Hyundai E&C Opens Safety Experience Education Center at Shin Hanul Units 3 and 4
Hyundai E&C opened a hands-on safety training center at the Shin Hanul Units 3 and 4 nuclear construction site to prevent industrial accidents.
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What Happened
Hyundai E&C held an opening ceremony on May 14 for the Safety Experience Education Center at the Shin Hanul Units 3 and 4 construction site in Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do. The facility is the first of its kind at a Korean construction site, designed to let workers experience hazardous situations firsthand and develop response capabilities.
- Fire Safety Zone: training on fire prevention and response.
- Safety Inspection Zone: accident case studies and inspection methods for high-risk tasks.
- Confined Space Safety Zone: training for safe work in enclosed areas.
- Emergency Rescue Zone: CPR and AED experience training.
- Virtual Safety Zone: 4D XR, multi-user VR, and Apple Vision Pro for immersive accident scenario training.
“The Safety Experience Education Center is a hands-on safety education space designed to allow workers to directly experience actual hazardous situations and acquire response capabilities. We plan to operate it as an open industrial safety education platform that can be shared not only by site members but also by the local community, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of participatory safety educa”
Why this matters
The center uses VR, XR, and Apple Vision Pro to train workers on hazards like falls and fires, aiming to reduce accidents at one of Korea's key nuclear projects.
Terms in This Story
- HMD (Head-Mounted Display)
- Next-generation video display devices worn on the head like glasses to view large-screen images.
- AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
- A portable device that delivers an electric shock to the heart to restore normal rhythm during cardiac arrest.
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