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http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/KJCEM.2017.18.1.037

Research of Actual Condition and Mitigation Plan for aging Workers' Health and Safety at Construction Sites  

Kim, Panki (Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency)
Bang, Seongdeok (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
Kim, Kyeongseok (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
Kim, Hyoungkwan (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management / v.18, no.1, 2017 , pp. 37-47 More about this Journal
Abstract
The proportion of elderly people over 50 years old in the total population of Korea increased from 29.2% in 2010 to 34.8% in 2015. As a result, the proportion of construction workers over 50 years old compared to the total construction workers increased from 20.1% in 2010 to 27.0% in 2015. In this aging society, the construction industry has faithfully carried out the business objectives and budget execution of measures to prevent disasters against elderly workers, but there was a limit to the fundamental prevention of disasters. Because the countermeasures for the prevention of construction disaster are considered on all ages rather than elderly workers. This study investigates the safety and health status of elderly workers at construction sites and suggests the plans to reduce disaster. In particular, to reduce disasters of rapidly growing elderly workers, the authors reviewed the related literature and safety regulations, statistics on the causes of industrial accidents, statistics on the status of industrial accidents, and applied to 3,549 workers who participated directly in the construction activities. The authors surveyed the actual situation of safety and health, presented the comprehensive disaster reduction measures by analyzing the current status and problems of disaster prevention projects. If the countermeasures proposed in this paper can be reflected in the actual policy, it is expected that the countermeasures will be possible to reduce the disaster of the elderly workers at the construction site, which is gradually increasing.
Keywords
Aging Workers; Construction; Accidents; Health and Safety; Mitigation Plan;
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