• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.461-469
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• 2019

Background: Collisions involving workers and mobile machines continue to be a major concern in underground coal mines. Over the last 30 years, these collisions have resulted in numerous injuries and fatalities. Recently, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) proposed a rule that would require mines to equip mobile machines with proximity detection systems (PDSs) (systems designed for automated collision avoidance). Even though this regulation has not been enacted, some mines have installed PDSs on their scoops and hauling machines. However, early implementation of PDSs has introduced a variety of safety concerns. Past findings show that workers' trust can affect technology integration and influence unsafe use of automated technologies. Methods: Using a mixed-methods approach, the present study explores the effect that factors such as mine of employment, age, experience, and system type have on workers' trust in PDSs for mobile machines. The study also explores how workers are trained on PDSs and how this training influences trust. Results: The study resulted in three major findings. First, the mine of employment had a significant influence on workers' trust in mobile PDSs. Second, hands-on and classroom training was the most common types of training. Finally, over 70% of workers are trained on the system by the mine compared with 36% trained by the system manufacturer. Conclusion: The influence of workers' mine of employment on trust in PDSs may indicate that practitioners and researchers may need to give the organizational and physical characteristics of each mine careful consideration to ensure safe integration of automated systems.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.163-175
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• 2002

교통사고의 원인은 도로, 차량들의 물리적 요인과 인적요인으로 분류하고 있다. 이중 차량과 관련해서는 수많은 신기술들이 개발되었고 또 개발 중에 있으며 인적요인에 관해서는 최근 국내에서도 중요한 연구들이 수행 중에 있으나 그 결과를 실용화하는데는 더 많은 시간이 필요할 것으로 보인다. 도로요인에 관한 그 동안의 연구가 국도 등에 집중되었기 때문에 오히려 도로의 위계상 최상위 위치에 있는 고속도로를 중심으로 한 연구가 미진한 것처럼 비쳐지는 것도 부정할 수 없는 사실이다. 미국은 도로 안전도 증진을 목표로 IHSDM(Interactive Highway Safety Design Module)이라는 통합설계모듈의 개발을 추진 중에 있으며, 국내에서도 기초적인 연구가 시작되었다. 이러한 평가모듈의 개발에 필수적인 것이 도로설계대안별로 교통안전도를 계량적으로 평가하는 모형의 개발이다. 본 연구에서는 먼저 교통사고의 원인이 되는 도로요인 중 특히 도로선형과 교통사고와의 관계를 밝혀내기 위해 도로선형의 변화(선형개량, 도로확장)가 비교적 적었던 호남고속도로를 대상으로 고속도로의 선형요소와 교통사고와의 미시적인 관계를 규명하였다. 이를 위해 대상도로를 직선부, 곡선부. 완화곡선부 등으로 1차 구분하였으며 이들 구간의 선형요소와 지난 5개년('96년∼'00년) 간의 교통사고 자료를 데이터베이스화하여 모형산정에 이용하였다. 또한 도로선형 요소 중 특히 교통사고와 관계가 큰 것으로 분석된 몇몇 요소들을 이용해 고속도로 선형조건별 안전도평가모형을 구축하였다.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.377-400
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• 2016

Dropped objects are among the top ten causes of fatalities and serious injuries in the oil and gas industry (DORIS, 2016). Objects may accidentally fall down from platforms or vessels during lifting or any other offshore operation. Proper planning of lifting operations requires the knowledge of the risk-free zone on the sea bed to protect underwater structures and equipment. To this end a three-dimensional (3D) theory of dynamic motion of dropped cylindrical object is expanded to also consider ocean currents. The expanded theory is integrated into the authors' Dropped Objects Simulator (DROBS). DROBS is utilized to simulate the trajectories of dropped cylinders falling through uniform currents originating from different directions (incoming angle at $0^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$, $180^{\circ}$, and $270^{\circ}$). It is found that trajectories and landing points of dropped cylinders are greatly influenced by the direction of current. The initial conditions after the cylinders have fallen into the water are treated as random variables. It is assumed that the corresponding parameters orientation angle, translational velocity, and rotational velocity follow normal distributions. The paper presents results of DROBS simulations for the case of a dropped cylinder with initial drop angle at $60^{\circ}$ through air-water columns without current. Then the Monte Carlo simulations are used for predicting the landing point distributions of dropped cylinders with varying drop angles under current. The resulting landing point distribution plots may be used to identify risk free zones for offshore lifting operations.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.165-180
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• 2020

To determine tornadic wind loads, the wind pressure, forces and moments induced by tornadoes on civil structures have been studied. However, in most previous studies, only the individual building of interest was included in the wind field, which may be suitable to simulate the case where a tornado strikes rural areas. The statistical data has indicated that tornadoes induce more significant fatalities and property loss when they attack densely populated areas. To simulate this case, all buildings in the community of interest should be included in the wind field. However, this has been rarely studied. To bridge this research gap, this study will systematically investigate the influence of a community of buildings on tornadic wind fields by modeling all buildings in the community into the wind field (designated as "the Community case under tornadic winds"). For comparison, the case in which only a single building is included in the tornadic wind field (designated as "the Single-building case under tornadic winds") and the case where a community of buildings are included in the equivalent straight-line wind field (designated as "the Community case under straight-line winds") are also simulated. The results demonstrate that the presence of a number of buildings completely destroys the pattern of regular circular strips in the distribution of tangential velocity and pressure on horizontal planes. Above the roof height, the maximum tangential velocity is lower in the Community case under tornadic winds than that in the Single-building case under tornadic winds because of the higher surface friction in the Community case; below the roof height, greater tangential velocity and pressure are observed in the Community case under tornadic wind fields, and more unfavorable conditions are observed in the Community case under tornadic winds than under the equivalent straight-line winds.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.263-271
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• 2010

Objectives : The records of 447 pesticide poisoning deaths from the National Forensic Service (NFS) headquarters located in Seoul of Korea from 2005 to 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. Methods : The data of each case were analyzed by using the SPSS program. Results : The mean age was $57.8{\pm}14.8$ years and the range was 16-92 years. The numbers of deaths of males and females were 301 and 134, respectively. The largest number of cases occurred in people aged 50-59 years (n=92, 20.6%) followed by the age groups 40-49 years (n=91, 20.4%), 60-69 years (n=88, 19.7%), and 70-79 years (n=75, 16.8%). The total number of deaths among other age groups (10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 80-89, and 90-99 years) was 73, representing only 16.3%. Of all pesticide poisoning deaths, 96.2% were due to suicide, and 28.4% of the total number who died received medical treatment. The mostfrequent site of ingestion was the person's own residence (n=279, 62.4%). The most common classes of pesticide were bipyridylium herbicide (paraquat, 31.1%), organophosphate insecticide (21.7%), and carbamate insecticide (15.4%). The major pesticides having a high proportion of fatalities were paraquat (31.1%), methomyl (11.4%), glyphosate (9.1%), dichlorvos (5.6%), phosphamidon (4.6%), and methidathion (4.0%). Conclusions : This study showed that poisoning deaths due to pesticides are one of the major public health problems in Korea. Enforcement of regulations and safety education to prevent pesticide poisoning should be carried out by the government.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.413-422
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 스프링클러설비가 설치된 대상물에서의 화재발생 시 인명피해 발생통계를 통하여 화재안전기준 요소의 성능을 분석하고 국내 화재안전기준 요소와 미국의 NFPA 13의 기준과의 비교를 통하여 성능을 분석함으로써 합리적이고 공학적인 화재안전기준 제정으로 인명 및 재산피해를 감소시킬 수 있는 개선방안에 대하여 연구하였다. 미국의 경우 스프링클러설비가 설치된 경우가 설치되지 않은 경우에 비하여 화재 당 사망률이 83 % 정도 낮았으나 국내의 경우 280 % 정도로 미국의 경우보다 3.37 배 높았다. 이와 같은 소화성능의 결여는 일률적인 용도분류, 화재하중을 고려하지 않은 수원의 양, 살수밀도를 고려하지 않은 기준개수 및 수평거리에 따른 스프링클러설비의 설치가 그 원인으로 분석되었다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.95-105
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• 2007

과속과 음주운전 행동은 운전자로 하여금 교통상황에 잠재된 위험을 발견하고 적절하게 대처하지 못하도록 하여 교통사고 발생 확률을 높일 뿐만 아니라 사고 발생시 피해정도가 심하고 이 행동들에 내포하고 있는 위법성은 심각한 사회적 문제라고 할 수 있다. 사고 및 음주운전자 집단과 일반운전자들의 운전행동결정요인과 운전행동을 비교한 결과, 사고 및 음주운전자들의 '과속운전행동 점수와 '음주운전행동 점수가 일반운전자들보다 높았다. 또 사고 및 음주운전자들은 실제 운전행동에서도 일반운전자들보다 과속운전과 음주운전을 더욱 많이 하고 있었으며, 교통사고에서 가해자가 된 경험도 더 많았다. 경로모형 결과에서는 사고 및 음주운전자 집단의 위험감수성 부족 요인과 상황적응성 부족 요인, 과속운전행동 요인이 교통사고 가해경험에 미치는 영향이 일반운전자 집단에 비하여 더욱 크게 나타났고, 사고 및 음주운전자들의 운전행동결정요인들 가운데 위험감수성과 상황적응성의 수준이 교통사고 가해경험을 더 잘 설명하였다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.45-56
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• 1991

The history of occupational health in Korea s covered the era of the Republic of Korea after the Liberation from the Japanese colonialism. But the number of Korean workers exceeded about 2 millions at the times of liberation in 1945, so that it is expected that many occupational health problems inflicted Korean workers under the Japanese colonialism. The authors reviewed medical literatures, administrative documents, and other available data which were published under the colonial state, and collected things which had reference to the health status of Korean workers. The results were as follows : 1. Nutritional status of Korean workers was supposed to be inferior to that of general population, some students, and poor inhabitants in a remote mountain villages. 2. It was supposed that the constitution of Korean workers was near lower limit of average build of contemporary Koreans. 3. The accidents rate in mines was significantly high but decreasing year after year, and the most important cause of accidents was the fall of roof in the mine. The medical facilities and equipments for miners were supposed to be not sufficient in the mines and workshops. 4. Some occupational disease including silicosis, noise-induced hearing impairment, and decompression disease were known. But, overall incidence or prevalence of these diseases could not be identified. 5. On the whole, the fatalities of acute infectious diseases of Korean workers were higher than those of Japanese inhabitants in Korea and Korean inhabitants. The prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis of Korean workers was increasing with every passing year. 6. The medical personnels and facilities were so deficient that most Korean workers were out of adequate medical use. We discussed only a part of the health status of Korean workers under the Japanese colonialism, so it would be necessary to have a better grasp of details of occupational health policy and health status in the era of afflicting.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.175-189
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• 2018

Objectives: In this study, we analyze statistics on industrial accidents caused by chemical skin contact and provide skin toxicity hazard information on the related domestic system and circulation volumes. Methods and Results: We analyzed occupational fatalities and skin diseases caused by chemical leaks and contact from 2007 to 2016(10 years) and surveyed data on occupational skin diseases using the 2014 work environment survey data. The NIOSH Skin Notation Profiles for 57 chemical substances, which are provided to prevent occupational skin diseases, were searched and hazard information on skin contact with chemical substances was classified. In order to identify skin toxicity information among domestically distributed and legally regulated substances and to investigate skin-toxic substances, MSDS basic data on 19,740 chemical substances provided on the homepage of Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency were searched. Acute toxicity(dermal) category 1-4 substances totaled 1,020, and the number of chemical substances classified as category 1 and 2 substances were 135 and 137, respectively. In the chemical substances prescribed by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, 173 substances were classified into acute toxicity(dermal) categories 1-4, 58 of which correspond to category 1 or 2. Conclusions: Within the present range of industrial accidents, the proportion of skin diseases due to contact with chemicals is not high. However, there is always a risk of occupational skin diseases due to increasing chemicals and due to the use of new chemicals. It is hoped that this information will be used by workplace safety and health officials and health and safety experts to prevent acute toxity(dermal) due to chemical skin contact.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.126-136
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• 2013

Aircraft accidents these days, following the mega sizing trend of the aircraft, result in enormous losses of human lives apart from those of property, which cannot be replaced by any means. As most recently, in April 20, 2012, a Boeing 737 passenger plane departed Karachi on an augural flight to Islamabad, Pakistan, crashed close to an express highway on final approach, all 121 passengers and 6 crew members were killed. As such a large number of fatalities have been recorded in aircraft accidents while accident investigation results show that more than 95% of aircraft accidents are now survivable. There are three basic stages in surviving the aircraft accident: surviving the crash impact, the evacuation process and the hostile post evacuation environmental elements. These stages require the cabin crew's expeditious and appropriate actions on the basis of systematic and thorough cabin safety training in order to increase occupants' survivability, along with the passengers' preparedness. In this aspect, this paper examines the issues acting as the impediments to the passenger survival in inflight emergency situations, that are the deficiencies with cabin crew safety training, related performances and the shortcomings in passengers' knowledge on inflight safety information, leading to their inappropriate responses to emergency situations. These issues are analyzed and the root causes are identified, suggesting the resolving countermeasures.