Safety and Health at Work

  • 제12권4호
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  • Pages.505-510
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  • 2021
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  • 2093-7911(pISSN)
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  • 2093-7997(eISSN)
산업안전보건연구원 (Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency)
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Modern Cause and Effect Model by Factors of Root Cause for Accident Prevention in Small to Medium Sized Enterprises

  • Kang, Youngsig (Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, College of IT Engineering, SEMYUNG University) ;
  • Yang, Sunghwan (Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Korea National University of Welfare, College of Natural Science) ;
  • Patterson, Patrick (Department of Industrial Engineering, Whitacre College of Engineering, Texas Tech University)
  • 투고 : 2021.07.11
  • 심사 : 2021.08.11
  • 발행 : 2021.12.30
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Background: Factors related to root causes can cause commonly occurring accidents such as falls, slips, and jammed injuries. An important means of reducing the frequency of occupational accidents in small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMSEs) of South Korea is to perform intensity analysis of the root cause factors for accident prevention in the cause and effect model like decision models, epidemiological models, system models, human factors models, LCU (life change unit) models, and the domino theory. Especially intensity analysis in a robot system and smart technology as Industry 4.0 is very important in order to minimize the occupational accidents and fatal accident because of the complexity of accident factors. Methods: We have developed the modern cause and effect model that includes factors of root cause through statistical testing to minimize commonly occurring accidents and fatal accidents in SMSEs of South Korea and systematically proposed educational policies for accident prevention. Results: As a result, the consciousness factors among factors of root cause such as unconsciousness, disregard, ignorance, recklessness, and misjudgment had strong relationships with occupational accidents in South Korean SMSEs. Conclusion: We conclude that the educational policies necessary for minimizing these consciousness factors include continuous training procedures followed by periodic hands-on experience, along with perceptual and cognitive education related to occupational health and safety.

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This work was supported by the Semyung University Research Grant of 2020. The authors wish to thank the Office of Culture and Public Relations of KOSHA, Samsung Electronics Co. for their continued support, and the Department of Industrial Engineering at Texas Tech University.

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