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Analysis of Accident Characteristics of Foreign Workers in Domestic Chemical Industry

국내 화학업종 외국인근로자의 재해특성 분석

  • Lee, Seung Bae (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Hansung University) ;
  • Jeong, Byung Yong (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Hansung University) ;
  • Park, Myoung Hwan (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Hansung University)
  • 이승배 (한성대학교 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 정병용 (한성대학교 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 박명환 (한성대학교 산업경영공학과)
  • Received : 2018.03.16
  • Accepted : 2018.04.02
  • Published : 2018.04.30
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Abstract

Objective: This study aims to understand the accident characteristics of the foreign workers in domestic chemical industry and to present analytic results for basic guidelines on accident prevention. Background: It is known that foreign workers constitute greater portion of workers in industries that are dirty, difficult and dangerous especially chemical and construction industries. Method: This study analyzed the data of 2,272 workers in the chemical industry that have been approved as on-duty industrial accidents in 2015. The accident characteristics of foreign workers and Korean workers were analyzed in view of worker-related factors and accident-related factors. Results: There is no difference by nationality in the distribution of gender of the injured. The distribution of the injured according to nationality was found to be different in age, size of employment, type of employment, work experience, days of the week, time of the day, events or exposures, agent, type of injury, natures of injury and illnesses, injured body part. Conclusion: Foreign workers show a much higher proportion of injuries than Korean workers in the chemical industry. Comparing to the Korean injured, the foreign injured are employed by small size company and work on weekends and night or early in the morning more often. In addition, machine operating job is the major cause of the accidents and hand/wrist injuries constitute major portion of the injured body part. Application: The results of this study can be used as baseline data to devise systematic measures to prevent accidents for the foreign workers in the domestic chemical industry.

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