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Reasonable Assignment of Aged People at Construction Site (건설현장 고령근로자의 안전배치 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Rae;Son, Ki-Sang
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.32-43
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    • 2012
  • "low and old age trend" is a big social national problem in korea but also in foreign countries. The Government pursues a policy for aged people to take part in construction site as labours. Low childbirth and avoidance of 3D work kinds lead to exposure of aged workers to industry work places. According to korea department of labour, it is expected that 18% of total economic activity people in 2008 to 27.2% in 2018 be increased with age of more than 55 old years. Therefore, It is needed that more countermeasures for old workers should be taken for safer work conditions. This old workers with more than 55 old years contain major portion of accident occurrence in construction industry. It is found that accident rate in construction industry can be decreased if appropriate technical safety training is provided to them who wish to work at construction sites. Statistic analysis such as frequency, cross, logistic regression using program package SPSS 13.0 has been made after collecting questionnaire survey of more than 330 workers at construction sites.

Statistical Analysis of Domestic Laboratory Accidents using Classification Criteria of KCD 7 and OIICS (KCD 7과 OIICS의 분류기준을 활용한 국내 연구실 사고의 통계적 분석)

  • Na, Ye Ji;Jang, Nam-Gwon;Won, Jeong-Hun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.42-49
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    • 2019
  • This study statistically analyzed the laboratory accidents by investigating 806 laboratory accident survey reports which were officially submitted to government from 2013 to June 2017. After comparing domestic and foreign accident classification criteria, the laboratory accidents were classified using KCD7(Korean Standard Classification of Diseases) and OIICS(Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System) criteria. For the type and part of injury, KCD7 classification criteria was adopted. And, for the cause and occurrence type of accidents, OIICS was adopted to analyze the laboratory accidents. Most of injuries happened to the wrist and hand caused by sharp materials or chemical materials. The analysis of accident cause showed that accidents resulted in medical practice and accidents from handtools and chemical materials such as acid and alkali frequently occurred. The major occurrence types of laboratory accidents was body exposure to the chemical materials such as hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid. In addition, the accidents resulted in destroy of grasped object or falling object were frequently reported.

An Analysis of Factors Affecting Accidents at a Container Terminal in Busan, Korea (부산 컨테이너 터미널에서의 작업 중 사고발생에 대한 요인 분석)

  • Hyunju Shin;Jae Hun Kim;Gunwoo Lee
    • Korea Trade Review
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.45-54
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    • 2020
  • Occurrence of accidents at a container terminal results in casualties and damages of equipments which are involved in the accidents, and affects the terminal operation. Therefore, analyzing factors affecting occurrence of accidents at a container terminal is important for efficient operation of the terminal. Most of existing studies analyzing factors of accidents have performed in a land transportation field. And most of existing studies in a maritime field have focused on developing risk assessment methods, rather than identifying factors of accidents. This study aims to analyze the factors affecting the damage level which was resulted from accidents at a container terminal in Busan, Korea. After a basic statistical analysis of the accident dataset which was occurred in the terminal, a linear regression model is applied to identify the factors which affect the damage level resulted from the accident. As a result of analysis, it is found that the more number of equipments, facilities and containers damaged from the accidents positively affect the damage level from the accidents, as well as dozing during working. The results of this study are expected to be a basic for developing safety management.

The Relation between Human Behavior and Safety in the Collision Avoidance Situation

  • Park, Jung-Sun;Kobayashi, Hiroaki;Yea, Byeong-Deok
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.611-618
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    • 2003
  • It can be said that the relationship between the maneuvering ability of operators and the navigational environment affects the safe degree of navigation in the collision avoidance situation. In order to reduce the occurrence probability of accident and to maintain the safety, it is necessary to clarify the relationship between human behavior and navigational environment. In this study, therefore, we analyzed and discussed the relationship between the maneuvering characteristics and the safety focused on human behavior as a fundamental factor of marine accidents using ship handling simulator and questionnaire. As a result, we concluded that navigational environment changes variously and the maneuvering ability of operators also varies with the navigational environment, and the ship handling characteristics strongly affect the occurrence probability of accident.

A Study on the Improvement of Chemical Accident Response System in View of the National Disaster Management System (국가재난관리체제 관점의 화학사고 대응체계 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-Seok;Choi, Don-Mook
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2015
  • Since the hydrofluoric acid spill accident in Gumi in 2012, the current situation has continued to suffer from makeshift responses or feeble national system maintenance in preparing real countermeasures against chemical accidents, regardless of their repeated occurrence and seriousness. Industrial chemical accidents have an enormous ripple effect on the whole country and society. The purpose of this study is to propose ways of establishing directions for the national disaster management system against repeated occurrence of chemical accidents. To achieve this goal, the present study proposed improvement measures of response system for industrial chemical accident through the analysis of the current response system and structural causes of disaster control failure for chemical accidents.

A Study on the Problem and Countermeasure of Concealment of Industrial Accident in Construction Site (건설업 산재 은폐의 문제점과 대책에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Man-Jin;Kang, Kyung-Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.29-33
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    • 2008
  • According to statistics released by the Ministry of Labor for the past 6 years, work-related accidents in the construction industry have been on the continued increase, resulting in social and economic losses that are difficult to determine at an exact amount. However, the number will likely get much bigger if unreported cases are included, considering the fact that the aforementioned statistics are based soley on the applications filed with Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service. The practice of businesses choosing not to report and dealing with industrial accidents in an unauthorized manner is defined as "concealment of industrial accident". The reason the employers tend to engage in the concealment practice even at their huge cost is a "pre-qualification" scheme for the applicants in the government procurement process. Under the pre-qualification scheme, the applicants with a high rate of industrial accidents receive a low grade and become less attractive candidates in the procurement process, thus losing an opportunity to win a contract. Such failure relates directly to the fate of business organizations, to survive or not. That is why they are making all-out efforts to obtain a high grade in the pre-qualification evaluation. With regard to the accident-concealment problem, the following can be mentioned as preventive measures: (1) To exclude a rate of industrial accidents from the pre-qualification scheme; (2) To strengthen the institution of imposing penalties on the occurrence of industrial accidents; (3) To introduce private insurance system to the current industrial accident compensation insurance; and (4) To give non-recognition treatment to industrial accidents that were not reported upon occurrence. In conclusion, the concealment problem can be resolved if the aforementioned measures are to be taken continuously along with corrective measures against institutional deficiencies.

Analysis of Aviation Accident and Incident in Military Using the ECCAIRS 5 (ECCAIRS 5를 이용한 군 항공기 사고사례 분석)

  • Kim, Won-Kyou;Hong, Seung-Beom;Jie, Min-Seok;Hong, Gyo-Young;Ahn, Dong-Man;Choi, Youn-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.80-86
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    • 2013
  • In an effort to decrease aviation accident worldwide, development of aviation safety management has been sought through aviation index and standardization, both by establishing SMS(Safety Management System). It also needs to be done in the domestic. both study on SMS which ICAO recommends and setting the top priority safety goal, each differently classified by nations. Accordingly, defining safety index and developing continuous monitoring approach. Aircraft accident reporting system in Air Force does not operate in a open approach method due to its uniqueness related to mission achievement. Therefore, limits of utilizing the recent worldwide aircraft data sharing and analyzing results to prevent accident is inevitable. This paper introduces an overview of ECCAIRS 5 which become the standard for the recent worldwide aviation safety reporting and data exchange system. Also using ECCAIRS 5, aircraft accident cases of the Air Force are classified such as accident type, year, month, occurrence category, and flight phase. The result of the study will provide a guide line for utilizing the civil system in prevention of future military aviation accidents.

Risk Assessment and Application in Chemical Plants Using Fault Tree Analysis (FTA를 이용한 화학공장의 위험성 평가 및 응용)

  • Kim Yun-Hwa;Kim Ky-Soo;Yoon Sung-Ryul;Um Sung-In;Ko Jae-Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.81-86
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    • 1997
  • This study is to estimate the possibility of accident in chemical plants from the analysis of system component which affects the occurrence of top event. Among the various risk assessment techniques, the Fault Tree Analysis which approaches deductively on the route of accident development was used in this study. By gate-by-gate method and minimal cut set, the qualitative and quantitative risk assessment for hazards in plants was performed. The probability of occurrence and frequency of top event was calculated from failure or reliability data of system components at stage of the quantitative risk assessment. In conclusion, the probability of accident was estimated according to logic pattern based on the Fault Tree Analysis. And the failure path which mostly influences on the occurrence of top event was found from Importance Analysis.

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Safety-awareness, Safety-practice and Accident Occurrence among Elementary Students (초등학생의 안전의식 및 실천정도와 안전사고 발생 실태)

  • Sim Eun Soon
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.258-275
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study was to measure safety-awareness among elementary students, identify their safety-practices and actual status of accidents. The study was also done to acquire basic information on safety education to help students be more aware of safety, and more active in accident-prevention activities. A random sample was taken of 763 5th and 6th grade students in 4 different elementary schools in Seoul. Of the 735 questionnaires collected, 684 were complete and were used in the analysis. SPSS was used to analyze the questionnaires. The results are summarized as follows. First, the overall safety-awareness score was relatively high at 139.06 of a maximum of 164. and respondents were most conscious of the section on Home Safety. Second, the safety-practices of the respondents was at the middle level with a mean score of 56.01 of a maximum of 80. The factors affecting the safety-practice of the respondents were education of their parents, recognized learning proficiency, awareness of need for safety education, and level of safety-education conducted by parents. Third, $53.4\%$ of the respondents had experienced one or more accidents during the past year. Most of the accidents occurred during play and recreation and home accidents were the most frequently reported accidents. The risk factors related to the occurrence of accidents were gender, relationship with friends, recognized learning proficiency, and awareness of traffic safety. Forth, higher safety-awareness was found to be directly related to higher safety-practices. Respondents with lower safety-awareness reported higher rate of accidents. In view of the results so far achieved, habituation and formation of safety-oriented actions among students are highly required to prevent accidents. In order to do that, development of safety-awareness and in-life enforcement of safety-practice need to come first.

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The Role and Necessity of Rescue Group from Natural Cave Research (자연동굴 탐사에서 구조대의 역할과 필요성)

  • Yoon, Jung-Mo
    • Journal of the Speleological Society of Korea
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    • no.81
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2007
  • The role of the rescue party only function of accident hour relief activity it knows against the technique and an immediacy of Hum who burns executes an education and training and the accident it will be able to occur in advance and Hum activity hour which burns it prevents the place where it reduces it contributes a lot role is the importance is a possibility of saying that compared to it grows more. It must establish the cave structure commission inside Korean cave academic society and it must cooperate with the instance of the foreign nation together and with each other it must improve a cave structure setup and equipment and the countermeasure which is appropriate and prevention of accident inside the cave and accident occurrence hour it must consider feed with the fact that it must become.