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Analysis of Factors Behind Human Error in Fatal Construction Accidents using the m-SHEL Model

m-SHEL 모델에 의한 건설 중대 사고재해의 휴먼에러 배후 요인 분석

  • An, Sung-Hoon (Department of Architectural Engineering, Daegu University)
  • Received : 2022.06.28
  • Accepted : 2022.08.08
  • Published : 2022.08.20
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Abstract

As human factors are the most important cause of construction accidents, it is important to reduce human error in construction work to reduce accidents. However, the error forcing context in organizational situations acts as a factor behind human error. Therefore, fatal construction accidents were analyzed using the m-SHEL model, which can identify the factors behind human errors. Through such analysis, it was found that there are differences in the detailed factors behind human errors according to the type of fatal accidents in construction, This study is meaningful in that it confirmed through accident cases that it is important to understand and respond to organizational situations in order to reduce human error in construction work.

건설 사고재해의 가장 큰 원인은 인적요인이므로, 건설공사에서 휴먼에러를 감소시켜 사고재해를 감소시키는 것이 중요하다. 그러나, 휴먼에러는 조직적 상황의 연속적인 흐름이 배후 요인으로 작용한다. 따라서, 휴먼에러의 배후 요인을 파악할 수 있는 m-SHEL 모델을 사용하여 건설 중대 사고재해를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 건설 중대 사고재해 유형에 따라 휴먼에러를 일으키는 배후 세부 요인이 차이가 있다는 것을 파악하였으며, 휴먼에러 배후 요인 중 L-m 요인, L-H 요인, L 요인 순으로 많이 차지하고 있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 본연구는 건설공사에서 휴먼에러를 줄이기 위해서는 조직적 상황을 파악하고 대응하는 것이 중요하다는 것을 사례를 통해서 확인하였다는 점에 의의가 있다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT)(NRF-2022R1A2C1004565).

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