We operate a safety ecosystem program to ensure the safe and stable supply of LPG. We support legal inspections and safety checks for customer facilities to ensure the integrity of their equipment, and conduct activities to enhance the SHE capabilities of customer managers and identify facility risk factors.

From 2022 to 2023, we collaborated with the Korea Gas Safety Corporation to conduct safety inspections of customer facilities, identify operational difficulties through interviews with customer managers, analyze risk factors, and establish a four-stage roadmap from building a safety management system to establishing a safety culture. To enhance accident prevention and safety management at customer sites, we have established and are operating a safety technology group under the company-wide health and safety management organization.

We are strengthening safety management to prevent accidents involving tank lorries transporting our LPG. Based on risk assessment results and driver feedback, we have established an accident prevention program that includes vehicle inspections, education, and infrastructure improvements. We conduct safety inspections of tank lorries entering our bases through partner companies, invite experts from the Korea Gas Safety Corporation to provide safety education for drivers and listen to their suggestions. We also continuously improve infrastructure within our bases to prevent vehicle accidents, such as removing obstacles, painting guidelines, installing speed bumps, and installing heating wires to prevent ground freezing.

SK Gas regularly conducts safety inspection services and on-site compliance checks to proactively identify risk factors, enhance facility improvements, and strengthen preventive maintenance. We report the safety management strategies and execution results to the SHE Committee chaired by the CEO.

Reflecting social expectations for industrial safety and customer requests, we have strengthened improvements for aging LPG facilities at customer sites since 2022. We also distribute emergency response scenarios and support emergency response training during safety inspections to enhance customer safety management.

LPG Facility Inspection Manual & Checklist

Additionally, to promote voluntary safety management by the customers, we have provided inspection manuals and checklists, and through on-site coaching, we guide safety activities such as facility inspections and risk assessments, including training on major accident prevention laws for safety managers.

In 2021, SK Gas launched "Wego Safety," a digital safety management service using IoT sensors, the first in the industry. Wego Safety helps refueling stations and bulk businesses timely fulfill safety management duties for small storage tanks and better prepare for safety accidents. We are also digitizing regular inspections in collaboration with the Korea Gas Safety Corporation, expanding daily mobile inspections, and providing expert inspection services for bulk lorry accident prevention, enabling safety managers to focus more on safety checks on-site.

Furthermore, by linking public data from the Ministry of Public Administration and Security with customer location information (GPS), we operate disaster response services to prepare for safety accidents caused by disasters such as wildfires, heavy rains, and landslides.