2024-04-27 17:15:20
Persons in charge of operation and practitioners from 24 centers across the country attended… Presentation of best practices was also provided.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor held a nationwide ‘Employee Health Center’ workshop on the 26th and discussed future development plans.
Since the ‘Worker Health Center‘ was first established in Incheon Namdong Industrial Complex in 2011, 24 centers have been established across the country.
Professional personnel within the center include occupational and environmental medicine specialists, nurses, physical therapists, industrial hygienists, and psychological counselors, who play the role of protecting the health of workers at small businesses with less than 50 employees.
For workers in small businesses and special types of workers with relatively poor health management, programs are being operated to prevent cerebrovascular diseases and musculoskeletal diseases.
In addition, we also provide follow-up care for workers who are found to have occupational diseases or require observation as a result of health checkups, as well as consulting and education to improve the working environment.
An occupational trauma center (14 locations) has also been established to provide psychological counseling for occupational trauma, such as workplace bullying, emotional labor damage, and post-traumatic stress disorder caused by serious accidents.
A workshop attended by operational managers and practitioners from 24 worker health centers across the country evaluated the operational performance and limitations.
In addition, discussions were held to find ways to develop and presentations of last year’s best practices and this year’s business plans were held.
In addition, discussions were held on the aging population, increase in foreign workers, diversification of employment types due to changes in industrial structure, emotional labor, and punishment for serious accidents. Various opinions were also presented on the expansion of government and corporate investment in preventing occupational diseases and ways to prevent occupational diseases. done.
There was also a presentation of an excellent case, which was the case of the Seoul Workers’ Health Center, which “distributed one-touch opening/closing containers with warning signs to workplaces that use cleaning agents by drilling holes in plastic bottle caps without warning signs for hazardous chemicals.”
The Incheon Workers’ Health Center also shared a case where it operated a psychological stability program using ‘aromatherapy’ for 389 workers with high stress exposure and improved 256 people (65.8%).
Ryu Kyung-hee, head of the Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, said on this day, “The number of occupational disease accidents has been increasing significantly since 2016, and half of them are occurring in small businesses.” He added, “Specifically, we are strengthening the prevention of occupational diseases among workers and special types of workers.” “We will build a detailed health management support system to eliminate blind spots in occupational health,” he said.
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2024-04-27 17:15:20