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A Study on the Status and the Perception of Near Miss Reporting Activities in Domestic Manufacturing Industry

국내 제조업의 아차사고 발굴활동 현황 및 인식에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Seok Ki (Dept. of Process Safety Management, Korea National University of Transportation) ;
  • Park, Jungchul (School of Industrial Management and Safety Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
  • 이석기 (한국교통대학교 공정안전관리학과) ;
  • 박정철 (한국교통대학교 산업경영‧안전공학부)
  • Received : 2021.08.30
  • Accepted : 2021.12.20
  • Published : 2021.12.28
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Abstract

A near miss is an unplanned event that did not result in injury/illness, or property damage, but had potentials to do so. The importance of the near miss has been emphasized by many researchers and organizations. However, only a few studies have quantitatively approached the near miss from the viewpoint of safety culture. The purpose of this study is to investigate the current status of near miss reporting activities in manufacturing workplaces in Korea. It also aims to understand how the activities related with the safety culture and the occurrence of industrial accidents. To this end, a survey was conducted on manufacturing workplaces and the results were analyzed. As a result, there was a marked difference in the perception on near miss according to whether or not the near miss reporting activity was conducted. However, it was found that only 56% of the workplaces were carrying out the reporting activities. It was found that the number of near misses reported varied depending on the reward. Although no correlation could be found between whether or not the near miss reporting activities were carried out and the history of industrial accidents occurred, it was found that safety culture level was hier at the workplaces conducting the activities.

아차사고란 재해가 일어날 수 있는 상황이 발생하였으나 인원의 부상이나 자산의 손상 등 직접적인 손실로 이어지지 않은 사건을 의미한다. 재해 방지에 있어 아차사고의 중요성은 충분히 강조되어 왔지만, 아차사고를 발굴하기 위한 활동과 그에 대한 인식에 대해서는 알려진 것이 많지 않다. 본 연구는 국내 제조업 사업장들의 아차사고 관련 활동 현황을 조사하고, 이러한 활동이 산업재해의 발생 및 안전문화와 어떠한 관련이 있는지 밝히는 것을 목표로 한다. 이를 위해 제조업 사업장을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여 그 결과를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 아차사고 발굴활동을 수행하는 사업장은 조사대상의 56%로 절반을 약간 넘는 것으로 나타났으며, 발굴활동을 수행하는 사업장과 그렇지 않은 사업장의 아차사고에 대한 인식 수준에는 상당한 차이가 있었다. 또한, 아차사고의 건수는 아차사고 발굴에 대한 포상 여부에 따라 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 아차사고 발굴활동의 실시 여부와 산업재해 발생 이력 간에는 관계를 발견할 수 없었지만, 안전문화 수준은 발굴활동을 수행하는 사업장이 수행하지 않는 사업장에 비해 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 국내 제조업 사업장의 아차사고에 대한 인식과 발굴활동의 개략적인 현황을 파악했다는 데 의의가 있으며, 이를 기초로 추후 아차사고 발굴활동과 재해 발생 간의 연관관계검증 및 아차사고 발굴활동의 효과 제고를 위한 후속 연구가 필요할 것으로 보인다.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (NRF-2021R1F1A1048014).

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