• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.78-84
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• 2023

Background: Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians have been the unsung heroes of the pandemic. However, many are about to give up the battlefield. This study investigated the effect of occupational moral injury on physicians' career abandonment intention, taking into account the possible mediating role of emotional exhaustion. Methods: Cross-sectional data collected from 201 physicians were analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) with SmartPLS to determine the relationship among physicians' moral injuries, emotional exhaustion, and career abandonment intention. Results: The results indicated that occupational moral injury was positively related to emotional exhaustion and career abandonment intention. In addition, emotional exhaustion was found to play a mediating role in the relationship. Conclusion: To reduce physicians' intention to leave their career, physicians should be prepared for moral injury and psychological issues by offering psychological support and meeting their needs early at both the individual and organizational levels during and after the pandemic.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.219-236
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• 2006

본 연구는 농업인의 안전사고와 농작업성 질환으로 인한 업무상 재해를 효율적으로 예방하고 관리하며 앞으로 관리체제를 효율적으로 운영하는 전략들을 제안하기 위하여 국내 업무상 재해에 대한 법적 행정적 지원체계를 고찰하였다. 농업인 업무상재해를 체계적으로 관리하기 위한 법적 제도적 지원체제를 마련하기 위해 국내의 다른 사업 분야에서 현재 시행되고 있는 관련법 제정 및 관할 행정조직을 조사하였다. 또한, 국내 산업안전보건법이 제정되기까지의 역사적 배경과 산업안전보건 관련법, 행정적 지원 체계와 주요 역할들을 살펴보았다. 또한, 우리나라의 산업안전보건 정책 및 현황과 농업안전보건 관련 현황들을 조사하여 요약 정리하였다. 이로부터 얻어진 결과는 우리나라의 농업인 안전보건 정책들은 노동부와 농림부, 보건복지부 등의 산업안전보건법과 산업재해보상보험법, 농림어업인의 삶의 질 향상 및 농산어촌 지역개발 촉진에 관한 특별법 등에 의하여 이루어지고 있으나, 각기 법적 제도적 한계점을 갖고 있다는 것이다. 즉, 농업인이 법적 근로자에 포함되지 않으므로 제도적 관리 및 혜택에서 제외되고 있으며, 농업인들을 대상으로 하는 농협의 농업인 재해공제 역시 임의가입에 따라 한정된 조합원들에게만 적은 범위내의 재해에 따른 보험혜택을 받고 있는 실정이었다. 더욱이, 현재 농업인 업무상재해를 관리하기 위한 별도의 전담조직은 아직 없다. 이와 같이 각 부처에서 산발적이고 비주류적인 사업으로서는 그 효과를 제대로 보기 어려우므로 하루빨리 이러한 사업들의 효과를 높이기 위해서는 관련 부처간의 정보교류 등 연계방안을 구축하는 것이 매우 필요하다.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.417-424
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• 2015

산업의 고도화 및 새로운 기계의 도입, 화학물질 사용 등 산업재해의 다양한 양상과 더불어 생산설비들의 자동화, 대형화로 인해 산업재해 발생의 양상이 점차 다양해지고 있다.국내 산업재해는 OECD(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) 경제협력개벌기구대비, 상대적 하위수준에 있어 기업 발생 산업재해는 근로자들의 심리적 및 치료와 보상 손실에도 타격이 되어 기업 총 생산과 이윤 추구에도 중요문제가 야기되고 있다. 더불어, 장애자와 사망유족들의 증가로 생활 안정문제 등 사회적 문제도 제기된다. 이러한 동기에서 본 논문은 산업재해 통계와 산재예방사업을 분석하고, 시스템다이내믹스 법론을 이용하여 산업재해율을 예측하고 평가하는 모델을 개발하였다. 모델은 근로자수 모델, 재해자수 모델, 재해율 모델 등 총 12개의 모델로 구성되었고, 규모별 분석에서는 근로자수를 기준으로 12개 그룹으로, 업종별 분석에서는 제조업, 건설업 등 총 10개의 업종으로 구분하여 개발하였다. 개발된 모델을 토대로 업종별 규모별 산업재해율을 예측하고 산재예방사업을 다각도로 평가하는 방법론을 제시하였다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.50-60
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• 2020

Background: The relationship between risk factors and likelihood of occupational injury has been studied. However, what has been published has only provided a limited explanation of why some of the employees working in the same environment as other employees suffered a single-injury event, while other employees experienced multiple-injury events. This article reports on an investigation of whether artisanal and small-scale miners in Migori County of Kenya are susceptible to a single-injury or multiple-injury incidences, and if so, what underpinning parameters explain the differences between the single incident injured and the multiple incident injured group. Mine management commitment to safety in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations is also considered. Materials and methods: The research objectives were achieved by surveying 162 uninjured and 74 injured miners. A structured, closed-end questionnaire was administered to participants after the stratification of the study population and systematic selection of the representative samples. Results: The results showed that most injured miners suffer a single-injury incident rather than experiencing multiple-injury events, and laceration (28.40%) was the common injury suffered by the miners. The analysis showed that the risk factors for the single incident injured group were not similar to those in the multiple incident injured group. The research also found mine workers have low opinion about mine management/owners commitment to safety. Conclusion: The study concluded that mine management and miners need to be educated and sensitized on the dangers of this operation. Provision of safety gears and positive safety culture must be a top priority for management.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.295-302
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• 2023

Background: Fisheries and aquaculture are statistically acknowledged to be among the most dangerous occupations. Yet, industrial safety and health precautions against occupational accidents within the sector are not sufficiently implemented in many parts of the world. The present study aims to provide a quantified overview of work accident statistics in the Turkish fisheries and aquaculture industry. Methods: This article presents an overview of reported injuries and fatalities in the Turkish fisheries and aquaculture industries from 2006 to 2020. Incident, permanent incapacity, and fatality rates were calculated, and the difference between fisheries and aquaculture was statistically examined. Results: The overall incident, permanent incapacity, and fatality rates were 449.4, 4.7, and 5.7 per 100,000 worker years, respectively, over the 15-year period. With these fatality rates, fisheries and aquaculture are two of the industries with the highest fatality rates among comparable industries in Turkey. Incident rates in fisheries and aquaculture indicated that aquaculture work is more dangerous and risky. The data set includes 25 fatalities and 22 permanent incapacity cases over 15 years and shows an increase in fatality rates and occupational accidents in the last 8 years. Conclusion: present study showed that the quality of data and reporting in the Turkish fisheries and aquaculture industries including occupational illnesses, must be improved in order to be more preventative and to develop efficient safety management in the sector. Incentives for providing thorough data on occupational incidents must be enhanced to improve occupational safety awareness in Turkish fisheries and aquaculture.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.200-207
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• 2008

Objectives : This study examined whether serious psychological distress (SPD) is associated with occupational injury among US employees. Methods : The employed population aged 18-64 years was examined (n=101,855) using data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2000-2003. SPD was measured using the Kessler 6-item Psychological Distress Scale (K-6), a screening scale designed to identify persons with serious mental illness. The predicted marginal prevalence of psychological distress and occupational injury with the adjusted odds ratio were estimated using multiple logistic regression analyses. Results : The age-adjusted 3-month prevalence of occupational injury was $0.80{\pm}0.12%$ in workers with SPD, which was 37% greater than in workers without SPD ($0.58{\pm}0.03%$). The odds of occupational injury in workers with SPD were higher compared to workers without SPD (OR=1.34, 95% CI=0.93-1.92), after controlling for sex, age, race, education, occupation, and activity limitation by at least one medical condition. Male, service and blue collar occupation, and activity limiation by co-morbidity showed significantly higher odds of occupational injury for workers with SPD. Conclusions : The findings suggest that SPD accounts for an increased likelihood of occupational injury among US employees. A further longitudinal study is needed to differentiate the mechanism or causal pathways linking individual injury risk at the workplace, SPD, and socioeconomic factors.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2016

According to the statistics, occupational fatal injuries by the fork lifts were about 30 per year in whole industrial. Fork lifts are widely used in various parts of industries to improve the efficiency of the work. In this study, the current regulations to be adequate in industrial site have to be renew in order to prevent the fatal injuries by the fork lifts. Fatal injury analysis were conducted with several accident cases by the fork lifts. For each accident, the causes of the injuries were examined and proper safety measures were proposed. In this study, the fork lift showed a high fatality rate in industrial accidents and no detailed cause analysis of fatal accidents was conducted in terms of unsafe acts or conditions. First, fork lifts were the highest of the machines caused the accidents. In order to prevent fatal injuries by the fork lifts, the tarket was manufacturing industry. Second, the order of the cause of cognitive engineering agenda in the manufacture industrial was visibility, responsibility and affordance, and revision of acts was proposed. Third, there was not a lots of different points of human error between occurrence types and business sizes. Forth, number of fatalities by the attacker was more than by the inducer.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.406-414
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• 2023

Background: This study examined age-group differences in the rate, severity, and cost of injuries among construction workers to support evidence-based worker safety and health interventions in the construction industry. Methods: Ohio workers' compensation claims for construction workers were used to estimate claim rates and costs by age group. We analyzed claims data auto-coded into five event/exposure categories: transportation incidents; slips, trips, and falls (STFs); exposure to harmful substances and environments; contact with objects and equipment (COB); overexertion and bodily reaction. American Community Survey data were used to determine the percentage of workers in each age group. Results: From 2007-2017, among 72,416 accepted injury claims for ~166,000 construction full-time equivalent (FTE) per year, nearly half were caused by COB, followed by STFs (20%) and overexertion (20%). Claim rates related to COB and exposure to harmful substances and environments were highest among those 18-24 years old, with claim rates of 313.5 and 25.9 per 10,000 FTE, respectively. STFs increased with age, with the highest claim rates for those 55-64 years old (94.2 claims per 10,000 FTE). Overexertion claim rates increased and then declined with age, with the highest claim rate for those 35-44 years old (87.3 per 10,000 FTE). While younger workers had higher injury rates, older workers had higher proportions of lost-time claims and higher costs per claim. The total cost per FTE was highest for those 45-54 years old ($1,122 per FTE). Conclusion: The variation in rates of injury types by age suggests that age-specific prevention strategies may be useful.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.11-23
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• 2004

The modem industrial society is developing while growing more diverse and gigantic. Accordingly, occupational injuries or accidents can be caused in various situations, not just in the limited range of workplaces but also in the surroundings, and interest has increased in the prevention of occupational accidents with respect to occupational health and safety, and environment. Thus, this thesis will consider 4MlE (Man, Machine, Method, Material, Environment) as the fundamental causes of accidents and introduce a model of system in which the output of the process control system is replaced by accidents with its input by 4M1E. Furthermore, it will demonstrate how occupational hazardousness can be measured, whereby it can also be rated, by examining the relationship between 4M1E and types of accident in terms of the categories of severity, frequency, and detectability, based on the application of the model to the framework of FMEA.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.434-440
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• 2018

Background: In industrial countries, home care of community dwelling elderly people is rapidly growing. Frequent injuries in home caregivers result from slips, trips, and falls (STFs). The current study tests attentional cognitive failure to mediate the association between work stressors and STFs. Methods: A sample of 125 home caregivers participated in a questionnaire study and reported work interruptions, unreasonable tasks, quality-threatening time pressure, conscientiousness, attentional cognitive failures, and STFs. Results: In structural equation modeling, the mediation model was shown to fit empirical data. Indirect paths with attentional cognitive failures as the link between work stressors and STF were all significant in bootstrapping tests. An alternative accident-prone person model, that suggests individual differences in conscientiousness to predict attentional cognitive failures that predict more frequent work stressors and STFs, showed no significant paths between work conditions and STFs. Conclusion: To prevent occupational injury, work should be redesigned to reduce work interruptions, unreasonable tasks, and quality-threatening time pressure in home care.