• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.143-153
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• 2016

Objective: The purposes of this study are to survey needs for changing accident investigation from blaming to systems approach and to briefly summarize systems-based accident analysis techniques. Background: In modern complex socio-technical systems, accidents are caused by a variety of contributing factors including human, technical, organizational, social factors, not by just a single violation or error of a specific actor, but accidents investigation used to be focused on the incorrect action of individuals. A new approach investigating causes of accidents as a symptom of a deficient system is required. Method: This study was mainly based on survey of literatures related to accidents, accidents investigation, which included academic journals, newspapers, etc. Results: This study showed that accidents investigation of Korea focusing on blaming is problematic. This was confirmed by two concepts of migration and hindsight bias frequently found in accident causation studies, and an attribute of accidents having varying causes. This was illustrated with an example of Sewol ferry capsizing accident. Representative systems-based accident analysis models including Swiss cheese model, AcciMap, HFACS, FRAM and STAMP were briefly introduced, which can be used in systematic accidents investigations. Finally, this study proposed a procedure for establishing preventive measures of accidents, which was composed of two steps: public inquiry and devising preventive measures. Conclusion: A new approach considering how safety-critical components such as technical and social elements, and their interactions lead to accidents is needed for preventing reoccurrence of similar accidents in complex socio-technical systems. Application: The results would be used as a reference or guideline when the safety relevant governmental organizations investigate accidents.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.10-19
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• 2021

Background: Traditional safety concept, which is called Safety-I, and its relevant methods and models have much contributed toward enhancing the safety of industrial systems. However, they have proved insufficient to be applied to complex socio-technical systems. As an alternative, Safety-II and resilience engineering have emerged and gained much attention for the last two decades. However, it seems that safety professionals have still difficulty understanding their fundamental concepts and methods. Accordingly, it is necessary to offer an introductory guide to them that helps safety professionals grasp them correctly in consideration of their current practices. Methods: This article firstly explains the limitations of Safety-I and how Safety-II can resolve them from the four points of view. Next, the core concepts of resilience engineering and Functional Resonance Analysis Method are described. Results: Workers' performance adjustment and performance variability due to it should be the basis for understanding human-related accidents in socio-technical systems. It should be acknowledged that successful and failed work performance have the same causes. However, they are not well considered in the traditional safety concept; in contrast, Safety-II and resilience engineering have conceptual bases and practical approaches to reflect them systematically. Conclusion: It is necessary to move from a find-and-fix and reactive approach to a proactive approach to safety management. Safety-II and resilience engineering give a set of useful concepts and methods for proactive safety management. However, if necessary, Safety-I methods need to be properly used for situations where they can still be useful as well.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2020

There has been a significant decline in the number of rail accidents in Korea since system safety management activities were introduced. Nonetheless, analyzing and preventing human error-related accidents is still an important issue in railway industry. As a railway system is increasingly automated and intelligent, the mechanism and process of an accident occurrence are more and more complicated. It is now essential to consider a variety of factors and their intricate interactions in the analysis of rail accidents. However, it has proved that traditional accident models and methods based on a linear cause-effect relationship are inadequate to analyze and to assess accidents in complex systems such as railway systems. In order to supplement the limitations of traditional safety methods, recently some systemic safety models and methods have been developed. Of those, FRAM(Functional Resonance Analysis Method) has been recognized as one of the most useful methods for analyzing accidents in complex systems. It reflects the concepts of performance adjustment and performance variability in a system, which are fundamental to understanding the processes of an accident in complex systems. This study aims to apply FRAM to the analysis of a rail accident involving human errors, which occurred recently in South Korea. Through the application of FRAM, we found that it can be a useful alternative to traditional methods in the analysis and assessment of accidents in complex systems. In addition, it was also found that FRAM can help analysts understand the interactions between functional elements of a system in a systematic manner.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2022년도 가을 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.133-134
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• 2022

Recently, the criteria for assessing industrial accidents have been replaced by the mortality rate. It was found that the number of deaths from excavation work was the highest among construction machinery. The risk assessment is being conducted, however the industrial accident mortality rate has not decreased. Accordingly, this study aims to provide the basic for the create of a risk assessment model specialized in construction work at excavator. It provides absolute value from the risk model which is capable of delivery the probability of a disaster. In addition, we provide a relative risk model that compares the risk through scores between detailed works. The relative risk model is combined by likelihood and severity; the likelihood indicates the frequency of accidents and the severity indicates seriousness of fatal accidents. A variable that reflects the conditions of the construction site was added to the risk assessment model based on past disaster cases. And using the concepts of probability and average, the risk assessment process was quantified and used as an objective indicator. Therefore, the model is expected to reduce disasters by raising the awareness of disasters.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.59-73
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• 2007

본 연구는 산재보험의 재해보상이 산재 여부에 따라 급여 수급을 전액받거나 혹은 전액 받지 못하는 체계로 인해 산재여부에 대한 판정의 복잡성과 갈등의 요소가 내재되어 있는 문제점의 개선에 초점을 두고 있다. 재해보상형태는 초기 원인주의에 입각한 사용자의 배상책임에 따라 배상 정도가 결정되었으나, 이후 무과실책임주의로의 전환과 재해인정범위의 확대 과정을 거치게 되었다. 이러한 발전은 재해인정에 있어서 All or Nothing 원칙 강화로 이어지게 된다. All or Nothing 원칙이 상당한 논란의 소지가 있음에도 부분인정제도를 도입하기 어려운 이유는 행정적 복잡성을 더욱 심화시키는 점에 있다. 따라서 선진국에서는 사회보장의 종합적 차원에서 보편적 보장을 통해 전체인정제도의 한계를 극복하고 있다. 하지만 한국의 경우 재해로 인한 비용발생이나 소득손실에 대해 종합적 보장체제가 이뤄져 있지 않아 산재인정과 관련된 논란이 심해질 우려가 있다. 따라서 보상차등화의 취지와 논리 수용을 통한 제도개선과 더불어 장기적으로는 종합적인 재해보상 체제 구축이 요구된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.1963-1968
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• 2012

본 논문은 현장에서 사용하고 있는 밸브 수압측정기를 3차원 자동설계 프로그램인 CATiA를 활용하여 설계하였다. 또한 유한요소 해석코드인 ANSYS를 활용하여 설계된 밸브 수압측정기에 대하여 유동해석을 수행하여 내부압력에 따른 유체의 흐름을 구하였다. 이러한 해석결과는 새로운 밸브 수압측정기를 개발하는데 기초자료로 활용될 계획이며 개발예정인 밸브 수압측정기는 밸브 점검 시 시간을 단축하고, 사고를 방지하여 안전성을 향상시킨다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제22권52호
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• pp.323-335
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• 1999

Spinal injuries are common these days and are increasing due to the increasing sports activities, auto-related accidents, and occupational incidences. Most of spinal injuries of strain and sprain are associated with trauma and resulted in loss of optimal musculoskeletal system in spinal column area. Some of these injuries requires surgical treatments. Fortunately, some people with spinal disorder are achieving outstanding results with the chiropractic care which utilizes muscle stimulation and strengthening, traction therapy, and spinal adjustments. These treatments using chiropractic table can ease pain by restoring alignment, improving mobility, and relieving pain and stiffness in neck and spinal areas. The purpose of this study was thus to gather the comprehensive information about spinal injuries, to define the specific dimensions, and to recommend functions of chiropractic table specially suited for Korean. This study was an integrated approach in applying the concepts of biomechanical correction of the musculoskeletal system. Also, this study was to utilize a knowledge of physics, ergonomics, and rehabilitation to the development of spine cure medicine.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.548-555
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 산업 공정, 설비 및 모터 드라이브에 적용되는 고장 진단 및 고장 허용 제어 기술의 기본 개념, 접근법과 연구 동향에 대해서 개괄적으로 기술하였다. 산업 공정을 위한 고장 진단의 주요 역할은 공정의 결함 상태를 파악할 수 있는 효과적인 지표를 만든 후 고장이나 위험한 사고에 대해 적절한 조치를 취하는 것이다. 산업 공정에 패턴이 있는지 특정 프로세스 변수가 정상적으로 동작하는지 확인하기 위해 많은 고장 검출 및 진단 기법이 개발되었다. 먼저 본 논문에서는 데이터 기반 기법과 모델 기반 기법에 대하여 살펴본다. 두 번째로 산업 공정을 위한 고장 검출 및 진단 기법을 살펴본다. 세 번째로 수동형 및 능동형 고장 허용 제어 기법을 살펴본다. 마지막으로 AC 모터 드라이브에서 발생하는 주요 고장을 열거, 그 특성을 살펴보고 이를 위한 고장 진단 및 고장 허용 제어 기술을 살펴본다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.400-408
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• 2019

The "fourth industrial revolution" (FIR) is an age of advanced technology based on information and communication. FIR has a more powerful impact on the economy than in the past. However, the prospects for the labor environment are uncertain. The purpose of this study is to anticipate and prepare for occupational health and safety (OHS) issues. In FIR, nonstandard employment will be common. As a result, it is difficult to receive OHS services and compensation. Excessive trust in new technologies can lead to large-scale or new forms of accidents. Global business networks will cause destruction of workers' biorhythms, some cancers, overwork, and task complexity. The social disconnection because of an independent work will be a risk for worker's mental health. The union bonds will weaken, and it will be difficult to apply standardized OHS regulations to multinational enterprises. To cope with the new OHS issues, we need to establish new concepts of "decent work" and standardize regulations, which apply to enterprises in each country, develop public health as an OHS service, monitor emerging OHS events and networks among independent workers, and nurture experts who are responsible for new OHS issues.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.83-93
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• 2021

Objectives: 'Confined space' was only defined in the Safety and Health Regulations as a place where oxygen deficiency and hydrogen sulfide must be dealt with at the time of the initial enactment (1982). The danger of fire and explosion were added in 2003. We will compare and review the regulations related to confined space work under the current safety and health rules alongside regulations in other countries and prepare a plan to improve the system through enhanced clarity and execution. Methods: In a comparison of systems for the prevention of suffocation in confined spaces in major countries (Germany, United States, Japan) different concepts of the definition of confined spaces in different countries apparently due to differences in each country's legal implementation system, accident analysis methods, the status of safety and health implementation in workplaces, the precautions against actual confined space work, and the definition of confined spaces were found to be not much different between Korea and the other foreign countries. Results: In the case of Germany and the United States, a confined space is defined as a contextual concept rather than a place, so more careful attention is needed from operators or enclosed space managers as it is often necessary to judge the actual workplace. In the case of Korea and Japan, the interior of the place is mainly defined as a place, especially in the case of Japan, which concentrates on oxygen deficiency and hydrogen sulfide poisoning. Conclusions: For measures to improve regulations on the prevention of suffocation accidents in Korea, I would like to propose three major measures to improve the system in the rules on domestic industrial safety and health standards. It is necessary to prepare and provide a guide to ensure that the 18 types of confined spaces currently defined as confined spaces are clearly understood by field management supervisors or workers.