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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2015.30.3.80

A Study on the Improvement of Effectiveness of KOSHA 18001 in Construction Industry  

Lee, Jin Seop (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon National University)
Lee, Myeong Gu (Department of Environmental Health and Safety, Eulji University)
Lee, Dong Yul (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon National University)
Oh, Tae Keun (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.30, no.3, 2015 , pp. 80-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
The industrial accidents in the construction business have decreased on the basis of the accreditation of KOSHA 18001, one of the occupational health and safety management system. However, the interest and investment into the KOSHA 18001 has grown down because of the worsened construction business so that the construction companies that maintain the system as a mere formality has begun to be displayed. In this regard, this study performed the interview with the internal and external review board as well as the question investigation from the persons concerned in order to apprehend the current problems in the KOSHA 18001. First of all, the internal reviewers in the KOSHA are lack in the comparison with the number of new and renew accreditation. Secondly, many persons concerned with the KOSHA has required the quantitative criteria for the accreditation. Consequently, the manpower supplement associated with the external reviewers, the grading evaluation would be strong solutions to improve the effectiveness of KOSHA 18001.
Keywords
KOSHA 18001; occupational health & safety management system; grading evaluation system; interview; question investigation;
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