Seoul's Jung-gu (district mayor Kim Gil-seong) has become the first local government in the country to build an integrated safety management system — called "Naepyeon Anjeon" — that handles both serious accident prevention and occupational safety tasks in a single platform.
The system allows staff to easily check statutory obligations under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, as well as risk assessments and inspection records, reducing the administrative burden on safety officers while strengthening overall safety management.
Naepyeon Anjeon is organized around seven menus: project-specific obligations, integrated legislation search, serious accident compliance checks, risk assessments, locations of active worksites and rest facilities, forms, and accident case studies. Its defining feature is that it consolidates previously scattered information on serious accidents and occupational safety into one place, making it immediately usable on the job.
The system guides users through the safety and health obligations required for each type of project and provides the checklists and deadlines needed for serious accident compliance checks. Staff can also search applicable laws, local regulations and manuals, making it easy even for those unfamiliar with the work to find what they need.
Risk assessments and departmental action items are stored in a database, giving users a clear view of past findings and follow-up measures at a glance. Frequently used forms — including inspection sheets, meeting minutes and training logs — are also gathered in one place. The system tracks the locations and inspection details of active worksites and rest facilities across the district, and shares serious accident case studies.
The project grew out of a recurring frustration long accepted as part of daily work. As the importance of serious accident prevention and occupational safety has grown, the safety and health workload at public institutions has increased — but no adequate tool existed for managing the relevant records and history in an organized way.
Staff handling individual projects had to manually search the Saeeol administrative system to locate electronic documents one by one. When personnel changes brought in new staff, they had to start over — tracking down previous records and re-reading the relevant laws and guidelines — making it difficult to maintain continuity.
Jung-gu employees refused to accept that frustration as normal. The district's safety manager and the official overseeing serious accident compliance began developing the system themselves using AI in late June, while staff from the digital policy division pitched in to review server requirements, security and the operating environment. Their proactive approach and cross-departmental collaboration not only improved day-to-day efficiency but also saved an estimated 430 million won in development costs.
Jung-gu launched a pilot of Naepyeon Anjeon this month across four collaborating departments. After incorporating feedback from the field to refine its features, the district plans to expand the system to all departments next year for use across all serious accident and occupational safety operations.
"It was the attention and effort of employees who refused to let recurring daily inconveniences go unaddressed — and instead went looking for solutions — that brought Naepyeon Anjeon to life," district mayor Kim said. "We will do our utmost to close the gaps in safety management and keep an even closer watch over safety on the ground."
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