The Consumer Affairs Agency published specific case numbers and their overview of serious accidents notified by related administrative agencies under the Consumer Safety Act.
Definition of Serious Accidents and Notification System
Serious accidents under the Consumer Safety Act refer to consumer accidents that have caused or are highly likely to cause serious harm to consumers' life and body. Through statutory notifications from related administrative agencies, local governments, the National Consumer Affairs Center, and others to the Consumer Affairs Agency, a system has been established to centrally collect serious consumer accident information nationwide. This notification system plays an important role in enabling early detection of consumer accidents and prompt response, preventing the expansion and recurrence of similar accidents.
Statistical Analysis of Accidents Announced on August 21
In this announcement, 95 cases were reported as consumer accidents related to life and body harm notified by related administrative agencies, with 28 cases corresponding to serious accidents. This figure indicates that approximately 29.5% of all cases are classified as serious accidents, illustrating that a considerable number of cases among consumer accidents have serious impacts on life and body. The proportion of serious accidents serves as an important indicator for priority judgment and resource allocation in consumer safety policy.
Significance of Information Transparency and Disclosure
By providing detailed overviews as published materials (PDF: 223.9KB), consumers, businesses, research institutions, and related organizations can understand specific accident occurrence situations and trends. Through this transparency assurance, consumers can obtain appropriate decision-making materials for ensuring their own safety, and businesses can recognize specific improvement points for enhancing product and service safety. It is also utilized as fundamental data for academic research and policy research.
Prevention Effects through Rapid Information Sharing
Through prompt publication on August 21, the latest accident trends are shared with stakeholders, promoting prevention of similar accidents and early response. By quickly disclosing information on serious accidents, effects are expected such as implementation of voluntary inspections and improvement measures by businesses providing similar products or services, improved recognition of warnings among consumers, and strengthened monitoring and guidance by related organizations.
Continuous Improvement of Consumer Safety Administration
Regular statistical publication of serious accidents demonstrates the operational status of the Consumer Safety Act and also contributes to evaluating the effectiveness of the legal system. Through analysis of trends in notification numbers, changes in the proportion of serious accidents, and accident type dynamics, materials for measuring the effects of consumer safety policy and considering system improvements are provided. Continuous information dissemination by the Consumer Safety Division of the Consumer Affairs Agency demonstrates the practice of Evidence-Based Policy Making (EBPM).
The article represents core consumer administration activities that adopt scientific approaches to ensuring consumer life and body safety through systematic accident information collection and analysis based on legal grounds, contributing to improving safety awareness and accident prevention throughout society through information provision emphasizing transparency and promptness.