Journal of Wellbeing Management and Applied Psychology (웰빙융합연구)

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Study on the Improvement of MSDS Awareness among University Laboratory Workers

  • Sung-Min HAN (Department of Environment Health & Safety, Eulji University) ;
  • Sei-Yeon KWON (Department of Environment Health & Safety, Eulji University) ;
  • Min-Ji RYU (Department of Environment Health & Safety, Eulji University) ;
  • Woo-Taeg KWON (Department of Environmental Health & Safety, Eulji University) ;
  • Hee-Sang YU (Unionenv. CO. LTD.)
  • Received : 2023.09.24
  • Accepted : 2023.09.25
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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Abstract

Purpose: This study is to improve awareness of MSDS in order to prevent university accidents and protect university laboratory workers. In order to improve awareness, measures to increase accessibility through auxiliary means (warning signs, One Page Sheet MSDS, etc) and ways to strengthen safety training (improvement and strengthen MSDS training). Research design, data and methodology: A questionnaire survey was adopted as a research method for this study. Question items were selected, modified, and supplemented by referring to the previous paper. Results: As a result of the survey, MSDS found that it was difficult to find the information they wanted and that there were many technical terms and limitations in using it. In addition, MSDS training is underway, but few university laboratory workers felt that training was helping. This shows that the effectiveness of training is virtually insignificant. Therefore, it seems that improvement measures are needed to solve this. Conclusions: One Sheet MSDS, an effective way for university laboratory workers to communicate information, and MSDS information should be provided with warning signs with large phrases and good visibility. In addition, this study proposes a One Sheet MSDS that prioritizes important MSDS items over all items in the MSDS, and in the field of education, several improvements are proposed, such as "To prevent problems and answers from being shared on the Internet" and "To improve the difficulty of checking the online curriculum".

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the research grant of the KODISA Scholarship Foundation in 2023. This research was supported by 2023 Eulji University Innovation Support Project grant funded.

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