• 대한인간공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한인간공학회 1996년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.83-90
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• 1996

The purpose of an accident analysis is to obtain accurate, objective information about the causes of accidents in order to prevent the incident from reoccurring. This study is concerned with the analysis of characteristics and causes for industrial accidents in Korean industry. For the purpose, from 1972 to 1994, statistics of industrial accidents are surveyed from the 'Analysis of industrial accidents' published in Ministry of Labor. The results show that industrial accident rates have fallen considerably since the late 1970's. Also, there are some patterns in the records of industrial accidents.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.69-78
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• 2017

PURPOSES : In this study, we analyzed the road crossing behavior of older pedestrians on a mid-block signalized crosswalk, and compared it to that of younger pedestrians. In addition, we analyzed the correlation between accidents involving older pedestrians while crossing roads and their behavioral characteristics. Finally, we confirmed the reasons for an increase in accidents involving older pedestrians. METHODS : First, 30 areas with the highest incidence of accidents involving older pedestrians while crossing roads were selected as target areas for analysis. Next, we measured the start-up delay (the time elapsed from the moment the signal turns green to the moment the pedestrian starts walking) and head movement (the number of head turns during crossing a road) of 900 (450 older and 450 younger) pedestrians. The next step was to conduct a survey and confirm the differences in judgment between older and younger pedestrians about approaching vehicles. Finally, we analyzed the correlation between the survey results and traffic accidents. RESULTS : The average start-up delay and head movement of the older pedestrians was 1.58 seconds and 3.15 times, respectively. A definite correlation was obtained between head movement and the frequency of pedestrian traffic accidents. The results of our survey indicate that 17.3% of the older pedestrians and 7.8% of the younger pedestrians have a high crash risk. CONCLUSIONS : Behavioral characteristics of older pedestrians were closely correlated with accidents involving older pedestrians while crossing roads in mid-block signalized crosswalks. Our study indicates that in order to reduce the number of accidents involving older pedestrians, it is necessary to develop an improvement plan including measures such as installation of safety facilities taking the behavioral characteristics of older pedestrians into consideration and their safety education.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.353-362
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• 2015

Objective: This study aims to analyze occupational accidents of moving helpers by work place type which means the type of residence where moving operation is done. Background: Most efforts have been focused on the industry base comprising various occupational spectrum and provided industry general preventative policies. But occupation specific policies are required for the workers involved and will reduce the occurrences of occupational accidents for the workers subject to similar working environment and process. Method: This study analyzes 208 non-motor vehicle collision related occupational accidents of moving helpers working for used household and office goods moving industry occurring from 2010 to 2012. Accident Type, agencies, event or exposure, parts of body affected are characterized by work places according to the work environment. Results: Accidents characteristics showed the difference between high-rise type and low-rise type on the size of enterprise, age, gender and work experience of the injured. Also the accident type, source of accident and parts of body affected are different between the two work place types. Finally, Accidents occurred on the specific operational processes of moving service also showed different characteristic between the two types. Conclusion and Application: The findings of accident characteristics according to workplace types and operational process of moving service can be used as baseline data for establishing systemized preventative policies for occupational accidents of moving helpers.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.32-39
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• 2022

Background: Industrial accidents can determine the overall level and quality of the work environment in industries and companies that contribute to national economic development. Korea has transformed the country from an international aid recipient to a donor country, but it has ranked first among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries in the number of fatal industrial accidents. Little has been known about the policy effects in terms of the workers' insurance for their industrial accidents and rehabilitation. This study raises two research questions about the influence of workers' personal characteristics and vocational rehabilitation services on their return to workplaces. Methods: The study implements weighted logistic regression analysis using propensity score matching. This research utilizes the relevant dataset (3,924 persons) of Korea's industrial accident and insurance. Results: The findings show that the level of workers' awareness of health recovery and their counseling for rehabilitation by physicians had positive effects on their return to work. Environmental factors such as workers' job stability at the time of industrial accidents and the temporal effects of industrial accidents (e.g., the level of disability, their age) had negative impacts on their return to work. Conclusions: These findings have policy implications that the concentration of rehabilitation services for patients who have been mildly affected by industrial accidents would be effective in the short and medium term. The findings also highlight the necessity of ongoing policies about workers' vocational recovery with concrete evidence about policy impacts.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.279-285
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• 1998

This study investigated human error characteristics of the 42 fatal industrial accidents reported by staff members of Korea Industrial Safety Corporation. Various types of human error were judged to be primary contributing factors in about 74 percent of the cases. Most of human error made by involved industrial operators resulted from two types of mistakes: (1) mistake in judgement of work situation, and (2) omission in daily check. It was concluded that preparation/observance for work procedure manuals, danger predication training and enforcement/Education of daily check routine would be effective preventive tools for these types of human error attributable to fatal industrial accidents.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2014

Accidents involving portable ranges occurred total 133 cases for the last five years(2008~2012). It accounted for 18.0% of all gas accidents(739 cases). Major causes of accidents are using of excessive hot grill, leaving a butane can near fire and overheating of a butane can during cooking. In this study, it is a desire to investigate the relationship between thermal behavior mechanism depending on characteristics of cooking equipment materials of portable gas ranges. It shows that slope of temperature change curve correlates with difference of heat capacity on thermal behavior characteristics experiment depending on materials of cooking equipment. In conclusion, temperature characteristics appear differently depending on variables such as materials of cooking equipment. Especially, it is necessary to restrict using cooking equipment made of stones, because it is very dangerous that temperature of can is rapidly increasing caused by high heat capacity of stone.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2009

본 연구는 청주시 4지 신호교차로의 측면접촉사고를 다루고 있다. 연구의 목적은 측면접촉사고의 특성을 분석하고 관련모형을 개발하는데 있다. 이를 위해 이 연구에서는 적절한 모형의 방법론을 찾는데 중점을 두고 있다.주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 측면접촉사고에서 부상사고는 물피사고의 약 2배 이상으로 교차로 내에서 사고가 가장 많이 일어나는 것으로 평가되었다. 아울러 측면접촉사고는 대부분 승용차 관련 사고이며, 안전운행 불이행으로 인한 것으로 분석되었다. 둘째, 다중선형회귀모형이 다중비선형회귀모형보다 통계적으로 유의한 것으로 평가되었다. 또한 최적 모형은 종속변수가 사고건수인 모형으로 분석되었다. 본 연구에서 분석된 측면접촉사고의 요인은 교통량(ADT), 교차로 면적, 우회전 전용차로, 횡단보도 수, 주도로 제한속도, 최대종단경사 및 현시 수이다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2019

Many accidents have been occurring during welding and flame cutting work related to maintenance and repair as the domestic manufacturing facilities gradually become decrepit. However, it is not easy to find the accurate statistics and analysis data on accidents occurring during welding or flame cutting operations related to maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment. Therefore, in this study, the fatal accident cases of fire/explosion and asphyxiation that occurred during the welding and flame cutting work in the manufacturing industry were collected and their characteristics were analyzed. Then, we tried to find the connection of the accidents according to the machinery/equipment and the work content, and to provide the materials and measures that can be used to prevent the similar accidents. We collected 329 cases of the fatal accidents related to fire/explosion and leakage/contact of chemical substances in the domestic manufacturing industry during the last 10 years (2008 ~ 2017). Among them, 72 accidents occurred during welding or flame cutting were extracted and the related reports were investigated whether they occurred during usual work or unusual work. Also, the machinery/equipment and the work content related to the accidents were classified and analyzed based on the criteria. The analysis results showed that 31 cases of the fire/explosion accidents occurred during usual work and 32 cases during unusual work, and it was found that 9 cases of asphyxiation death occurred during usual work. Then, from the analysis results, the connections of the machinery/equipment and the work contents related to the accidents were schematized into a accident tree.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.145-150
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• 1998

The production activity by human is accompanied by various accidents which resulted in human and property loss. If information on these industrial accidents could be collected and analyzed for the purpose of preventing industrial accidents, we would be able to get rid of industrial accidents. The accidents which involved absence from work at least 4 days in small manufacturing factories were considered in this study. 84 accidents which occurred in 1995 were investigated. These accidents were analyzed in terms of employment sector, work period, cause of accident and form of accident. The accidents of small manufacturing factories are numerous and are often serious and worthy of greater attention than they have received. Successful strategies for accident prevention depend on effective analysis.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.144-155
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• 2022

해양경찰청에서는 연안사고를 예방하기 위해 주요 연안활동장소에 대한 위험도를 평가하여 이를 기반으로 순찰·관리하고 있으나, 연안사고 발생 증가 속도에 적절하게 대응하지 못하고 있다. 이는 연안활동 공간이 점차 확장됨에도 불구하고 관리·감독 인력은 확충되지 못하여 생기는 관리 공백으로 인한 안전관리의 사각지대가 발생하기 때문이다. 따라서 이를 해소하기 위해서는 현행 안전관리 체계를 점검.보완한 보다 효율적이고 실효성 있는 방안 마련이 요구된다. 특히 연안사고는 시간에 따른 이용자들의 활동 특성의 차이로 인해 사고요인 및 사고장소가 달리 나타나는 특징을 보인다. 연안사고 통계자료(2017~2021)를 분석한 결과, 주로 가족 단위의 여가활동이 빈번한 갯바위, 해수욕장, 해양의 경우 주간 사고발생 빈도가 높고, 음주, 방향상실, 자살로 인한 사고가 주로 발생하는 항포구, 갯벌, 교량의 경우에는 야간이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 주중에 비해 이용객이 증가하는 주말의 사고빈도가 높았다. 이러한 경향은 연안활동장소의 위험도 평가 시 이용자의 시간적 활동 특성을 반드시 반영해야 함을 시사한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 연안사고 사례를 기반으로 시간에 따른 연안활동 장소에 대한 사고 특성을 파악하고 이를 등급화하여 위험도를 평가할 수 있는 기준을 제시하였다. 제시된 평가 기준을 활용하여 시간에 따라 연안활동장소를 효율적으로 관리·감독함으로써 연안사고를 줄일 수 있는 기반을 마련할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.