Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (한국건설관리학회논문집)

Korea Institute of Construction Engineering and Management (한국건설관리학회)
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Analysis on Consciousness of Shifting Responsibility triggering Safety accidents at Construction Sites

건설현장 안전사고를 유발하는 책임전가의식 분석

  • Oh, Gyusun (Mooyoung CM) ;
  • Kim, Hyunbin (Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Seoul) ;
  • Han, Sangwon (Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Seoul) ;
  • Hyun, Changtaek (Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Seoul) ;
  • Cha, Yongwoon (Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Seoul)
  • Received : 2018.07.19
  • Accepted : 2018.09.05
  • Published : 2018.11.30
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Abstract

In spite of many previous studies conducted to prevent safety accidents at construction sites, the frequency of safety accidents has not decreased. And recently, a lot of research has been done to analyze the causes of the accidents resulting from the personal characteristics and behaviors of managers or workers, and eliminate them. However, despite these efforts, safety accidents occur consistently as managers and workers shift their responsibilities for the safety accidents onto someone other than themselves. Therefore, in order to prevent safety accidents, this study investigated the consciousness of shifting responsibility among managers and workers and analyzed the correlation between factors influencing the consciousness of shifting responsibility. In addition, it proposed the quantitative levels of the consciousness of shifting responsibility based on the survey of managers and workers. The results of this study demonstrated that managers tend to the shift responsibility onto workers, whereas workers the shift responsibility onto managers. It was additionally demonstrated that there is a correlation between the consciousness of shifting responsibility and the factors influencing it. The findings of this study are expected to improve the safety awareness among managers and workers and make contributions in the theoretical and practical aspects of construction safety management.

건설산업에서 안전사고 예방을 위하여 많은 연구들이 진행되어 왔으나 안전사고의 숫자는 줄지 않고 있다. 이에 최근 많은 연구에서 관리자나 작업자의 개인적인 특성과 행동에서 기인하는 원인들을 분석하고, 이를 제거하고자 하였다. 그러나 기존 연구의 노력에도 불구하고 관리자나 작업자는 안전사고의 발생이 서로에게 책임이 있다고 전가하는 인식이 있어 지속적으로 안전사고가 발생하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 안전사고 예방을 위하여 관리자와 작업자의 책임전가의식을 분석하고, 책임전가의식에 영향을 미치는 영향요인들과의 상관성을 분석하였다. 본 연구에서는 실제 현장에 근무하고 있는 관리자와 작업자에게 설문조사를 실시하여 책임전가의식 수준을 정량적으로 제안하였다. 특히, 관리자는 작업자에게, 작업자는 관리자에게 책임을 전가하고자 하는 영향이 있음을 입증하였다. 추가적으로 책임전가의식과 이에 영향을 미치는 요인들(Job stress, Accident experience, Safe knowledge, Optimistic bias)과의 상관성이 있음을 입증하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 관리자와 작업자의 안전의식 향상과 건설안전 분야의 연구적, 실무적인 측면에서 기여를 할 것으로 기대한다.

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