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A Study on the Utilization of Safety Practice Index to Increase the Effectiveness of Safety Management

안전관리 실효성 증대를 위한 안전실천지수 활용 방안 연구

  • Kim, Heon-Seok (Graduated School, Incheon National University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-In (Korea Industrial Safety Association, KISA) ;
  • Rie, Dong-Ho (Fire Disaster Prevention Research Center, Inchon National University)
  • 김헌석 (인천대학교 대학원) ;
  • 김종인 (대한산업안전협회 안전문화컨설팅국) ;
  • 이동호 (인천대학교 소방방재연구센터)
  • Received : 2020.10.22
  • Accepted : 2021.02.09
  • Published : 2021.02.28
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Abstract

Domestic industrial accidents continue to increase, with 2,142 deaths in 2018, up by 185 (9.5%) from 1,957 deaths in 2017. Industrial accidents that cause loss of human lives pose a serious risk to businesses because of the strengthening of safety regulations and the changing public perception of social responsibility. Accordingly, to prevent industrial accidents, companies regularly conduct onsite safety activities and conduct education and training to raise awareness among employees. However, many such corporate activities are not conducted voluntarily and practically by employees but mostly by formal implementation. To discontinue this customary and passive behavior of employees and establish a mature safety culture, strengthening the execution power of safety management at the site is of paramount importance, and to this end, we aim to utilize the safety practice index (SPI). In this study, the SPI calculated on the basis of the results of the 2018 and 2019 risk management and safety activities of a site was compared with the reported safety accidents. The results confirmed that the SPI index can be used as a valid indicator for safety activities for accident prevention, such as strengthening leadership and safety policies to grade and manage safety management levels for a certain period of time or by a department or to convert weaknesses into strengths.

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