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A Study on Improvement of Safety Management of Low Voltage Electrical Equiment (일반용 저압전기설비의 안전등급제 도입에 관한 연구)

  • Jae-Phil Han;Yong-Sung Choi
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.36 no.6
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    • pp.598-602
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    • 2023
  • With the purpose of instilling an awareness of the safety of users of electrical equipment and inducing voluntary facility improvement through the safety rating system for general low voltage electrical equipment, simulation and field application of the safety rating of general low voltage electrical equipment were conducted. For the introduction and application of the safety rating system for general low-voltage electrical equipment, data related to domestic safety was investigated and analyzed, cases of introduction in other fields were reviewed, and for design, the 4M risk assessment method of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency and the cases of safety index development in Korea were analyzed and standardized. Safety rating system simulations were conducted for general low-voltage electrical equipment, and problem improvement measures were prepared by analyzing the results through on-site verification and simulation applied to the initial design. Design standards for the introduction of the safety rating system for general low-voltage electrical equipment were prepared, and 394 youth training facilities were applied to the field to see if the design standards were practically applicable to the field. With the application of the safety rating system for low-voltage electrical equipment for general use, youth training facilities that had been classified as 'appropriate' were able to induce an upgrade to a higher level through voluntary facility improvement according to the application of grades (A to E). As a result of inducing voluntary repair projects based on the results of the 1st and 2nd inspection of youth training facilities, it was confirmed that 86 facilities received grade A, 225 facilities received grade B, and only 311 facilities received grade A to B out of a total of 394 facilities, and there was no grade E.

The Application Method of a Protection Conductor for the Prevention of Electric Shock in England (감전사고 예방을 위한 영국의 보호도체 적용 방법)

  • Jung, Jin-Soo;Jung, Jong-Wook;Han, Woon-Ki;Lee, Jun
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.07a
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    • pp.2216-2217
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    • 2008
  • This paper write about earth system for the prevention electric shock and a protection of equipment in england. The IEC60364 and BSI(British Standards Institution) define earthing method(IT, TT, TN-C, TN-S, TN-C-S)-BSI is british standards and in case of england almost use the TN system. TN system can classify TN-S & TN-C-S(PME). The findings on survey in england are used the TN-S system and TN-C-S system about 70% and residue 30% are used TT system and IT system from the exiting state of things.

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A Study on the Decreasing Method of Electric Shock Accident in the Construction Industry (건설업에서의 감전재해 감소 방안을 위한 연구)

  • Choi, Sang-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.28-33
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    • 2014
  • Regarding the characteristics of fatal electric shock accident during the past 10 years, fatalities occurred more frequently in July & August, and AM 10-12 PM & 14-16. Also, the electric shock accident is occurred more frequently in the age group from 30 to 40. Especially, the fatal electric shock accident in construction industry covered more than half of total industry. Therefore, it is strongly requested for the protection technology of an electric shock from the low voltage electric path, grounding method and workers. The aim of this study is to propose the policy about the equipment performance standards and/or worker's safety standards to revise the standards for preventing electric shock accidents on safety workings.

The Characteristics of Electric Shock Accidents and Their Countermeasures for Portable Electrical Tools (이동형 전기기기의 감전재해 특성 및 그 대책)

  • Choi, Sang-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 2017
  • According to the data of Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, electric shock accidents during recent 11 years exceeded more than 60% in architecture/other and construction work, the countermeasures for safety are required in the harsh environment of a construction site where moving electric machines and equipments are widely used. The establishment of countermeasure for insulation degradation and defect is required, in consideration of increasing trend for accidents caused by defective insulation among low voltage electrical installation each year. The aim of this study is to propose the policy about portable electrical tool standards and/or worker's safety standards for preventing electric shock accidents on safety workings, and is to develop the technology and the safety device to prevent electric shock for accident prevention reduction through experiments. It obtained the followings through this study; statistical data analysis of late about 10 years of electric shock-related industrial accidents analysis and portable electric tools; safety device development of 'device for testing continuous grounding and power shut-down' to prevent electric shock from portable electric tools. Furthermore, developed results and proposal in this study will help to prevent the electric shock accidents from portable electric tools and will be expected the utilization of policy formulation, educational data and field supplement of the safety device, and etc.

Construction of a knowledge-base for safety standards to support the design of household electrical appliances (가전제품의 설계지원을 위한 안전규격 지식베이스의 구축)

  • Lee, Hyo-Seop;Han, Soon-Hung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.106-113
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    • 1994
  • Household electrical appliances should be designed to satisfy safety standards. An expert system is implemented to support the design process. The general-purpose expert system shell. ART-IM which is running under MS-DOS environment, is used to construct the knowledge-base. A set of rules has been extracted from the EN 60 335-1 that is British standard specification for the safety of household and similar electrical appliances. The main focus of this paper is on codes that have systematic and mormative structures. The internal structure of the safety standard is analysed to improve the process of rule extraction.

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A Study on the Management Plan through Performance Maintenance Analysis of Explosion-proof Facilities (방폭설비 성능유지 실태분석을 통한 관리방안 연구)

  • Kwon, Yong Jun;Byeon, Junghwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.8-16
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    • 2020
  • In Article 311 of the Regulation on Occupational Safety and Health Standards requires the use of Korean Industrial Standards Act in accordance with the Industrial Standardization Act. However, the classification, inspection, maintenance, design, selection, and installation of explosion hazard locations for explosion and explosion prevention and internalization of 'safety' in the performance maintenance phase of electrical machinery and equipment There is no technical and institutional management plan for remodeling and alteration. Analysis of actual conditions and problems related to the installation, use, and maintenance of explosion-proof equipment, comparative analysis of domestic and international technical standards and systems, technical, institutional and administrative systems and systems related to installation, use, and maintenance of explosion-proof equipment, technical personnel and qualifications, etc. It is to propose legislation, system improvement, and technical standard establishment related to the maintenance of explosion-proof facility performance through improvement of the necessity and feasibility study for establishment of the legal status of the management site and management plan. As technical measures, KS standard revision (draft), KOSHA guide (draft) and explosion-proof facility performance maintenance manual were presented. In addition, the institutional management plan proposed the revised rule on occupational safety and health standards, the revised rule on the restriction of employment of hazardous work, and the manpower training program related to the maintenance of explosion-proof facilities and the qualification plan. Enhance safety at the installation, use, and maintenance stage of explosion-proof structured electrical machinery. It is expected to be used to classify explosion hazards, select related equipment, and to update and standardize standards related to installation, use and maintenance.

A Study on the Temperature Characteristics of High Voltage Power Cable for Hybrid Electric Vehicle (하이브리드 자동차용 고압 케이블의 온도 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Ki-Yeon;Kim, Dong-Woo;Kim, Dong-Ook;Gil, Hyoung-Jun;Kim, Hyang-Kon;Choi, Chung-Seog
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.338-342
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    • 2008
  • Hybrid Electric Vehicle(HEV) is driven by an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor. It is a combination of an internal-combustion engine and several electrical equipments which use a high voltage battery, an electric motors, an inverter and others. But there is not any separate detailed enforcement regulations for high voltage electric appliances in the existing vehicle-related safety standards. So, test standards suggestion as well as test technique development need to be done for ensuring electrical safety, for an electric motor, a high voltage battery, a(n) inverter/converter and an electric power transmission units and other equipments to ensure the safety of high voltage electric appliances which is the HEV key electrical component. In this paper, We are to provide helpful data to support test technique development and test standard establishment for HEV design and electrical safety security by the following methods; by measuring the voltage, the electric current, and the frequency of HEV, by analyzing electrical characteristics of high voltage electric appliances, and by analyzing temperature characteristics of the electrical current among the analyzed electrical characteristics by thermal imagining cameras.

A Study on the lighting Installation Regulations in Waterpark, Public Bath and Similar Places for the Prevention of Electrical Shock (감전사고 방지를 위한 물놀이.입욕시설의 조명설비 시설규정 연구)

  • Kim, Chong-Min;Kim, Han-Sang;Kim, Gi-Hyun;Hwang, Kwang-Su
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.339-344
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    • 2005
  • A person's body resistance in the waterpark, public bath and similar places is lower than any other places due to effect of water. So low voltage may create a shock hazard for the human body in case of leakage or fault currents from lighting unit etc. We researched the related regulations these are internal standards, NEC, IEC and investigated the actual conditions for the prevention of electrical shock due to lighting units in the waterpark, public bath and similar places. So we could present actual facilities's problems and solutions

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On the Hazard Identification Methods for the Realization of Functional Safety Standards (기능안전 표준들의 구현을 위한 기능 중심의 위험원 식별 방법)

  • Jung, Ho Jeon;Lee, Jae Chon;Oh, Seong Keun
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.105-112
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    • 2013
  • To meet the growing needs from a variety of stakeholders, the development of modern systems is getting more complex and thus, the systems failure in the actual operations can potentially become more serious. This is why several international or military standards on systems safety have been published. In spite of the importance of meeting those standards such as IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 in the systems development, the associated practical methods seem deficient since those standards do not provide them. The objective of this paper is to present a method to identify potential hazards in fulfilling the requirements of the safety standards. In particular, the approach taken here is based on applying the functional analysis that covers several levels of the system under development. Note, however, that in the most of the conventional methods for hazards identification, the analysis has been focused on the failure at or underneath the component level of the system. The hazards identification method in this paper would cover the level up to the system by utilizing the functions-oriented approach. The case study of the safety enhancement for locomotive cabs is also discussed.