• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.57-67
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• 2013

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore coordination strategy through reviewing policies, action plans and acts related to diet, nutrition and obesity from many sectors in Korea, and to develop a possible multi-sectoral approach. Methods: Literature reviews and empirical findings for ongoing international and domestic policies/programs on diet, nutrition and obesity in Korea. Results: Central and local governments have various policies/programs and related acts to improve nutrition and to reduce obesity. Meanwhile, those governments' activities are frequently criticized to be more coordinated in order to achieve their aims. Activities on nutrition and obesity prevention have interdepartmental characteristics but are scattered through six Ministries (including the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ministry of Culture and Sports, and Ministry of Food/Drug Safety) and 27 Acts such as 'Nutrition Management Act', 'Health Promotion Act', 'Diet Education Support Act'. As a result, a number of areas, especially dietary guidance, nationwide surveys, education programs seem to overlap. Conclusions: Inter-ministerial coordination mechanism should be established to enforce multi-sectoral engagement and cooperation in implementing policies/programs on nutrition and obesity prevention. Furthermore, functions of the Ministries should be reorganized and coordinated in reference to other countries' experiences.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.103-112
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• 2014

Objectives: The present system of occupational safety and health law gives priority to traditional command and control regulations. However, this may give rise to problems such as the delay of standard-setting and shortages of human resources. The aim of this study is to examine the usability of private standards in occupational safety and health systems. Materials: After the limits of occupational safety and health law were examined, an application plan for private norms (EN, as enforced in the EU) and occupational safety and health management systems (OSHMS) was investigated. Results: The utilization of private norms and OSHMS may address the limits of the current legal system. In particular, OSHMS is known internationally as a measure for achieving improvements in overall occupational safety and health performance. As a result, occupational safety and health law and private norms/OSHMS are complementary to one another. Conclusions: Even though the utilization of private standards may give rise to legal questions, such standards as complementary measures to traditional command and control regulations need to be utilized progressively in occupational safety and health systems.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.374-383
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• 2013

Objectives: The major objective of this study is to review overall and in detail the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 in the U.K.and the principal contents of this act. Methods: A variety of articles related to the background and circumstances under which the legistration was enacted and the details of this act were investigated and analyzed. Results: In enacting Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, legislators mainly took elements of legal culture into account and focused on seeking to broaden the law on corporate manslaughter. An indictable offence is considered to have been committed if the way in which an organization's activities are managed or organised causes a person's death and amounts to a gross breach of the relevant duty of care owed by the organization to the deceased. The way in which its activities are managed or organized by its senior management is a substantial element in the breach. Upon conviction, a corporation may be ordered to remedy any breach, publicize its failures, or be given an unlimited fine. Conclusions: The enactment background and details of Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is understood accurately. On the basis of the findings, it is necessary to heighten effectiveness of punishment.for senior management or corporations that cause a person's death in Korea.

• 노동경제논집
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.29-58
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• 2011

노동행정의 선진화 과학화는 노동개혁의 한 축으로 중요성이 크다. 본 눈문은 근로감독 과학화를 위해 도입이 추진되고 있는 사업장의 취약지수를 보다 정교하게 산정할 수 있는 방법을 제시하고자 근로시간과 최저임금 취약지수를 예로 분석하였다. 본 논문에서 제시한 취약지수는 모든 근로감독 분야에 대해 산정될 수 있으며, 시간이 지남에 따른 사업장의 환경변화를 반영할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 또한 지방노동관서의 근로감동 사업장 우선순위를 정하는 데 유용하게 쓰일 수 있으며, 중앙부처가 지방노동관서의 근로감독 성과를 평가할 때도 활용될 수 있다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.119-126
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• 2015

The primary purpose of the general duty clause is to offer an extra measure of protection to employees in the workplace. Most standards implemented under OSHA are targeted at a specific hazard. The general duty clause, however allows inspectors to cite employers for exposing its employees to a recognized hazard that has not been specifically addressed in the regulations. Congress intended the general duty clause to be a limited means of advancing the purposes of the OSHAct. But OSHA has not always regarded the general duty clause as the limited means for protecting the safety and health of employees that Congress intented. OSHA attempted to expand the scope of the general duty clause, at times improperly, to make it a more flexible enforcement tool. OSHA's interpretation of each of the restrictions on the scope of the clause has changed over the years. In recent years the general duty clause has been utilized as a sometimes controversial mechanism for enforcement of safety guidelines that have not yet been specifically addressed by statute or regulation. The most notable example of this was application of the general duty clause to ergonomic hazards.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.291-297
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• 2023

Objectives: An epidemiological investigation was requested for a worker who developed COPD and IPF after long-term molding and firing at a domestic tile manufacturing site. We would like to share the results of the exposure assessment and the estimation of past work. Methods: The content of crystalline silica in four raw materials was analyzed, and the respirable fraction of crystalline silica and dust generated in the air from molding and firing workers and other processes were measured. The measurement and analysis method referred to the NIOSH method. Results: The crystalline silica content of the raw material was 24~47%. The concentration of crystalline silica in the molding and firing process workers and the surrounding area was at the level of the exposure standards set by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and ACGIH, and the respirable and total dust exposure levels were generally low. The crystalline silica concentration of the area samples measured to estimate past work was about twice as high as the exposure standard of the Ministry of Employment and Labor (0.05 mg/m3), and the exposure levels of respirable dust were also quite high at 0.903 and 1.332 mg/m3. Conclusions: It was confirmed that tile molding and firing workers are currently exposed to a fairly high level of crystalline silica, and a high level is also confirmed in area samples to estimate past work. In the past, it is judged that the level of exposure would have been much higher due to differences in production volume, working method, presence/absence of local ventilation facilities, and process layout. When working in such a working environment for a long time, respiratory diseases such as lung cancer, COPD, and IPF can occur.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.409-420
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• 2021

건설공사 발주자에게 건설현장 근로자에 대한 안전보건관리 책무를 부여하는 안전보건대장 제도가 「산업안전보건법」 전부개정에 포함되어 도입되었다. 안전보건대장 제도에 대한 낮은 인식과 이행률로 발생되는 제도의 실효성 문제를 해결하기 위해서는 경제성 측면에서 제도의 효과성을 설명할 필요가 있으므로 본 연구에서는 안전보건대장 도입 당시 논의되었던 자료를 근거로 비용편익분석을 활용하여 안전보건제도 이행의 경제적 효과를 분석하였다. 안전보건대장 제도 이행에 있어 추가적인 비용이 발생하는 것은 설계안전보건대장의 작성 및 관리로 분석되었다. 작성비용과 산업재해 감소로 발생되는 직·간접적 편익을 비교한 결과 편익이 비용보다 높게 평가되었으므로 안전보건대장 제도는 건설공사 재해 감소와 경제적 효과를 발생시키는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.365-374
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• 2023

Objectives: After the MSDS submission and non-disclosure review system was introduced in January 2021, there were compliance difficulties in the field. Accordingly, for the establishment of the MSDS system, the government intends to investigate what has been improved and what urgently needs to be improved in the future, and to suggest detailed improvement plans. Methods: The background and problems of urgent difficulties in the field handling chemicals were investigated, and realistic improvement plans were derived through review of other laws related to the MSDS system and overseas cases. Results: In order to guarantee the safety of the public while at the same time promoting corporate R&D, it is necessary to alleviate the non-disclosure screening system for chemical substances for R&D, and to improve the irrationality of failing to implement the non-disclosure screening system due to information on unclassified substances being circulated. For this reason, it seems necessary to ease the requirement to submit all ingredients. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen punishment to raise awareness so that health problems do not occur due to the harmfulness and danger of hidden substances among workers who handle chemical substances and downstream users due to false descriptions in MSDS. Conclusions: All members of our society, including chemical manufacturers/importers and handling companies, academia, civil society, and the government, each subject of chemicals, should take an interest in the entire process from production to disposal of chemicals and work together to prevent harm to the public.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.20-29
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• 2022

To stem the ever-prevalent occurrence of industrial accidents in the construction industry, which is emerging as a social problem, efforts must be invested by various stakeholders. Specifically, among stakeholders, the orderer is at the top of a project's decision-making structure. Therefore, the orderer's awareness of safety and health directly affects the process of securing the safety of the overall construction site. In this light, the present study aims to identify differences in the perceptions of each stakeholder regarding the obligatory safety and health measures for clients that have recently been introduced. In addition, it suggests specific implementation plans in the Korean context. The data used for analysis were collected through a survey targeting stakeholders such as orderers, safety managers, and site managers, and the collected data were quantitatively reviewed by using multivariate analysis methods such as analysis of variance. As a result of the analysis, the introduction of safety and health obligations for the owner was found to be necessary, and the designation and operation of safety and health experts as an action plan was deemed reasonable. The authors expect that the results of this study can be used as basic data for revising the related regulations in Korea. Moreover, as a further study, a review of the effectiveness after improving regulations would contribute strongly to the domain.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2018

본 연구는 고용노동부가 운영하는 직업훈련 통합전산망인 'HRD-NET(http://hrd.go.kr)'을 통해 구직자가 필요로 하는 직업훈련 정보 등이 원활하게 제공되고 있는지를 확인하기 위해 질문게시판을 빅데이터 기법에 가장 최적화된 'R'프로그램을 이용해서 추출하였다. 따라서, 이를 통해 직업훈련제도의 유효성, 적절성, 시각화, 빈도 분석, 연관분석 등을 실시하였으며, 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 직업훈련 카드발급 및 동영상 시청, 공인인증서 문제, 등록오류 이 발견되었으며, 둘째, 내일배움카드에 대한 노동관서에서의 관리 및 처리절차가 복잡하고 까다로워 제도개선이 필요한 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 교육훈련의 수강에 있어 훈련직종 및 과정, 훈련기관에 따라서 차등화 된 훈련비 시스템과 환급구조가 애로요인으로 작용하는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 논문 기초로 하여 향후 고용노동부의 훈련시스템 뿐만 아니라 정부부처의 다양한 훈련 전산망시스템에 대한 전반적인 빅데이터 분석을 통한 개선점 등을 연구하고자 한다.