ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,118, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ELSSEN Co. LTD. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for managing safety of worker" was invented by Jiman Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for safety management and a safety management method includes determining whether a safety hook connected through a connecting rope provided to a safety belt worn by a worker is fastened to a safety equipment; loading a first score set in response to whether the safety hook is fastened to the safety equipment and a second score set in response to a duration of a state in which the safety hook is unfaste...