SK hynix will launch a companywide inspection of its safety management system. The move is seen as a step to recheck on-site risk factors and the safety management system after a recent gas leak accident at the Cheongju business site.
According to the industry on the 4th, SK hynix said in an internal notice that it will implement a "companywide safety system overhaul week" for all employees starting that day.
During this period, the company plans to inspect high-risk work and the status of safety management at each business site and carry out activities to identify and improve on-site risk factors.
In particular, some high-risk work, such as gas use, will be temporarily put on hold and then reverified to ensure sufficient safety measures are in place. However, planned production will proceed normally, and production lines will not be halted, the company said.
Executives and supervisors will inspect high-risk work and the status of safety management in their assigned organizations and support necessary improvement measures. Members were asked to check risk factors and safety measures before work and, if any abnormal signs are detected, to stop work immediately and report it.
Major accident cases and risk factors will also be shared with partner companies, and they will be allowed to request action if safety information is insufficient or if a risk is deemed present.
The move is seen as influenced by the recent gas leak accident at the Cheongju business site. On the 1st in the morning, a fire broke out in a gas room consolidating the M15 plant and the M15X plant at SK hynix's Cheongju 4 Campus, causing a partial internal leak of fluorine gas.
At the time, seven on-site workers received treatment at the in-house hospital, and the company launched an emergency response, including evacuating more than 3,600 employees from the M15 and M15X plants.