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A Study on the Improvement of Safety Management on Container Terminal -Using Hazard Identification and Bow-tie Method- (컨테이너 터미널 안전관리 개선방안에 관한 연구 - 위험성 평가 및 보우타이기법이용 -)

  • Park, Sunghun;You, Ji-Won;Kim, Yul-Seong
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.57-63
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    • 2019
  • It is time to study safety improvement on container terminals to maintain a high-quality service to customers' productivity and safety. The data analyzed was of the past 3 years accidents data from a container terminal in the Busan port. I especially tried to found out the equipment that had the highest number of accidents and what the main causes were. This study suggests the top hazards identified in the container terminal using risk assessment, Moreover, it seeks control measurements to prevent hazards by bowtie methodology.

Derivation of Cause Variables necessary for Electrostatic Fire/Explosion Risk Assessment and Accident Investigation (정전기 화재·폭발 위험성평가 및 사고조사에 필요한 발생원인 변수 도출)

  • Junghwan Byeon;Hyeongon Park
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.9-21
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    • 2024
  • Static-electricity-induced fires and explosions persistently occur every year, averaging approximately 80 and 20 cases annually according to fire statistics provided by the National Fire Agency and industrial accident statistics provided by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, respectively. Despite the relatively low probabilities of these accidents, their potential risks are high. Consequently, effective risk assessment methodologies and accident investigation strategies are essential for efficiently managing static-electricity hazards in fire- and explosion-prone areas. Accordingly, this study aimed to identify the causal variables essential for accident investigations, thereby facilitating risk assessments and the implementation of effective recurrence prevention measures to mitigate static-electricity hazards in fire-and explosion-prone regions. To this end, industrial accident statistics recorded over the past decade (2012 to 2021) by the Ministry of Employment and Labor were analyzed to identify major fire and explosion incidents and related industrial accidents wherein static electricity was identified as a potential ignition source. Subsequently, relevant investigation reports (63 cases) were thoroughly analyzed. Based on the results of this analysis, existing electrostatic fire and explosion risk assessment techniques were refined and augmented. Moreover, factors essential for investigating electrostatic fire and explosion disasters were delineated, and the primary causal variables necessary for effective risk assessments and scientific investigations were derived.

The 3rd National Conference Of Professional engineers - On Geotechnical Structure Risk & Hazards (제3회 전국기술사대회 특집(토목시공) - 지반구조물 재해 및 위험분석 연구)

  • Yoon, Gil-Lim
    • Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.30-33
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    • 2009
  • Great concerns on geotechnical risk & hazard assessment have increased due to human and economic damage by natural disasters with recent global climate changes. In this paper, geotechnical problems in particular, landslide which is interested in European countries and North America, were mainly discussed. For these, 18 key topics on geotechnical risk and hazards which had been discussed at the LARAM 2008 workshop in Italy were analyzed after grouping by subjects. Main topic contents consisted of applications such as field measurement, early warning systems, uncertainty analysis of parameters using radar, optical data and statistical theory and so on.

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Electric Fire Hazard in Low Voltage Distribution Circuits Protected by Electric Leakage Circuit Breaker(ELB) (누전차단기로 보호되는 저압선로에서의 발화위험성)

  • 홍성호;김두현
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.93-99
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    • 2000
  • This paper presents a study on the assessment of electrical fire hazards by electric circuits with leakage. The hazards are evaluated with the energy supplied by earth-leakage currents which flow in the circuits simulating the actual circuit of domestic premises. Also, operating time and current of ELB are measured by an experimental approach. A common specification of ELB used in this paper has a sensitivity of 30[mA] for leakage current working on the current-balance principle. Total charges and energy of leakage currents are calculated quantitatively by a theoretical approach and compared with the results obtained from experiments.

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Case Study for Functional Hazard Assessment of A-SMGCS (A-SMGCS 기능 위험 평가 사례 연구)

  • Lee, Hongseok;Jo, Sanghoon;Choi, Hyungseok
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.148-154
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    • 2016
  • Safety assessment is necessary to develop safety related CNS/ATM system. It includes functional hazard assessment (FHA), effects eliciting system safety requirement that mitigates system's hazardous event. This paper performs a case study for functional hazard assessment of A-SMGCS. To do this, related A-SMGCS studies from Eurocontrol and EMMA are surveyed, and assessment schemes of functional hazard from Eurocontrol and EMMA are combined. Not only FHA scope but also several assumptions for FHA are defined for Incheon airport. 29 hazards are identified and their severities are assessed. And exposures and safety objectives from hazards are analyzed using event tree analysis method. Differences between result of this study and result of EMMA are analysed, and assessment results in this study are also reviewed.

A Case Study on Hazard Analysis for Works On or Near the Line (철도운행선 지장공사의 위험요인 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Wang, Jong-Bae;Park, Chan-Woo;Kwak, Sang-Log;Park, Joo-Nam
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2006.11b
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    • pp.1046-1052
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    • 2006
  • Railway works on or near the line, or trackside works, typically have high potential of accidents, as the works have to be frequently performed during the train operation. In order to reduce the risks associated with the railway trackside works effectively, a systematic risk assessment must be performed considering the hazards that contribute to the accidents. In this study, hazards are identified for railway trackside works by analysing data from Korea Railroad for accidents that have occurred between the year of 2000 and 2006. The hazard list produced in this study is expected to be effectively used for the risk assessment of the trackside works.

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Comparison and Analysis of Standardised Methods for Predicting the Hazards of Whole-body Vibration and Repeated Shocks (전신 피폭 진동 및 반복 충격에 의한 위함 예측 표준 방안들의 비교 분석)

  • ;;Michael J. Griffin
    • Journal of KSNVE
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.160-167
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    • 2000
  • This paper addresses issues encountered in using the ISO and national standard codes to assess the hazards of whole-body vibration and repeat shocks. Their assessment methods are given in ISO 2631-1 (1974, 1985, 1997) and BS 6841 (1987) that are now available to us. Two standard codes can yield unfortunately different assessment results even for a single measured vibration signal. Possible reasons for such different results are pointed out and, furthermore, related questions that should be re-examined in the future are raised in this paper.

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화학공장의 안전성 평가에 관한 고찰

  • Park, Chang-Bok
    • Fire Protection Technology
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    • s.16
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    • pp.28-40
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    • 1994
  • This objective of safety assessment is to determine the acceptability of risks of hazards, or the coping measures, if not acceptable, by identifying and quantifying the risks potentially involved in incidents, with the information of new technology and the disasterous cases.

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Procedure of Quantitative Safety Assessment for Risk Management System (위험관리시스템 구축을 위한 정량적 안전평가 절차)

  • Jung, Won
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.165-176
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    • 2009
  • The risk management case is an organization's formal arrangement to ensure the safety of its work activity within risk management system. It allows an organization to demonstrate its capability in achieving its safety objectives and in meeting regulatory requirements. This paper presents how the safety assessments are described, prepared and maintained to meet the criteria specified by the upcoming safety regulations. We propose the elements of risk management system that include arrangements for the ongoing identification of hazards, assessment of risks and the implementation of necessary control measures.

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