Hanwha Aero Launches Independent 'Safety Culture Innovation Committee'

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Hanwha Aerospace has decided to launch an independent body, the 'Safety Culture Innovation Committee,' centered on external experts.

The Safety Culture Innovation Committee will diagnose the company's overall safety and health management system and propose fundamental improvement measures based on expertise and objectivity.

Hanwha Aerospace will begin full-scale activities to prevent the recurrence of accidents, starting with the launch of the Safety Culture Innovation Committee. To ensure independence, expertise, and objectivity, the committee will be composed of 13 members in total: 11 external experts, including Myeong Ye-teuk-im (Prof.), a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Yonsei University who was appointed as Wi Hae (Chairman), and 2 employees recommended by the labor union.

Moon Il (Chairman) is an authority in the fields of process safety and chemical engineering, having served as the president of the Korean Society of Hazardous Materials and as the head of the National Research Foundation's Policy Research Division. Hanwha Aerospace plans to appoint two experts in each field—system management, safety culture, industrial safety, chemical safety, and military explosives—by the end of June to serve as committee members. Additionally, two representatives recommended by the labor union will participate as committee members to ensure that the practical experiences and opinions of on-site workers are reflected.

A Hanwha Aerospace official, who spoke to this newspaper by phone, said, "The Safety Culture Innovation Committee is expected to re-evaluate the overall safety management level of the workplace from scratch. We also expect it to identify structural vulnerabilities across the organization, systems, procedures, and on-site operations."

Hanwha official A stated, "Hanwha Aerospace has continuously expanded investments to improve the safety environment. From 2023 to 2025, we have invested 410 billion won over three years. In particular, we understand that the company plans to spend 452.4 billion won this year alone for safety environment improvement investments."

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