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Comparison of National Occupational Accident Fatality Rates using Statistical Analysis on Economic and Social Indicators

경제⋅사회지표의 다변량 통계 분석을 활용한 국가 간 산업재해 사고사망 상대수준 비교

  • Kyunghun, Kim (Department of Occupational Safety and Health, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Sudong, Lee (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Ulsan)
  • 김경훈 (울산대학교 산업안전보건전문학과) ;
  • 이수동 (울산대학교 산업경영공학부)
  • Received : 2022.08.22
  • Accepted : 2022.11.15
  • Published : 2022.12.31
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Abstract

The comparative evaluation of occupational accident fatality rates (OAFRs) of different countries is complicated owing to the differences in their level of socio-economic development. However, such evaluation is necessary to assess the national occupational safety and health system of a country. This study proposes a statistical method to compare the OAFRs of countries taking into consideration the difference in their level of socio-economic development. We first collected data on the socio-economic indicators and OAFRs of 11 countries over a 30-year period. Next, based on literature survey and statistical correlation analysis, we selected the significant independent variables and built multiple linear regression models to predict OAFR. We also determined the groups of countries having heterogeneous relationships between the independent variables and OAFRs, which are represented by the regression models. The proposed method is demonstrated by comparing the OAFR of Korea with the OAFRs of 10 other developed countries.

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