• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.270-275
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• 2021

Most of the initial forms of cooperative robots were intended to repeat simple tasks in a given space. So, they showed no significant difference from industrial robots. However, research for improving worker's productivity and supplementing human's limited working hours is expanding. Also, there have been active attempts to use it as a service robot by applying AI technology. In line with these social changes, we produced a mobile manipulator that can improve the worker's efficiency and completely replace one person. First, we combined cooperative robot with mobile robot. Second, we applied speech recognition technology and deep learning based object detection. Finally, we integrated all the systems by ROS (robot operating system). This system can communicate with workers by voice and drive autonomously and perform the Pick & Place task.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2020년도 제61차 동계학술대회논문집 28권1호
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• pp.63-64
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 딥러닝을 이용한 작업자 위험 행동 모니터링 선행 연구에 기반해, 엣지 컴퓨팅 기반 딥러닝을 사용하여 클라우드에 대한 의존성 문제를 해결하였다. 작업자는 IoT 안전벨트와 영상 전송 안전모를 통해 정보를 수집, 처리한다. 또한 LSTM 방식에서 개량된 필터를 통한 FFNN 딥러닝 방법을 사용하여 작업자 위험 행동 패턴 분석을 하며 선행 연구의 작업자 행동 모니터링 시스템을 엣지 컴퓨팅 기반 위에서 구현하였다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2020

Construction industry has a relatively higher industrial accident rate than other domestic industries. Thus, to reduce the accident rate, researches on the methodology of worker's safety education combined with new technologies like IT technology have increased. In the light of workers' safety information provision, this study develops a VR(Virtual Reality)-based construction site using the BIM(Building Information Modeling) data. The target structures and geographical features are included in the VR-based construction site where the construction machinery model and worker model are also created using a game engine. For highly effective provision of safety information, video clips with suitable captions corresponding to working processes were made with proper screen directing. They should be appropriately connected to correct worker's operations to improve the work commitment level, sense of reality and inducement of interest. From this scenario, the 3D VR-based construction site, which can be experienced through a VR equipment, was created and in the same platform, the safety information was provided by the video clip combined with the suitable captions. Although the real construction site involves various requirements depending on field situation and the expertness and experience of workers are not consistent, the developed safety information provision based on the VR construction site is expected to effectively reduce the incomplete factors leading to construction accidents by improving the worker's perception of workplace safety.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.102-111
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was conducted to analyze the characteristics of work-related musculoskeletal diseases (MSD) and the factors for approving MSD by the parts of the body. Methods: The analysis was done using the data which were drawn from the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance that is operated by the Korea Worker's Compensation & Welfare Service. The data were composed of total cases related to the work-related diseases from 2006 to 2009. In addition, MSD data input by an investigator were collected. The factors associated with MSD were analyzed using ${\times}2$ and multiple logistic regression. Results: MSD approved cases have increased since 2006 and the proportion of the approved work-related MSD cases in the workers with work-related diseases in 2009 were 33.4%. Spinal approved cases were the highest percentage and upper and lower extremities cases gradually increased. The factors for approving upper extremity were found to be age, company size, type of industry, working duration, and in the case of spine to be company size and heavy lifting. Conclusion: Work-related MSD have increased and the factors that affected MSD by the parts of the body varied. Management strategy must be established to prevent MSD by the parts of the body.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.149-162
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• 2017

Objectives: Six cases of non-oral occupational methanol poisoning were found in mobile phone parts manufacturers in South Korea during the period from 22 January 2016 to 5 October 2016. We conducted this study to determine the cause of the accident including social environment factor. Methods: We interviewed the cases. Based on that, we described this poisoning accident narratively and arranged the evolution of the accident in chronological order. We used the Haddon matrix method to investigate the cause of the accident. Results: It was found that six cases were all dispatched workers who were under poor working condition including working time exceeded 12 hours a day, not given basic occupational health and safety information etc. Occupational disease associated with dispatched work was difficult to be reported. 2 cases were not able to identify the cause of the disease within one year. Conclusions: In short, the direct cause of the poisoning accident was that workers were exposed to high concentration of methanol(over 1,000 ppm). One of the main fundamental cause is that dispatched worker is rampant in the supply chain of mobile phone production. To protect dispatched workers, appropriate occupational safety health measures are needed urgently.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2019

Objective: This study was performed to propose a domestic occupational exposure limit(OEL) following a health hazard assessment, calculation of a non-carcinogenicity reference concentration worker($RfC_{worker}$) value, and examination of international agencies' exposure limits. It also recommends legal management within the Occupational Safety and Health Act for PHMG-Phosphate(CAS No. 89697-78-9), It is a humidifier disinfectant that generated many lung injuries. Methods: We have investigated the recommendation or guidelines of foreign OEL for PHMG-Phosphate and the actual state of legal management in Korea. To examine the procedures and methods for recommendation OEL. Toxicological hazard and health hazard classifications were examined and a non-carcinogenicity $RfC_{worker}$ value was calculated for PHMG-Phosphate. An OEL and the necessity of legal management were recommended as well. Results and Conclusions: The OEL for PHMG-Phosphate is recommended to be $0.01mg/m^3$. The recommended OEL is close to 10 times the RfCworker value of $0.000833mg/m^3$ calculated from the chemical dose-response hazard assessment, which is a 2017 study. The CMIT/MIT(3:1) mixture, which was a social issue as a humidifier disinfectant substance, was also exposed to the same ratio in March 2018, establish the OEL. It is recommended to establish OEL for PHMG-Phosphate to prevent worker health hazards and for chemical safety management.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to assess respirable crystalline silica (RCS) exposure levels in workers who collect and dispose used coal briquette ash (CBA) in sanitation companies that are subcontracted by one medium-sized local government on the collection of municipal household waste (MHW), and to analyze the quartz content in CBA. When the CBA powder that undergone specialized pretreatment in several steps were subjected to mineral identification and quantitative analysis using X-ray diffraction (XRD), it was found that quartz represented 18%, and in addition, mullite, and plagioclase were included. For two CBA collectors, samples were collected by the personal sampling evaluation method. After respirable dust was collected in accordance with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 7500 method, the concentration of quartz was analyzed using XRD. Meanwhile, a portable real-time dust monitor (Sidepak AM520, TSI Inc., USA) was also used to observe the dust exposure level for each time zone and job task. The RCS exposure level of one worker was as high as 0.024 mg/㎥, which was the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Values (TLV) level. The other worker also exhibited a concentration of 0.013 mg/㎥, which was more than half of TLV. The Sidepak results revealed that the work of collecting CBA and loading it onto a vehicle was hardly exposed to the dust of a significant level. It was found, however, that the work of transferring the collected CBA to a container through a conveyor belt was exposed to a very high average respirable dust concentration of 2.238 mg/㎥. The results of this study confirmed that quartz, which is crystalline silica and a carcinogen, is contained in CBA, one of municipal household waste (MHW), in high concentration. It was also confirmed that workers are exposed to high RCS concentrations while transferring collected CBA into a container. Although each local government in South Korea handles CBA in different ways, it is imperative to investigate the CBA exposure level of sanitation workers and improve their working conditions.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.533-538
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• 2024

2013년 이후로 산업안전보건법상 건설업 위험성 평가가 시행되었으나 법적 강제성이 없어 건설회사들은 이를 형식적으로 운용해 왔다. 또한 최근 산업안전보건법 전면개정, 중대재해 처벌등에 관한 법률 등으로 안전보건 의무를 강화하였으나 사고성 사망만인율은 정체되고 있는 것이 현실이다. 산업재해를 예방하기 위한 위험성 평가 계획이 적절하게 수립된다고 하더라도 해당 사업장에 종사하는 근로자가 위험성 평가의 내용을 이해하고 실행할 수 있어야 하며 이를 위해서는 해당 근로자를 참여하도록 하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 이를 위해 건설업 위험성 평가 시 취약계층 근로자의 참여를 활성화할 수 있도록 현장 실태조사를 통해 문제점을 파악하고 효율적인 근로자 참여방안을 모색하고자 하였다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2015

The study conducted questionnaire analysis to 413 industrial safety field employees in order to examine the necessity and validity of industrial safety field's 17th neo-job classification based on National Competency standards(NCS). As a result, 50.1% of industrial safety management field and 43.3% of industrial health management field answered that classification details of occupational safety and health management field are classified by job(duty) performance. Industrial safety management field recognizes that management and engineering section play a significant role in their work, while industrial health management field recognizes worker's health care and work environment management and overall control of work environment assessment to be significant in their work. Furthermore, industrial safety management field recognizes that separating qualification and foundation of 'construction safety manager', 'chemicals(safety and health) manager', '(toxic)risk assessment evaluator or risk factor manager' to be highly significant. The study is meaningful in that it suggests industrial safety field's qualification items practical in industrial sites.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권1C호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2012

산업현장에서는 작업 효율을 높이기 위해 공정 과정에 자동화를 진행하고 있지만 전 공정에 자동화를 구축하기 어려운 반자동화 공간에서 작업하는 작업자들은 항상 위험에 노출되어 있다. 이러한 위험으로부터 작업자를 보호하기 위해, 본 논문에서는 Ubiquitous-Wireless Sensor Network(이하 U-WSN) 기반 위치인식 시스템을 이용한 산업현장에서의 작업자 안전관리 시스템을 연구하였다. 무선 신호를 이용하여 두 디바이스 사이의 거리를 측청하고, 3차원 삼각측량으로 작업자의 위치를 계산 할 수 있지만 무선 신호는 철과 구조물이 많은 산업현장에서는 신호의 반사, 멀티패스 등에 따라 오차가 발생하여 정확한 위치를 찾는 것에 많은 어려움이 있는 것이 현실이다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 첫째, 작업현장에 적합한 원형편파 패치 안테나를 적용한 Line Of Sight(이하 LOS)에서 안테나 방사 패턴에 의해 발생 할 수 있는 오차를 개선한다. 둘째, 3차원에서 위치를 계산 할 수 있는 3차원 위치계산 방법과 필터링 알고리즘을 활용한 위치 정확도를 개선한다. 개발된 시스템은 항만부두 크레인에 적용하여 정확성 및 실효성을 검증 하였고 본 시스템은 산업현장에서 작업자의 안전에 크게 기여 할 것으로 기대된다.