The current Act requires employers to identify and evaluate hazard/risk factors for buildings, machines/instruments, equipment, raw materials, gas, steam, dust, or workers’ work behaviors and store the data for 3 years.

Even though it is very difficult to resolve risk all at once and it is necessary to establish mid- and long-term plans and start addressing the highest risk due to financial and time issues, many argue that there is no punishment provision for risk assessment and the document retention period defined as 3 years is not very practical and limited to use and improve accumulated data.

Therefore, in an effort to use accumulated risk assessment data and improve risk in the work environment, this Act aims to newly insert punishment for not conducting risk assessment, extend the document retention period for risk assessment from 3 years to 10 years, and impose 5 million won in administrative fines for any violation thereof (Article 36, paragraph 3, Article 169, subparagraph 1, and Article 175, paragraph 5, subparagraph 1).

Article 36 (Implementation of Risk Assessment)