Hanwha Aerospace is set to reassess the safety management standards at its facilities from the ground up.
On June 14, Hanwha announced the establishment of an independent body, the Safety Culture Innovation Committee, which will include 11 external experts. This initiative follows a recent explosion at the company's Daejeon facility on June 1, which resulted in seven casualties.
The committee will consist of 13 members, including two employees recommended by the labor union. The chairperson will be Moon Il, an honorary professor at Yonsei University and a recognized authority in process safety and chemical engineering, having previously served as president of the Korean Society of Hazardous Materials and head of the National Research Foundation's National Research Headquarters. Two additional experts from various fields, including system management, safety culture, industrial safety, process safety, and military explosives, will be appointed by the end of this month.
The committee's primary focus will be to comprehensively review the safety management levels across the facilities, identifying structural vulnerabilities in organization, systems, procedures, and on-site operations to overhaul the safety and health management system. In the first phase, the committee will assess the status of hazardous materials and process risks at facilities handling explosives, meticulously examining standard operating procedures and safety management systems to establish safety management strategies.
In the second phase, the committee will propose improvements to the overall safety management system, including responses to major accidents, safety investments and budget management, and the organizational and decision-making structures related to safety. The committee will actively communicate with on-site workers at each stage to discuss safety-related improvements. Based on these efforts, a joint declaration ceremony for the new safety culture innovation is planned for September.
Additionally, Hanwha Aerospace plans to invest 452.4 billion won this year to enhance safety and environmental conditions.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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