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The Korean Society of Industry Convergence (한국산업융합학회)
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A Study on the Development of Self-Checklists for Small and Medium-Sized Chemical Industries

중소규모 화학업종을 위한 자율점검표 개발 연구

  • Woo Sub Shim (Chemical Accident Prevention Division, Occupational Safety and Health Headquarter, Ministry of Employment and Labor) ;
  • Kyeong-Seok Oh (GCS Team, Global Manufacturing & Infra Technology, Samsung Electronics)
  • 심우섭 (고용노동부 산업안전보건본부 화학사고예방과) ;
  • 오경석 (삼성전자 글로벌 제조&인프라총괄 GCS팀)
  • Received : 2023.08.03
  • Accepted : 2023.09.18
  • Published : 2023.10.31
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Abstract

Major industrial accidents in which workers die due to fires or explosions while working at chemical substance handling workplaces continue to occur. Among the major industrial accidents that occurred between 2005 and 2021, the accident status by work situation and equipment was analyzed. Through analysis, it was confirmed that storage, reaction, and piping facilities were the main causes of the accident, and a self-checklist for each facility was developed. Verification was conducted through the supply and use groups to evaluate the suitability of the use, duties, and items of the self-checklist. The user group showed higher satisfaction than the supplier group for all three suitability of use, job, and item. In particular, since the inspection items of the self-checklist were organized around the cause of the accident derived through the analysis of actual accident cases, the satisfaction level was high in all groups. It is expected that the self-checklist developed through this study will be useful not only for large companies but also for small and medium-sized chemical industries that lack professional manpower.

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