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http://dx.doi.org/10.12812/ksms.2016.18.1.35

A study on the improvement of food cutting machines through industrial accident characteristics in Korea  

Rhee, Hong-Suk (Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, KOSHA)
Yi, Kwan-Hyung (Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, KOSHA)
Park, Min-Ki (Nielsen Korea)
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Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science / v.18, no.1, 2016 , pp. 35-43 More about this Journal
Abstract
The past five years, industrial accidents due to food processing machinery have been occurred 725 cases, injury by the food cutter occurred 390 cases in its. On this study, to prevent food cutter injury, an attempt is made to present the improved documentation of fundamental safety of the food cutter workplace through the injury analysis of food cutter injury and surveys on band saw machine business field. Analyzing the result of 390 cases on food cutter injury, amputation, cut, puncture occupied 75.1 percent (293 cases), compressed occupied 23.3% (91 cases), also it showed constant component without reference to gender, age, scale of work place, service period. In the survey, lack of concentration for workers have been pointed out as the biggest factor in the cause of band saw machine injury. Meanwhile, such as the EU and Japan, whereas presents safety standards about band saw machines that are tailored to each country, on the other hand, South Korea doesn't provide the standards. To prevent the food cutter injury, safety standards need to be established in consideration of amputation, cut, puncture, compressed injury and financial support is required to procure protective equipment at each place of business.
Keywords
food processing machine; band saw machine; industrial accident; safety standard;
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