Kumho E&C has introduced a "mobile bus break room" to protect the safety and health of on-site workers during the severe cold season.
Kumho E&C said on the 28th that, in cooperation with Kumho Busline Co.·Express, it will install mobile bus break rooms so that on-site workers vulnerable to winter cold waves can rest in a warmer and more comfortable environment. The mobile bus break rooms were pilot-applied at two civil engineering sites where work areas are widely distributed, including the Sinan Saengbiryang national highway and the Songsan west connection road.
This measure was prepared to supplement workers' rest conditions by reflecting the characteristics of construction sites where work sections are wide and movement routes are long, while maintaining fixed break rooms that are installed and operated in accordance with legal standards.
In civil engineering work, the work sections are widely dispersed, which can create time and physical burdens to move to fixed break rooms. Accordingly, Kumho E&C placed mobile bus break rooms in the middle sections between existing fixed break rooms so that workers can take breaks more quickly near the work areas.
The mobile bus break room is equipped with heating facilities to protect workers from extreme cold in the severe cold season, and it can also be used as a shelter with cooling in the hot season, allowing year-round operation. It can be flexibly moved and operated according to on-site routes and process changes, and is expected to respond effectively to site conditions where short breaks are frequent during work.
A Kumho E&C official said, "In the severe cold season, the health and safety management of on-site workers is more important than anything else, so we focused on preparing a site-tailored alternative that is practically helpful rather than a formal break facility," and added, "We will continue to further strengthen the on-site safety culture through worker-centered safety management and improvements to working conditions."