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Hyundai Elevator has hit a 54 million hours of injury-free record
Hyundai Elevator succeeded in achieving 54 million hours of injury-free time (749 days), which is the longest record in machine and equipment manufacturing industry in South Korea.

Hyundai Elevator held a ceremony to celebrate and attending were over 1,000 people, including the CEO of Hyundai group ‘Hyun, Jung- Eun’, the member of parliament ‘Yoo, Seoung-Woo’, the chairman of Korea Occupational Health and Safety Agency ‘Baek, Hun-gi’, the mayor of Icheon ‘Jo, Byeong –don’, and the director of Korea Elevator Safety Institute ‘Gong, Chang-seok’.

The Injury-Free Campaign is held by Korean Occupational Health and Safety Agency in order to minimize industrial accidents by calculating an injury-free record depending on the scale and type of business conducted in certain period.

Hyundai Elevator set the 54 million hours of injury-free record in the period from 18 January 2011 to 6 February 2013, an amazing total of about 700 days.

This is the longest record among 30,000 machine and equipment manufacturing companies and is down in the books as the first elevator company in South Korea.
Hyundai Elevator has put lots of effort in preventing accidents occurring in production, installation and maintenance by setting up ‘5 safety inspection programs’, ‘Accident experiential education’, ‘Accident prevention program during maintenance work’, ‘Emergency treatment education (e.g. cardiopulmonary resuscitation).

Hyundai Elevator achieved the injury-free record comparing with the average accident rate ‘0.2~0.3%’ in machine and equipment industry as well as being effective in reducing an industrial insurance fee (U$ 1 million).
The CEO of Hyundai group, Hyun, Jung-Eun, said “it is even more significant record to make the safest workplace for employees without any accident rather than honored to hit the best record”.

The CEO of Hyundai Elevator, Han, Sang-Ho, announced “we will try to keep offering the secure service for customers and employees”.
   


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