• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to research the actual condition of working environment, working clothes and personal protective equipments on workers at a construction site in winter. The one to one interview by questionnaire was performed with 33 males and 2 females workers of a construction site in Daegu at $1.3^{\circ}C$ air temperature, 28% R.H., 4.7m/sec air velocity. The questionnaire consisted of 21 questions including 4 personal characteristics questions, 12 working environment/performance questions and 5 working clothes/personal protective equipments questions. It was modified from the original questionnaire developed by Finnish Institute Occupational Health. We found that physical stress of workers increased and the ability of performance decreased. The workers felt the coldest at hands/fingers, feet/toes and the face part of cheek, nose and ears. They rarely wore thermal clothing for winter and answered that the thermal gloves for winter did not provided enough warmth. Even if the workers recognized the necessity of personal protective equipments for their safety, they did not wear them for efficiency of working performance. These results will be useful elementary materials for development of working clothes and personal protective equipments from the viewpoint of improving both working performance and comfort.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.392-401
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• 1986

Various types of restaurants in Seoul city are a were assessed in terms of facilities equipped, and dining and kitchen space allocation. Facilities checklist was developed to evaluate the facilities condition of sampled restaurants. Subjective sample were randomly selected based on the distribution factors of areas, types and sizes. The facilities for the sanitary working environment were assessed as the insufficient condition. Also basic kitchen equipments and facilities, and restroom facitilities of restaurants were within the kitchen or dining room space allowance level. Space requirement and facilities standard models were developed for the guideline to improve the working environment.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.61-66
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• 2010

VDT는 Video Display Terminals의 약어로 시각 표시 단말기를 뜻한다. 최근 핵의학과에 VDT가 대량 보급되면서 점차적으로 사용자들이 늘어남과 동시에 사용 기간이 급증함에 따라 VDT 증후군에 관심이 높아지고 있다. 본 연구는 서울대학교병원 핵의학과를 대상으로 VDT 유해 요인 평가 도구를 적용하여 그 실태를 조사하고 문제점을 발견하여 향후 개선에 관한 방안을 도출함으로써 VDT 증후군에 관한 의식을 정립하고 궁극적으로 예방하는 데 목적이 있다. 서울대학교병원 핵의학과를 본원 핵의학과, 소아 핵의학과, PET 센터의 3개 파트로 분류하고, 2009년 4월 한 달 동안 현재 근무 중인 방사선사 23명을 대상으로 근무 부서를 직접 방문하여 유해 요인을 평가하였다. 평가에 사용한 도구는 원진 노동환경건강연구소의 "VDT작업에 관한 체크리스트"를 적용하였고 VDT 작업 조건, 업무 책상의 조건, 의자의 조건, 키보드의 조건, 모니터의 조건, 작업 자세, 보건 관리 특성, 기타 작업 환경의 8개 부문, 총 55개 항목을 통하여 현장 조사 및 평가하였으며 이에 대한 분석 결과는 한림대학교 성심병원 산업의학과에서 검증하였다. 서울대학교병원 핵의학과의 VDT 작업 조건은 비교적 양호한 수준이었다. 책상의 경우 최근 도입한 경우에는 인체공학적 설계로 사용자에게 적합하였으나 기존 책상의 15%는 기준치에 미달하였다. 의자의 경우는 기준에 적합하였지만 노후화로 인하여 적정 기능을 상실한 것이 5%였다. 키보드는 98%가 기준에 적합하였고 모니터는 화면의 각도 조절은 모두 가능하였지만 위치 조절이 불가능한 것이 38%로 조사되었다. 작업 자세의 경우 부적절한 자세로 장시간 노출되는 경우가 10%였으며 일부 항목에서 기준에 적합하지 않은 것으로 조사되었다. 보건 관리 측면에서도 개선의 여지가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 조명과 온도, 소음, 환기 등 기타 작업 환경은 일부 항목에서 문제점이 발견되었지만 권고치를 충족하였다. 핵의학과 업무는 과거에 비하여 육체적인 업무는 줄었으나, 장시간 정적인 자세로 고도의 정밀도와 집중력을 요구하게 되었으며 이는 필연적으로 VDT 증후군을 유발하는 계기가 되었다. VDT 증후군은 앞으로도 지속적으로 발생할 가능성이 높으며 개선에 대한 경제적 비용이 상당하다는 점과 다양한 발병 요인을 내재하며 본인도 모르는 사이에 발생한다는 점에서 보다 구체적이며 효율적인 관리 체계가 필요할 것으로 판단된다. 핵의학과의 VDT 증후군은 인체공학적 사무 환경의 개선, 업무 절차(procedure)의 개선과 업무의 효율화, 직원간의 협동작업(teamwork) 그리고 규칙적인 운동, 꾸준한 스트레칭 체조와 같은 사용자 스스로의 노력, 지속적인 관심과 작은 노력으로 충분히 개선될 수 있으며 적극적으로 예방할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 이것은 쾌적한 업무 환경속에서 사용자의 육체적, 정신적 상태를 최상으로 이끌고 업무 효율성의 증대와 함께 내부 고객 만족도 상승으로 이어질수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.85-94
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to execute the investigation of injurious factors causing muscle-skeletal diseases at an automotive glass manufacturing company and, on the basis of the results, to enhance productivity by the improvement of working environment. By using an survey and an ergonomic evaluation method, symptoms of muscle-skeletal diseases of workers and working postures at each process were analyzed, and quantitative evaluation of muscle-skeletal disease risk against each process was performed. Based on the result of the evaluation, to enhance the working environment, improvement of worktable, working space, tools, and outfit was suggested, and induction of mechanical system was also suggested. Suggested improvement plan was applied to the workplace step by step and it is confirmed that improvement plan not only removes the injurious factors of muscle-skeletal diseases but also is effective to enhance productivity.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.467-478
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze dental technician's job environment and health condition level and to examine its correlation. Methods: 250 dental technicians in Seoul, Incheon, and Jeonbuk area were selected. Survey was carried out from October 11, 2010 to November 25, 2010 by using self-administered questionnaire. As for the tools for this study, the structured questionnaire was used with its proven reliability and feasibility, and the questionnaire consisted of total 49 questions which included general attribute of subjects(14 questions), job Environment(13 questions) and health condition(22 questions). The data analysis was processed by computerized system with SPSS Win 17.0. Statistical analysis techniques included frequency, percentage, T-test, One-way ANOVA analysis and regression analysis. Results: As a result of analyzing the research subjects' job environment level, there was significant difference in the item of gender, working hours a day(Hour), healthy condition, job satisfaction level with dental technician, plan for task continuity in dental technician(P<0.05). The average in the job environment was indicated to be high with 2.85. As a result of analyzing the research subjects' health condition level, there was significant difference in the item of gender, task field, working hours a day(Hour), healthy condition, job satisfaction level, plan for task continuity(P<0.05). The average in the self health recognition was indicated to be high with 2.83. Conclusion: Correlation between job environment and health condition, all of variables were indicated to have reverse correlation, thereby having been shown that the worse job environment leads to the more physical subjective symptoms.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.48-64
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• 1997

This study was conducted to evaluate the satisfaction level of interns and residents on training and job environment of two university hospitals in Pusan. The concept of subject's satisfaction was evaluated in general characteristics, socioeconomic status, working condition, human relationship, and job status and scored from 1 to 5. The newly developed questionnaire for this study(32 items) was revised and modified by the preliminary survey. The internal consistency of questionnaire was 0.73(Cronbach's alpha). The self-administered questionnaire was provided to 218 subjects and collected the answering from March 2 to March 25th, 1997, and statistical significances were tested by $x^2-test$, t-test and ANOVA. The satisfaction level between the residents group was significantly different, but satisfaction level of working condition, human relationship and job status showed no difference. The service division part showed highest(2.73) and the surgical division part showed lowest(2.57). The job satisfaction level between the subjects showed higher satisfaction level in working condition, socioeconomic status, and total satisfaction dimension, and intern group showed higher satisfaction level than resident group. Satisfaction level in human relationship dimension, resident group showed higher satisfaction level than intern group, but showed no statistically difference. To improve the working condition for residents, public welfare facilities was firstly suggested and the next was salary increase, overloaded work, respectively. For intern groups, overloaded work and waste work were firstly suggested and the next was public welfare facilities and salary increase, sequentially. The career gets longer, the satisfaction level on general characteristics of working condition, socioeconomic status, and total satisfaction level were increased. The subjects who have religion and higher socioeconomic status showed higher satisfaction level than the other group. The general satisfaction level of subjects in all dimensions showed lower aver age(3.0) and the overall satisfaction level showed below than average. Thus, in order to improvement of subject's working condition, higher quality of life is necessary rather than economic state. In future, these results might be considered to improve the working condition for interns and residents.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2015

The primary purpose of present study, to take appropriate measures to prevent occupational accidents in the food service industry, was to evaluate characteristics of working condition and occupational safety and health. In order to fulfill our objective, profession and working environment, safety recognition and education, safety activities, physical conditions and accident experience were surveyed. To collect information and opinion in the field, face-to-face interviews were, using a structured questionnaire, carried out. Also, food service industry's accidents reported by Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency at 2014 were statistically analyzed. In the resulting of analyzing data from a questionnaire survey of food service industry employees, safety/health train and management were increased.

• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2010

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide a fundamental data for improving nurses' working environment and securing quality of nursing care. Method: It was consisted of analyzing education system and employment status of nursing personnel, and focus group interviews in Cheju Island. Results: Total graduates were 4,139 by 2006 from two nursing schools in Cheju. Difficulties in working conditions from focal group interviews were classified into four categories; Lack of anonymity of nurses, the burden from performing nontraditional nursing roles due to shortage of physicians, irregularity of working schedule and too many night shifts for taking care of female colleague's condition related with pregnancy, and poor support for implementing and developing professional nursing. Conclusion: A survey revealing working condition of nursing personnel of all health care institutions in Cheju Island will provide the comparison between Cheju Island and other areas. It needs to cultivate the public opinion about the importance of quality of nursing care proceeded by the broad support for improving nurses' working environment. It is essential to support continuing education to bring professional nurses and establishing the system to utilize them to overcome the shortage of physicians in Cheju Island.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.137-143
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• 2015

Fire fighter are exposed to the situations which are hard to predict due to continuous and accidental changes which hinder their fire fighting activity. As these threats of safety accident act as fear factors, they are doing insecure fire fighting activities. Therefore, as unclear and abnormal risks of working environment such as the riskiness of expansion of disaster, instability, obstacles of activities, abnormality, urgency, etc. increase, safety accidents are caused. This study analyzes the actual condition of safety and health and awareness of fire fighter who are exposed safety accidents during their fire fighting activities and utilize such result as the basis data to secure safety of fire fighter, keep efficient safety control and prevent accidents. The results of analysis are as follows. As rescue works among all fire-fighting works shows the highest emotional stabilization and the highest post-traumatic stress disorder is shown in fire sergeant level positions, and fire fighters whose working period is 10-15 years, reinforcing safety training to long-term workers is necessary. As the result of survey regarding safety awareness, the highest awareness level was shown in fire sergeant level positions, and fire fighters whose working period is over 20 years, and when it comes to operation of fire fighting equipments, fire-fighting workers and workers having 1-4 years of working period showed high safety awareness. The more serious injury in a fire fighter experienced as the first injury after working as a fire-fighter, the more cause-and-effect relationship was shown between personal physical condition and work, and it is shown as obstacles of fire fighting activities and affects to post-traumatic stress disorder. Moreover, as after-work off duty activities also affect to official disaster, systematic improvement of working environment is required. Occupational medical work compatibility evaluation considering the distinct characteristics of works to secure fire-fighter' health care together with fire-fighting capability is shown to be necessary.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.287-301
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• 2022

Objectives: This study compared the characteristics of the work environment between agricultural and general workers and analyzed the effects of agricultural working characteristics on work-related health problems. Methods: The participants of this study were 2,347 agricultural workers and 48,042 general workers who were selected by applying standardized weights to the raw data of 50,538 respondents from the 6th Korean Working Condition Survey (KWCS). Variables applicable to both worker groups and related to exposure to hazardous risk factors in the working environment, working hours and intensity of work, health problems and work-related status, and satisfaction with the work environment were selected. Chi-square tests and independent sample t-tests were performed to evaluate the differences in the variables between the two groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to analyze the effects of work environment characteristics on work-related health problems. Results: Compared to general workers, agricultural workers were more exposed to hazardous environments, irregular work patterns such as working on Saturday/Sunday, and short repetitive tasks. They reported more work-related and general health problems, including back pain, upper extremity muscle pain, lower extremity muscle pain, and general fatigue. Agricultural workers showed lower satisfaction with their work environment than general workers. Factors affecting one or more work-related health problems included gender, working years, hazardous factors, irregular work pattern, working hours, and labor intensity. Conclusions: Our findings showed that agricultural workers were relatively more vulnerable to safety issues compared to other occupational groups. Therefore, it is necessary to establish standardized safety and health standards and strengthen systematic safety and health management policies and services for agriculture.