48 sessions held since 2023 opening
Hazard identification drives carried out at worksites nationwide
CJ Logistics announced Sunday that cumulative enrollment at its safety experience center has exceeded 1,000 participants in the three years since the facility opened.
The center, which opened in 2023 at the Gonjiam Mega Hub in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, has conducted 48 hands-on safety training sessions to date. In 2024, it became the first facility in the logistics industry to receive private safety experience training center certification from the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency.
CJ Logistics said it has built a structured training program covering everything from hazard recognition to emergency response, with the goal of embedding safety as a genuine part of its organizational culture. The logistics industry's reliance on large vehicles, heavy equipment and automated systems makes on-site safety awareness and response capability especially critical, the company said.
The curriculum spans nine modules over 240 minutes and recreates accident scenarios that can occur in real operations — including helmet impact, electric shock and falls — to sharpen workers' response skills. VR equipment has been introduced to replicate actual worksite conditions as closely as possible. The center also holds certification from the Korean Association of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, allowing it to run its own CPR and automated external defibrillator training in-house.
Safety protocols and emergency procedures learned at the center are being put into practice at worksites across the country. Last December, an employee at a refrigerated logistics center in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, found a coworker who had lost consciousness on the job and promptly administered CPR. The company is also proactively identifying and addressing potential hazards — installing safety signs at entrapment risk zones, improving workplace lighting and separating pedestrian routes from vehicle traffic.
CJ Logistics extends the same hands-on safety training to employees of other logistics companies and partner firms, contributing to higher safety standards across the industry.
The company is also strengthening its response to heat-related illness during the summer months. It was the first in the industry to guarantee delivery workers the right to stop work and immunity from penalties in extreme heat, and it operates a tailored management system for high-risk groups — including older workers and those with underlying conditions — covering health checks and flexible delivery volume adjustments. Mandatory rest periods exceeding government guidelines apply at all sites, and the company has expanded deployment of its in-house heat and humidity monitoring system, Lois Ondo.
Kim Yu-seung, head of CJ Logistics' safety management division, said safety cannot be achieved simply by conveying slogans or rules. "It takes root as an organizational culture only when every member stays alert and works together to identify and address hazards on the ground," he said.
Kim added that the company would continue to advance its hands-on safety training, field-focused prevention activities and digital safety management systems. "We will go beyond internalizing a prevention-centered safety culture within the company and lead safety management so that a culture of safety takes hold across the entire logistics industry," he said.
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