Dongkuk Steel Promotes ‘Shared Growth’
‘Win-Win Cooperation Safety and Health Council’
Dongkuk Steel of the Dongkuk Steel Group held the ‘Launching Ceremony for the Phase 2 Win-Win Cooperation Safety and Health Council’ with a total of 31 companies, including in-house supplier companies, specialized companies, and unit-price contract companies.
In March of last year, Dongkuk Steel launched its ‘Win-Win Cooperation Safety and Health Council.’ The aim was to establish Dongkuk Steel’s own model for safety and health cooperation between large and small businesses. It is being pursued through a three-year, three-phase roadmap. Phase 1 was ‘Foundation Building,’ in which the council was launched and guides and manuals were provided. Phase 2 is ‘System Establishment,’ and Phase 3 is ‘Autonomous Implementation.’ This year is the year of Phase 2, ‘System Establishment.’ Its main concept is a ‘Differentiated Safety Management System.’ The core idea is to classify companies into grades A, B, and C based on the safety management status of each company identified through more than a year of operating experience, and to provide customized consulting accordingly. Dongkuk Steel did not stop at the existing 29 companies but newly selected and included 7 annual unit-price contract companies in the council. This is because it determined that annual unit-price companies are also exposed to the same level of environment as supplier companies during their contract periods.
The launching ceremony that day was attended by around 40 representatives and safety managers from supplier companies, specialized companies, and unit-price contract companies. Beginning with an address by Son Kwon-min, head of Dongkuk Steel’s Planning Office, the event featured the implementation plan for the 2026 Win-Win Cooperation Safety and Health Council, along with training on trends in the Serious Accidents Punishment Act and strengthening response capabilities, followed by awards for outstanding win-win cooperation companies in 2025 and the sharing of best practices in establishing safety and health systems.
Son Kwon-min, head of Dongkuk Steel’s Planning Office, said, “This is a council created to help small and medium-sized companies—which harbor vague fears because acquiring specialized safety-related knowledge is difficult—establish their safety and health systems,” adding, “Our goal is to gradually expand the scope and develop it into Dongkuk Steel’s own specialized safety-activity brand.”
In the future Phase 3, ‘Autonomous Implementation’ stage, Dongkuk Steel plans to inspect the implementation status of safety and health systems for all companies belonging to the council and to support supplier companies’ practice of autonomous safety management and the building of a safety culture, including by providing benefits through a ‘Win-Win Cooperation Safety Certification System’ for outstanding supplier companies. Under its vision of being ‘a company that protects the safety and health of everyone who works,’ Dongkuk Steel continues to carry out its 3S activities (Safe safety environment, Smart safety management, Strong safety culture) with the goal of ‘zero serious accidents and a 30% reduction in the accident rate.’