitions, giving workers nationwide the chance to
improve OSH.

■ Promotion of Public Safety and Health Awareness

Through campaigns, special programs, and advertisements using various media channels, KOSHA
is helping make safety issues common sense within society. It is also helping lower the number of
accidents at industrial sites around Korea.

■ Online Public Service

KOSHA runs its website in part as a forum to gather the diverse opinions of its customers. It also
operates the site to provide a variety of in-depth information depending on the specific customer's
needs, while conducting diverse activities to encourage the public to have more interest in safety and
health.
 I International Cooperation I

We lead the world in establishing a preventive

culture in the spirit of the Seoul Declaration
By successfully hosting a world-class congress on OSH, pursuing technological cooperation in accident prevention with specialized
organizations from countries around the world, and supporting the skills needed to prevent industrial accidents in Asian countries,
KOSHA is contributing to the development of the region's industrial safety and health. In the future, it will continue to cooperate with
the global community.

■ KOSHA, the Successful Host of the 18th World Congress on Safety and Health at
Work
By successfully hosting the 18th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in 2008 in the largest scale
to date, KOSHA took a major leap forward becoming a world-renowned agency working to protect the
safety and health of workers. On the occasion, the first global charter on safety and health “The Seoul
Declaration on Safety and Health at Work” was adopted, and KOSHA has been working to promote the
Declaration in countries around the world. Also in 2009, KOSHA won the bid to host the 31st ICOH
(International Commission on Occupational Health) Congress, which is the largest and most prestigious
gathering of occupational health professionals. Also, the International Section of the ISSA on a Culture of
Prevention was launched with the initiation of KOSHA. As the chair of the Prevention Culture Section,
KOSHA will lead the way in promoting global prevention culture through technical cooperation with
international partners.

■ Technological Exchanges with Expert Organizations

KOSHA is an international OSH organization which cooperates with some of the world's leading
organizations. To date, it has signed technological exchange agreements with 50 international
organizations from 24 countries, including the International Social Security Association (ISSA), America's
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the U.K.'s Health and Safety Laboratory
(HSL), Germany's Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), the European Agency for Safety and
Health at Work (EUOSHA), and Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

■ Expansion of Support for Developing Asian Nations

KOSHA is continuously expanding its technical support for developing nations in Asia. As part of a
cooperative project with the ILO and WHO, it supports fellowship training programs for safety and health
managers from Asian countries. KOSHA also visits those nations directly to offer technical consultations,
support the development of materials for safety and health training and activities, and provide safety and
health facilities and equipment. As of 2011, KOSHA offers direct support to 18 countries and plans to
continue expanding this support in the future.

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 I Safety Certification I

Safety certification and inspection on hazardous

machinery and protective equipment
KOSHA protects people's lives and property from industrial accidents by ensuring fundamental safety conditions are met through
the S-Mark ( ) safety certification system for industrial machinery as well as a safety certification program ( ) for high-risk
machinery and equipment. KOSHA has also implemented a project to support the safe design and production of industrial
machinery.

■ Safety Certification
KOSHA's mandatory safety certification system inspects not just the safety of products and the
technical capability of manufacturers and the production process of high-risk machinery, but also
protective devices and equipment. Only products which pass the fundamental safety test are allowed
to be produced and supplied with the Safety Certification Mark ( ) on them.

■ Voluntary Safety Report

Manufacturers themselves are compelled to check whether their products comply with safety
standards on a regular basis to ensure that all products may be deemed safe at the distribution
phase.

■ S-Mark Safety Certification

KOSHA evaluates general industrial machines and equipment which used to be exempt from
mandatory certification in a comprehensive way. The safety of machinery and equipment must
comply with safety certification standards, as must the technical capability of manufacturers and the
production systems. When these conditions are met, they are given KOSHA's S-Mark ( ).

■ Safety Inspections
Regular safety inspections ensure safety at the user phase so that high-risk machinery and
equipment continue to be operated safely.

■ Recognition of Voluntary Inspection Programs

This system allows users to be exempt from mandatory safety inspections as long as they establish
voluntary inspection programs that comply with the government's inspection standards of high-risk
machinery and equipment as well as conduct safety efficiency tests on their own.

■ Supporting the manufacture and design of the industrial machine to be safe

It is a system to secure the safety of an industrial machine by improving the risk factors during the
actual usage stage and also executing a safety evaluation over general industrial machines at the
design and manufacturing stage
 I Occupational Safety and Health Management System KOSHA 18001 I

Supporting voluntary
safety and health activities
KOSHA implemented the KOSHA 18001 certification system in 1999 to establish voluntary health and safety activities in workplaces.
In the 10 years since its launch, accident rates at certified workplaces have decreased by 24% on average and payments made to
workers by the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Fund have also decreased.

■ Occupational Safety and Health Management System (KOSHA 18001)

This voluntary safety and health system conducts accident prevention and corporate loss reduction
activities in a systematic way by having business owners reflect safety and health policies in
management policy, having them come up with detailed guidelines and standards, and getting them
to go through regular inhouse evaluations of execution and to make improvements when necessary.

■ Evaluation Criteria for the Certification

Evaluation is performed based on 37 criteria: occupational safety and health management system
area(18 items), level of safety and health activities area (13 items), and safety and health
managerconsultation area (6 items).

■ Outcome
As business owners have expressed a strong desire for industrial accident prevention, health and
safety activities have become more effective, while law-abiding practices and stable management
are being maintained through the joint participation of labor and management in these activities. In
addition, by quantitatively evaluating risks at workplaces, reasonable management is realized and
the accident rate/work-loss rate both decrease.

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 I Research & Development I

Conducting R&D with the future in mind

Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute of KOSHA founded in 1989 is a professional institution for the prevention of industrial
accidents and to keep the worker safe and healthy. Accidents and diseases could happen at anytime, anywhere and to anyone. All of
Korea’s best specialists in safety and health are here to prevent industrial accidents that may occur in our workplaces. The Industrial
Safety and Health Institution conducts various researches over potential risk factors that may affect workers and workplaces, such as
researches on national policies and system of safety and health, researches on improving dangerous machines to safe guard workers,
researches on providing clean working places, and researches on protecting people’s health, and researches on evaluating the danger
and toxicity of hazardous chemical substances.
 I Safety, where your happiness begins I

■ Safe Management Policy Research

We conduct various researches, such as improving the systems and policies for preventing accidents, linking
social issues with our disaster preventing business, maximizing the result of our efforts to prevent industrial
accidents. Also we establish mid to-long term goals for safety and health research and ensure the research is
effective and systematic.

■ Safety System Research

After separating the businesses by categories of manufacturing, service, and construction, we analyze and
investigate the types of factors that are harmful in each industry and based on the results of these researches
projects we suggest some engineering countermeasures and develop technical guidelines in each industrial
safety field.

■ Occupational Environment Research

We provide methods to improve occupational environment through an evaluation of the exposure on all sorts of
hazardous factors which are present in the working environment and develop the guidelines then instruct the
management team regarding the necessary evaluating skill thereby contributing to the improvements in
productivity and worker health care.

■ Research on Occupational Disease and Workers' Health

Through diverse research and projects, OSHRI is establishing monitoring systems for occupational diseases and
epidemiologic investigations, developing manuals to control ergonomic hazards according to specific work
characteristics, researching occupational stress and the occupational impact on workers' health, and
determining early detection methods for occupational diseases as well as developing preventive technologies
and measures.

■ Research on Risks and Hazards of Chemical Substances

We protect the worker’s life and health from chemical substances, new hazardous factors of future industry and
clarify the toxicity of harmful chemical substance and also conduct researches by evaluating dangers in order to
determine the potential cause of chemical accidents in order to prevent them. Also we make every effort to
prevent industrial accidents and occupational diseases by collecting internal and external chemical substance
related data and providing data on MSDS.

■ Analyzing Statistics of Accidents

We are supporting industrial accidents prevention activities to progress more effectively and efficiently by
providing scientific statistics on accidents. To achieve this, we are tracking statistics regarding the size and
distribution of industrial accidents in Korea, analyzing the basic information on the cause of industrial accident,
calculating the result of the worker’s health, and building a database of measurement on the occupational
environment. We also conduct surveys of the working environment in order to investigate the influence of the
psychosocial factors in the work place.

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 I Strengthening Cooperation through Safety and Health Partnerships I

Strengthening cooperation through partnerships

KOSHA is pursuing a strategy to become a "hub agency" so that it can concentrate all of its capabilities on bringing about a country
with healthier, safer workplaces. In line with this, it is establishing partnerships with labor and management groups, associations,
local governments, public institutions, and professional organizations. As of Oct. 2011, KOSHA had signed agreements with a total
305 organizations, so it is well on its way to making society safer than ever.

■ OHS Partnerships Classified by Partner

■ OHS Partnerships Classified by Sector

 I Safety, where your happiness begins I

We achieved these results through safety & health partnerships

The number of accidents in forestry and national highway sites which have high possibilities of disaster breakout is reduced and
industrial cities such as Ulsan and Ansan are turning into safer cities.

■ Agreement with Forest Administration on Prevention of Forestry Disaster

■ Realizing Zero-Accident National Highway with Ik-San National Territory Management Office

■ Agreement of ‘Making a city Safe’ with City of Ulsan

Made a cornerstone with a

0.7% accident rate in Ulsan
city
- Taking a cultural approach to
the business of Making a safer
city of Ulsan it increased the
safety consciousness of Ulsan
citizens thus logging a 0.7%
industrial accident rate.

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 I Ethical Management I

Gaining even greater trust from customers

The world becomes a safer and more beautiful place when we share what we have together. In order to bring about a safe and happy
future, which we can all share together, the focus of KOSHA’S managements shrategy is sharing. This can be achieved by bring
satisfaction to our customers and engaging in community services.

■ Charter of Ethics
For the purpose of creating an even more ethical and trusted organization, KOSHA drew up a charter
of ethics, a code of ethics, a code of conduct, and an executives' integrity contract, all of which KOSHA
is committed to following.

■ Ethical Management Activities

With its chairman of the board at its center, KOSHA's management is conducting a whole range of
ethical management activities with local communities, related organizations, and business partners.

■ Agency-wide Activities Spreading Ethical Culture

KOSHA carries out activities to strengthen employee ethics by organizing joint labor/management
rallies, while also putting together lectures given by celebrities and workshops.

■ Achievements
Ranked No.1 in welfare and labor fund management by the Ministry of Planning and Budget (2003, 2006, 2007)
Named an excellent organization on an integrity survey by the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission
(2009, 2010)
Named the top organization in the evaluation of corruption prevention policies by the Anti-Corruption & Civil
Rights Commission (2009, 2010)
Scored higher grades for five consecutive years in customer satisfaction surveys conducted by the Ministry of
Strategy and Finance (2005~2009)
 I Community Service I

Creating a brighter world through sharing

KOSHA carries out strategic community services with the participation of both labor and management. In addition, it is working hard
to help people in need and grow alongside local communities. In short, it is doing everything it can to bring about a brighter world in
which we share everything.

■ Execution of Strategic Community Service

KOSHA carries out strategic community services by dividing two types of services in order to fulfill its social
responsibility as a specialized organization in industrial accident prevention. One is community service that
complies with the agency's mission. An example of this is how KOSHA support safety and health activities
for small businesses and improves living environments for the needy throughout local communities, such
as migrant workers, teenage family heads, senior citizens who live alone, and workers and groups that
have suffered from an industrial accident. The other type of community service is volunteerism. KOSHA
provides physical checkups and provides a helping hand to farmers and the sale of produce by forming
sister relationships with agricultural villages. Additionally, it helps under nourished children and assists in
the giving out of food at social welfare facilities. Finally, KOSHA is a passionate participant in activities like
"One Mountain & One River Protection," "Blood Donation of Love" and other such fundraising activities for
accidents-hit areas.

■ Safety Love Volunteer Group

Launched in 2006, the Safety Love Volunteer Group consists of a group of volunteers at KOSHA's
headquarters and volunteer groups at affiliated organizations. In order to provide the most urgently
needed help at sites closest to neighboring local communities, KOSHA's headquarters operates both a
general and smaller volunteer groups, while each affiliated organization also runs its own volunteer group.
Members of the volunteer groups raise funds and gather donated goods to help social welfare facilities
and the needy in local communities. They also pay direct visits to places and people in need of their help
and labor.

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01 I Organization Chart I

President

Office of the
Secretary

Director
Director Director General for
General for General for Traning & Auditor
Planning Technology Public
Relations

Construction Safety Culture & Service Industry

Management Industry Accident Occupation Training &
Planning Office Safety Office Certification Promotion Accident Prevention Audit Office
Prevention Office Office Health Office Media Office Office
Office
Management Support Team

Information System Team

International Cooperation Team

Human Resource Team

※ Headquarters 9 Dept. 4 Team

02 I KOSHA Network I

■ Daegu Regional Office

19~20F, HosuBldg,. 648 Gukchaebosang-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu, Korea
☎ +82-53-609-0500

▶ Eastern Gyeongbuk Area Office

402 POSCO-daero, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea
☎ +82-54-271-2014

▶ Northern Gyeongbuk Area Office

312-23, 3Gongdan 1-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea
☎ +82-54-478-8000

■ Gyeongin Regional Office

491 Gajeong-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon, Korea ☎ +82-32-570-7200

▶ Bucheon Area Office

3F, Daeshin Plaza Bldg., 19, 265 beon-gil, Songnae-daero, Wonmi-gu,
Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea ☎ +82-32-680-6500

▶ Southern Gyeonggi Area Office

■ KOSHA (Headquarters) 12~13F, Kyeonggi Small and Medium Business Center Bldg., 511 Gwongwang-
478 Munemi-ro, Bupyung-gu, Incheon, Korea ☎ +82-32-5100-500 ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea ☎ +82-31-259-7149

▶ Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute (OSHRI) ▶ Eastern Gyeonggi Area Office
478 Munemi-ro, Bupyung-gu, Incheon, Korea ☎ +82-32-5100-761 2F, Sogok Hall Bldg., 3,17 Beon-gil, Swetgol-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si,
Gyeonggi-do, Korea ☎ +82-31-785-3300
Chemical Substances OSH Center
339 Expo-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
▶ Western Gyeonggi Area Office
2F, Cental Wedding Hall Bldg., 230 Gwangdeok 4-ro,Danwon-gu, Ansan-si,
☎ +82-42-869-0300
Gyeonggi-do, Korea ☎ +82-31-481-7599
▶ Occupational Safety and Health Training Institute (OSHTI)
▶ Northern Gyeonggi Area Office
478 Munemi-ro, Bupyung-gu, Incheon, Korea ☎ +82-32-5100-951
1F, Gyeonggi Northern Chamber of Commerce and IndustryBldg.,
140 Chudong-ro, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea ☎ +82-31-841-4900
■ Seoul Regional Office
14F, Yuhanyanghaeng Bld., 74 Noryangjin-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Korea
☎ +82-2-828-1600 ■ Gwangju Regional Office
8, 9, 11F, Trade Hall Bldg,. 282 Mujin-daero, Usan-dong, Gwangsan-gu,
▶ Northern Seoul Area Office Gwangju, Korea ☎ +82-62-949-8700
7F, Woori Bldg., 42 Chilpae-gil,Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea ☎ +82-2-3783-8300
▶ Jeonbuk Area Office
▶ Gangwon Area Office 4F, Ministry of Employment and Labor Complex Bldg., 251 Geonsan-ro,
2F, Korean Teacher’
s Credit Union Bldg., 2370 Gyeonchun-ro,Chuncheon-si, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeonllabuk-do, Korea ☎ +82-63-240-8500
Gangwon-do, Korea ☎ +82-33-815-1004
▶ Eastern Jeonnam Area Office
Gangneung branch 35 Museonjungang-ro, Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do, Korea ☎ +82-61-689-4900
15F, GangneungCity Hall Bldg., 33 Gangneung-daero ,Gangneung-si,
Gangwon-do, Korea ☎ +82-33-655-1860 ▶ Jeju Area Office
4F, Small and Medium Business Center Bldg., 473 Yeonsam-ro, Jeju-si,
Jeju-do, Korea ☎ +82-64-797-7500
■ Busan Regional Office
26, 1763beon-gil, Jungang-daero, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, Korea
☎ +82-51-520-0601 ■ Daejeon Regional Office
60, 339 Beon-gil, Expo-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea ☎ +82-42-620-5600
▶ Eastern Gyeongnam Area Office
4F, Yangsan Labor Central Complex Bldg., 51 Namyangsan 2-gil, Dong-myeon, ▶ Chungbuk Area Office
Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea ☎ +82-55-371-7500 3F, KT Bldg., 20, 161 Beon-gil, Gagyeong-ro, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si,
Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea ☎ +82-43-230-7111
▶ Ulsan Area Office
146 Dodjil-ro, Nam-gu, Ulsan, Korea ☎ +82-52-226-0510
▶ Chungnam Area Office
3F, Chungnam Economy Service Center,215 Gwangjang-ro, Seobuk-gu,
Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea ☎ +82-41-570-3400
▶ Gyeongnam Area Office
259 Jungang-daero, Uichang-dong, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do,
Korea ☎ +82-55-269-0510 ※ 6 Regional 17 Area Offices

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03 I History I

Pre-development Phase 1987~1990 Growth and Development Phase 1999~2008

Dec. 1987 Korea Occupational Safety Agency (now KOSHA) established Dec. 1999 12th Anniversary of KOSHA's estabilshment/CI
Dec. 1987 Occupational Safety and Health Training Institute established Proclamation Ceremony held
Dec. 1988 Area Offices in Busan and Incheon opened Nov. 2000 Arrangement in Mutual Recognition of Occupational Safety
Mar. 1989 Gwangju Area Office opened and Health Management System signed between KOSHA
Apr. 1989 Area offices in Daejeon and Daegu opened and BVQI
Jul. 1989 Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute Dec. 2001 Northern Seoul Area Office opened
established Mar. 2003 Jeju Area Office opened
Feb. 1990 Southern Seoul Area Office opened Jun. 2003 Safety Seminal on Restoration project of Cheonggye Stream
Dec. 1990 Changwon Area Office opened held
Sep. 2004 Winner of the National productivity Award
Dec. 2004 Occupational Safety and Health Arrangement signed
between KOSHA and the EU,
Chemical Substance OSH Center established
Take-off Phase 1991~1994
Jan. 2006 Wide-Area Offices established (Incheon, Daegu, Daejeon)
Jun. 1991 Suwon Area Office opened
OSH Centers established (Seoul, Incheon, Bucheon,
Oct. 1991 Korea-Germany Occupational Safety Cooperation meeting
Seongnam, Gangneung) Training and information Centers
held
opened (Seoul, Incheon, Busan, Gwangju, Daejeon)
Dec. 1991 Jeonju Area Office opened
Jul. 2006 Safety Love Volunteer Group Launched
Jan. 1992 Occupational health Research Institute opened
Aug. 2006 KOSHA's sponsorship of KBS TV's "Escaping Crises
Feb. 1992 Korea-Japan Cooperation Meeting for the Prevention of
Number One" began
Occupational Diseases held
Mar. 2007 Banwol Siwha Area Office opened
Feb. 1992 Northern Seoul Area Office opened
Oct. 2007 5,000th KOSHA Safety Certification Mark('S' Mark) given out
Aug. 1992 Tripartite meeting to bring about low-cost, highly effective,
Nov. 2007 Kyungin, Daegu, Daejeon Area Headquarters established (6
zero-accident worksites held
Headquarters, 14 Area Offices established)
Aug. 1992 10.1 million people participated in Zero-Accident Signature-
Dec. 2007 20th Anniversary of KOSHA's establishment
Seeking Campaingng that sought to mobilize 10 million
Jun. 2008 18th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
supporters
held/Seoul Declaration on Safety and health at Work
Dec. 1992 Cheongju Area Office opened
adopted
Jul. 1993 Management Convention for Zero-Accident Campaign held
Nov. 1993 1st Occupational Safety and Health Ward held
Jan. 1994 Southern Daegu Area Office opened 2nd Take-off Phase 2009~
Nov. 1994 Ulsan Area Office opened Jan. 2009 Renamed Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency
Mar. 2009 Awarded the right to host the 2015 ICOH
Dec. 2009 Selected as an "excellent organization" on an integrity
survey carried out by the Anti-corruption & Civil Rights
Acceleration Phase 1995~1998
Commission
May 1995 Transfer of KOSHA's headquarters to present location in
2009. 2010 Selected as the top organization in corruption prevention by
Buyeong-gu, Incheon
the Anti-corruption & Civil Rights Commission
Dec. 1995 Center for Safety and Health Research completed
2009. 2010 Service industrial disaster prevention office established
Jan. 1996 Regional Offices in Seoul, Busan, and Gwangju opened
Sep. 2011 Achieved top grade on management evaluations of public
Feb. 1996 Yeocheon Area Office opened
institutions
Mar. 1996 Pohang Area Office opened
Oct. 2011 Elected as a chair institution of ISSA Culture Prevention
Apr. 1996 Area Offices in Ansan and Chuncheon opened
Subcommittee
May. 1997 Training Center for Construction Safety Experience
Dec. 2011 New CI proclaimed Acronym 'Safety and Health Agency'
completed
declared
Sep. 1997 Industrial Chemicals Research Center completed
Apr. 1998 14th APOSHO Annual Conference held in Seoul, Korea
Dec. 1998 Merger of Occupational Safety Research Institute and
Occupational Health Research Institute