Samsung Heavy Industries has formalized wider use of stop-work authority at its Geoje shipyard and introduced support measures to reduce the impact on partner companies when operations are halted for safety reasons.
The company said all yard workers can stop a task immediately when they identify a risk to themselves or others, while reporting the issue through a mobile app. As part of the updated framework, Samsung Heavy Industries codified a ban on disadvantages tied to the use of the right and added measures covering lost work hours from stoppages as well as awards for notable cases.
The revised system also addresses the effect on partner companies. Samsung Heavy Industries said reduced work hours caused by stoppages can create losses for subcontractors, and the prime contractor will compensate those losses while also providing incentives.
The company marked the move with a stop-work declaration ceremony at the Geoje shipyard in South Gyeongsang. Attendees included Namgung Geum-seong, chief safety officer of Samsung Heavy Industries, Choi Won-young, chair of the workers’ council, Yoon Jin-seok, chair of the in-house partner companies’ council, and Kim In-cheol, head of the Tongyeong branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
Namgung Geum-seong said safety remains the company’s top management principle and described the stop-work right as a turning point for improving the shipyard’s safety management system.
