• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.266-274
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• 2020

Background: From only frequency rate of industrial accidents, it is difficult to define the industry composition of accident statistics in a nation. This study aims to propose and develop a new index for measuring the degree of concentration of industrial accidents using the concept of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index in the case of European countries. Methods: Using the concept of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, the concentration index of accidents in the country is developed, and the conditions of European countries are compared using indexes of frequency rate and concentration ratio. Results: The frequency rate and concentration ratio of fatal and nonfatal accidents in European countries are compared. According to the economic condition and geographical position, different patterns of accidents concentration are presented in terms of frequency rate and concentration ratio. Conclusion: We develop the concentration index of industrial and occupational accidents that identifies the industrial ratio of accident occurrence, and the differentiated strategy can be formulated such as approaches to reducing frequency and prioritizing target industries.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2020

For monitoring the status of industrial accidents, many statistical indexes have been developed and applied such as fatal rate, frequency rate, and severity rate. These accident indexes are measured by frequency and loss time according to the accidents in the individual industry level. However, it is less considered to use the index of identifying the industrial concentration of accidents in the holistic view. Thus, this study aims to suggest the accident concentration level among domestic industries through index analysis. The concentration level of industrial accidents is calculated by the accident composition of sub-industries. This concentration level shows whether an industry is comprised of a few sub-industries generating more accidents or an industry consists of sub-industries having the similar number of accidents. To this end, the concentration rate (CR) and concentration index (CI) are proposed to take a look at the industry composition of accidents by embracing the concept of market concentration indexes such as Hirschman-Herfindahl Index. As for the case study, four industries of mining, manufacturing, transportation, and other business (usually service) are analyzed in terms of indexes of accident rate, death(fatality) rate, and CR and CI of accident and death. Finally, we illustrate the positioning map that the accident concentration level is compared with the traditional accident frequency level among industries.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.437-444
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• 2017

위험 유해물질(HNS) 유출사고를 대비하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 지역별 산업 집중도를 지수화하여 동향을 파악하기 위해 쓰이는 집중도지수를 활용하여 HNS 사고의 지역별 집중도를 확인하였다. 이는 HNS를 포함한 해양 유출사고 데이터를 바탕으로 HNS 사고 규모 집중도지수와 HNS 사고 빈도 집중도지수를 수치화하여 하나의 값인 HNS 사고 집중도지수를 제시하는 방식이다. 도출된 지역별 HNS 사고집중도 지수값를 바탕으로 울산을 HNS 대비 최우선 지역, 여수, 부산, 태안을 HNS 대비 우선지역, 군산, 목포, 완도, 인천, 통영, 평택, 포항을 HNS 대비 필요지역, 그 밖에 해양유출사고가 발생하지 않은 동해, 보령, 부안, 서귀포, 속초, 제주, 창원을 HNS 대비 지원지역으로 그룹화하여 대비측면의 우선순위를 설정하였다.