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Integration of Laser Scanning and Three-dimensional Models in the Legal Process Following an Industrial Accident

  • Eyre, Matthew;Foster, Patrick;Speake, Georgina;Coggan, John
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.306-314
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    • 2017
  • Background: In order to obtain a deeper understanding of an incident, it needs to be investigated to "peel back the layers" and examine both immediate and underlying failures that contributed to the event itself. One of the key elements of an effective accident investigation is recording the scene for future reference. In recent years, however, there have been major advances in survey technology, which have provided the ability to capture scenes in three dimension to an unprecedented level of detail, using laser scanners. Methods: A case study involving a fatal incident was surveyed using three-dimensional laser scanning, and subsequently recreated through virtual and physical models. The created models were then utilized in both accident investigation and legal process, to explore the technologies used in this setting. Results: Benefits include explanation of the event and environment, incident reconstruction, preservation of evidence, reducing the need for site visits, and testing of theories. Drawbacks include limited technology within courtrooms, confusion caused by models, cost, and personal interpretation and acceptance in the data. Conclusion: Laser scanning surveys can be of considerable use in jury trials, for example, in case the location supports the use of a high-definition survey, or an object has to be altered after the accident and it has a specific influence on the case and needs to be recorded. However, consideration has to be made in its application and to ensure a fair trial, with emphasis being placed on the facts of the case and personal interpretation controlled.

A Study on Traffic Accident Reconstruction through Vehicle Crash Test (충돌시험을 통한 교통사고 재현 연구)

  • Kim, Guanhee;Lim, Jonghun;Park, Insong;Chun, Youngbum;Cho, Chongdu
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.58-63
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    • 2013
  • It is very difficult to evaluate the impact speed, who caused the accident and what the injury risk of the vehicle occupants was from the outcome of the accident. That's the main reason why there are so many insurance fraud related to vehicle accident. In this study, a vehicle crash accident suspected to an insurance fraud had been reconstructed to evaluate crash speed and the relationship between the crash accident and passenger injury risk. To do this, the scene was reconstructed based on accident investigation report and three vehicle crash tests were done at 27kph, 37kph and 70kph. The crash speed of 27kph and 37kph were chosen based on the damaged vehicle and 70kph was chosen based on the driver's statement. Based on the damage of vehicle and dummy injury measure, impact speed is estimated around 20 to 30kph and the dummy measures show that the passengers are not seems to be severely injured in this speed range.

Study on Accident Prediction Models in Urban Railway Casualty Accidents Using Logistic Regression Analysis Model (로지스틱회귀분석 모델을 활용한 도시철도 사상사고 사고예측모형 개발에 대한 연구)

  • Jin, Soo-Bong;Lee, Jong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.482-490
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    • 2017
  • This study is a railway accident investigation statistic study with the purpose of prediction and classification of accident severity. Linear regression models have some difficulties in classifying accident severity, but a logistic regression model can be used to overcome the weaknesses of linear regression models. The logistic regression model is applied to escalator (E/S) accidents in all stations on 5~8 lines of the Seoul Metro, using data mining techniques such as logistic regression analysis. The forecasting variables of E/S accidents in urban railway stations are considered, such as passenger age, drinking, overall situation, behavior, and handrail grip. In the overall accuracy analysis, the logistic regression accuracy is explained 76.7%. According to the results of this analysis, it has been confirmed that the accuracy and the level of significance of the logistic regression analysis make it a useful data mining technique to establish an accident severity prediction model for urban railway casualty accidents.

A Forensic Engineering Study on Bursting Accident of Composite Pressure Vessel in CNG Bus (CNG버스 복합재 압력용기 파열사고에 관한 법공학적 연구)

  • Kim, Eui-Soo;Kim, Jin-Pyo;Park, Nam-Kyu;Kim, Youn-Hoi
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 2008
  • The bus using compressed natural gas(CNG) trend to be extended in use internationally as optimal counter-plan for reducing discharge gas of light oil due to high concern about environment. But, Composit pressure vessels(CPV) to be equipped with CNG bus is always involved in the point that safety accidents happen due to having compressed natural gas. In this report, we analysis the cause of CPV bursting accident by reviewing design and manufacture factor and suggest preventive measure through this case.

Improvement Plans for the Safety Management System of Amusement Facilities (유기시설의 안전관리체계 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Myeonggu;Kim, Sunmi;Lee, Heejung;Jo, Jaeyong;Han, Seokyung
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.69-75
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    • 2015
  • In recent society, great and small accidents have happened frequently, so the demands for safety have increased. As numerical increase of tourists who use the amusement facilities, many accidents owing to amusement facility has arisen. The goal of this study is that suggests the improvement plans for the safety management system of amusement facilities. In order to achieve the goal of study, legislations, industrial scale, accident situation, and others relating to amusement facility business were considered in a lot of ways. From a series of study results, improvement plans are suggested for safety inspection, accident compensation insurance, accident investigation, and others relating to amusement facility business.

Analysis of Accidents Causes in an Auto-Glass Manufacturing Company using the Comprehensive Human Error Analysis Model (통합적 휴먼에러 분석 모델을 이용한 자동차 유리공장의 사고 원인 분석)

  • Lim, Hyeon-Kyo;Lee, Seung-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.90-95
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    • 2012
  • To prevent similar accidents with the basis of industrial accidents already occurred in industrial plants, it would be possible only after true causes are grasped. Unfortunately, however, most accident investigation carried out with the basis of legal regulation failed to grasp them so that similar accidents have been repeated without cease. This research aimed to find out differences between results from conventional accident investigation and those from human error analysis, and to draw out effective and practical counter-plans against industrial accidents occurred repeatedly in an autoglass manufacturing company. As for analysis, about 110 accident cases that occurred for last 7 years were collected, and by adopting the Comprehensive Human Error Analysis Technique developed by the previous researchers, not direct causes but basic fundamental causes that might induce workers to human errors were sought. In consequence, the result showed that facility factors or environmental factors such as improper layout, mistakes in engineering design, and malfunction of interlock system were authentic major accident causes as opposed to managerial factors such as personal carelessness or failure to wearing personal protective equipments, and/or improper work methods.

Research about the Identification and Gathering of Digital Forensic Evidence by Cyber Intrusion Accident Types (사이버 침해사고 유형별 디지털 포렌식 증거의 식별 및 수집에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Kyung-Jun;Lee, Sang-Jin
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.93-105
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    • 2007
  • A digital forensic technology and tools are used much in the rapidly increased cyber intrusion accident investigation. But, almost the identification and gathering tools of digital forensic evidence are very difficultly integrated and simply poor-skill. Thereby, Important digital evidences at intrusion accident investigation of public institution and a private enterprise can be omitted or demaged. In this paper, therefore, we refer to 'The digital forensic tool for identification and gathering evidence' based only Window OS by using 'Log Parser', discuss the methodology for the identification and gathering of digital forensic evidence by cyber intrusion accident types.

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Accident Prevention Counterplen of the Elevator for the Passenger (승객용 승강기의 재해예방에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Oh-Heon;Go, Seong-Seok;Yun, Yu-Seong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.106-111
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    • 2002
  • Recently the car and elevator accidents as well as the fire, explosion and collapse increased. The passenger elevator accident from 1993 year to 2001 year has about 56.7% of total accidents and the human victims of 180 according to the Korea Elevator Safety Institute. Accident cause and prevention were investigated for the elevator having the fall, impact and narrowness accident types. The prevention and protection methods of the elevator accident from analysis results were suggested by comparing and analogizing the accident statistics about the accident investigation of the passenger elevator according to the elevator accidents.