Background The product shipping area at POSCO Pohang Steelworks is widely distributed across the works. In this area, large overhead cranes are in continuous operation to transfer finished steel products.There are cases where personnel need to enter crane operating zones in order to inspect specific equipment or check and repair crane operating conditions. The issue … Read more
Background Thousands of overhead cranes are operated at POSCO Pohang Steelworks.As automation has advanced, most cranes are now operated by workers using remote controllers.For major cranes, two remote controllers are used together: a primary remote and a secondary remote. Under operating rules, when one remote is in use, the other must never be used.However, near-miss … Read more
Background POSCO Pohang Steelworks is a leading company in industrial safety that introduced its own safety locking framework, ILS (Isolation Locking System), as early as 2006, long before the LOTO concept became firmly established in Korea. Since then, the company has continuously improved and advanced this system for more than 18 years.This project was carried … Read more