SPC Safety Management Committee Conducts Field Inspections in Worksites and Held Discussions with Employees
– Visited production facilities of SPL, Paris Croissant, and Shany, and inspected safety and improvement status
– Collected employee feedback through discussions with the labor union for recommendations to management
– Chairman Jeong Kap-young, “SPC is committed to improvement, and will assist in restoring trust by leading change”
SPC announced on the 24th that the Safety Management Committee, which had been launched according to a follow-up measure for the accident that occurred at SPL, conducted a field inspection and held discussions with the labor union by visiting key worksites including SLP.
The field inspection was organized with the goal to check the worksites of SPC, preparing plans for strengthening safety management and improving the labor environment. The inspection was conducted at the Seongnam plants of SPL and Paris Croissant, and Shany.
On the 22nd, the Safety Management Committee Chairman Jeong Kap-young and member Jo Hyeon-wuk visited SPL in Pyeongtaek-si where they received a briefing on the status of safety inspection conducted by an external agency and inspected the status of implementation measures in the work site. They also met with the labor union members and listened to their suggestions for improvement.
At the discussion between the Committee and the labor union, in particular, the employees voiced opinions about health and safety as well as various suggestions concerning working and labor environmental improvement. The Committee will actively collect and deliver these suggestions to management.
Prior to this, the Safety Management Committee began its activity on the 18th by holding the first official meeting at the SPC company building in Yangjae-dong. On the 21st, Cheon Yeong-wu and Jeong Ji-won, the committee members, visited Paris Croissant and Shany plant in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, and held a discussion with the labor union following a field inspection.
“While inspecting work sites and listening to employees’ opinions, I sensed the company’s strong commitment to handling problems and making improvements,” said the Safety Management Committee Chairman Jeong Kap-young. “We will dedicate the utmost effort to assist SPC as it endeavors to restore customers’ trust by carefully looking into all areas including labor environment and social responsibility in addition to occupational safety, and leading changes and improvement.”
According to the safety management improvement plan, SPC conducted industrial safety inspections targeting all worksites through an external agency. Having completed the inspection on 24 out of 28 production facilities so far, the company is taking improvement measures in sequence. Once the inspection is completed at the end of November, the Safety Management Committee will review the inspection results and announce an improvement plan.
