Editorial principles
Updated
Start with original evidence
Investigation reports and official releases are the first sources for incident sequences and causes. Accessible judgments and official material support accounts of court decisions; manufacturer instructions establish equipment performance and limits. I use news reports to follow developments and mark them separately from original evidence. Where accounts differ, the date of each statement matters. I do not present an unresolved cause as established fact.
Read the law with its effective date
I check Korean legislation against the current text and effective date on the National Law Information Center (law.go.kr). I distinguish past duties from current provisions, including transitional arrangements in amendments. Industry, workforce size and the task can change which requirements apply. Read the input conditions and cited annex alongside a tool result. I identify foreign requirements by jurisdiction and keep them separate from Korean legal duties.
Incident accounts and practical interpretation
I describe the work context, sequence of events, consequences and response in my own words, based on public investigation material. I keep agency findings separate from my editorial suggestions for workplace checks. Overseas accounts retain the country, equipment and operating conditions of the incident. Compare those conditions with the equipment at your workplace before applying the questions.
Photographs, reconstructions and educational images
I check each photograph's event, date, source and basis for reuse. I distinguish images taken during an incident from those taken afterwards. Where a usable photograph is unavailable, a labelled reconstruction or workplace concept diagram explains the established hazard relationship. AI-generated Safety Kim images illustrate equipment principles and safe actions. Reconstructions and illustrations do not present unverified victim actions, ignition sources or site layouts as facts.
Updates and corrections
A substantive content change updates the article’s modification date. Wording, layout changes or a repeat source check alone do not move that date forward. I compare reported errors with the original evidence. Corrections that affect a reader’s judgement include an explanation of what changed. Send a broken source link or a discrepancy between an explanation and its source to the contact address.
Where experience appears
My own field experience appears only in the introduction and in clearly marked practitioner notes. A note records an observation in a particular situation; read it separately from legislation and work procedures.