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Development of Inspection Checklist through the Analysis of the Relationship between the Risk Improvement Ratio and the Accident Ratio in Food Manufacturing Industry

식료품 제조업 유해·위험요인 개선율과 재해율의 관계 분석을 통한 점검 체크리스트 개발

  • Ho houng Yu (Korea Industrial Safety Association) ;
  • Doo-Hyun Kim (Department of Safety Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Sung-Chul Kim (Department of Safety Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
  • Received : 2023.02.08
  • Accepted : 2023.08.02
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

In the inspection of workplace hazards/risk factors by specialized institutions dedicated to safety management, inspection reports vary based on the inspectors, who lack the authority to enforce improvement of workplace hazards/risk factors. Thus, improvement and accident rates remain steady without decreasing. This study performed a regression analysis on the relationship between improvement and accident rates of categorized inspection items by classifying hazards/risk factors from inspection reports submitted by a specialized safety management institution in Chungbuk after inspecting 10 food and beverage manufacturers over the past three years. The hazards/risk factors were classified into five categories: mechanical, electrical, chemical, human, and environmental. The regression analysis revealed that the improvement rate of hazards/risk factors inspected by the specialized safety management institution influenced accident rates. To enhance improvement rates based on these findings, this study prioritized the correction of the five most frequently cited inspection items with the lowest improvement rates in each area. Based on these inspection items, this study suggested a checklist for use in workplace safety inspections of food manufacturers. This proposed checklist is expected to reduce accident rates in food manufacturing facilities. Currently, guidance and inspection of workplaces are mainly focused on accident rates rather than correcting hazards/risks. Thus, accident rates remain unchanged as workplace risks are inadequately improved according to the unique characteristics of each workplace. When conducting workplace guidance and inspection, policy measures and inspection methods are warranted to increase the improvement rate of hazards/risks.

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