Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, KT Corp sign MOU to close safety gap between large firms and subcontractors

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency and KT Corp have joined forces to narrow the safety gap affecting subcontractors and small businesses in local communities. The two organizations will pursue disaster-prevention activities using private safety experience centers and spread a safety culture through KT Corp's promotional infrastructure.

The agency signed the MOU — titled "Agreement for Spreading Safety Culture and Closing the Safety Gap" — at KT Corp's Gwanghwamun headquarters in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on Thursday, with agency President Kim Hyun-joong and KT Corp Executive Vice President Kim Young-in in attendance.

Under the agreement, the two organizations will cooperate on three fronts: participating in and supporting Safety Culture Practice Promotion Group activities, spreading public safety messages through online and offline channels, and identifying and sharing best practices in safety.

They will use private safety experience centers in particular to carry out joint activities aimed at closing the safety gap for subcontractors and small local businesses. The plan combines the agency's industrial safety expertise with KT Corp's customer touchpoints and promotional infrastructure to embed a safety culture not only in workplaces but also in everyday life.

KT Corp has long participated in the Safety Culture Practice Promotion Group, running various campaigns alongside the agency. It also operates a telecommunications-specific safety experience center that supports disaster-prevention efforts not only for its own employees but also for subcontractors and short-term workers.

In July, during Industrial Safety and Health Month, KT Corp broadcast safety promotional videos on a large screen at Gwanghwamun. The campaign delivered safety messages to more than 2 million people, according to the agency.

"We will spare no organization-wide support to deliver safety messages more quickly through KT Corp's extensive promotional infrastructure and to ensure that safety takes root as the most important value across society," agency President Kim Hyun-joong said.