• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.138-141
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• 2015

The South Korean construction industry has shown a high proportion of industrial accidents (approximately 28% of whole injuries) and the continuously increasing accident rate. Although many safety research emphasized that the 3E (Enforcement, Education, and Engineering) approach is a potential solution to enhance workplace safety, there should be benefits to consider psychological (i.e., Emotional) effects on the safety performance since most construction works are human-oriented. Thus, understanding construction workers' psychological conditions can be a priority. This research studied the relationships between psychological conditions-which cover stress, personal temperament, emotional disturbance, and drinking habit-and specific safety-related factors including safety motivation and knowledge, and safety performance of individual workers at a construction site. This study conducted a survey of 430 respondents and analyzed the data with the multiple linear regressions. The results imply persistence, trait anxiety, and problem-focused coping style are the critical factors that should be controlled for enhancing jobsite safety. Finally, the research outcomes could be applied to build a strategic safety management plan for a construction manager.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.78-86
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand what kinds of chemical substances have been used annually and to investigate incidents that occurred due to chemical hazard release and to analyze statistically clinically chemical injury patients who visited one regional emergency medical center in Gumi city with documented references review. Methods: Annual chemical waste emission quantity (Kg/Year) (Cwep) was reproduced using national web site data governed by the Ministry of Environment and 5 years (from 1 .Jan. 2010 to 31. Dec. 2014) of medical records of chemical injury patients who visited our emergency department were reviewed retrospectively. By applying exclusion criteria, 446 patients of 460 patients were selected. Results: Dichloromethane, Toluene, Trichloroethylene, and Xylene were always included within Top 5 of Cweq. Six cases of chemical incidents were reported and in 3 of 6 cases involving Hydrogen fluoride were included during the study period. Male gender and twenties were the most prevalent group. Injury evoking chemicals were Hydrogen fluoride, unknown, complex chemicals (over 2 substances) in sequence. The most frequent site of wounds and injuries was the respiratory tract. Gas among status, intoxication among diagnosis, and discharge among disposition was most numerous in each group. Conclusion: There have been no uniform clinical protocols for chemical wounds and injuries due to various kinds of chemicophysical properties and ignorance of antidotes. Therefore conduct of a multicenter cohort study and experiments for ruling out chemicals according to chemicophysical priority as well as development of antidotes and clinical protocols for chemical injury patients is needed.

• 대한화상학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2021

Purpose: Frostbite is a hazard to people exposed to cold environments. With the progression of modern industrial development and change of leisure behavior encountering cold environments, frequent accidental exposure to frostbite injury during work and human behavior is increasing, and the predisposing factors of frostbite were greatly changed than before. The purpose of this study was to make epidemiological analysis, and to review the treatment outcomes of frostbite. Methods: From March 2010 to February 2021, this study has included 27 patients with second- to third-degree frostbite injuries in Advanced Burn Reconstruction Center, Bundang Jesaeng Hosptial. A retrospective study was made about the distribution of age, gender, predisposing factors, prevalent area, type of managements, and the length of treatment period. Results: In our institution, acute management of frostbite patients has included rewarming, anticoagulation therapy (acetylsalicylic acid), and agents to improve vascular perfusion (lipo-prostaglandin E1 [Eglandin^®]). The 25 frostbite patients with second-degree frostbite (92.6%) were successfully managed by the conservative treatment alone with a mean of 20.3 days healing time. Two patients with third-degree frostbite (7.4%) also showed good outcomes after surgical reconstruction with a mean of 59 days healing time. In our clinical experiences of third-degree frostbite, definitive surgical reconstruction should be recommended to wait for more than 4~6 weeks for identification of clear demarcation of necrotic tissue caused by frostbite. In this study, 43 frostbite injuries site in 27 frostbite patients occurred. Among them, 15 patients (55.6%) had multiple-site frostbite injury. The most common predisposing cause of frostbite was refrigerant gas accidents (44.4%), followed by outdoor activity in cold environments (40.8%), misapplying ice pack for treatment purposes (7.4%), barefoot walking on the cold ground (3.7%), and loss of consciousness in cold grounds (3.7%). The most prevalent sites of frostbite injuries revealed as the hand (58.1%), followed by the foot (32.6%), face (7.0%), and abdomen (2.3%). And in the winter season from the November to March, the incidence rate of frostbite injuries was high at 74.1%. Conclusion: This study included 27 frostbite patients with 43 frostbite sites since last decade in a single institution at the community hospital. The frostbite patients with second-degree frostbite (92.6%) were successfully healed by the conservative treatment alone with a mean of 20.3 days healing time. The most common predisposing cause of frostbite was refrigerant gas accidents (44.4%), followed by outdoor activity in cold environments, etc. The most prevalent site of frostbite injuries was the hand (58.1%). And the most prevalent seasonal incidence of frostbite was from November to March (74.1%).

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.587-594
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• 2017

건설 산업은 전체산업분야들 중에서 가장 많은 재해사망자를 발생시키는 산업분야이다. 국내 건설업의 사고부상자는 중소규모 사업장에서 거의 대부분 발생한다. 또한 전체 공종 중 거푸집 공사에서 가장 많은 재해자가 발생하고 있다. 상대적으로 재해에 취약한 중소규모 건설현장의 거푸집 공사에 대하여 안전점검사항을 제시하고 어떤 항목을 중점적으로 관리해야하는지에 대한 의사결정을 지원할 수 있는 연구가 시급하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 안전의식이 상대적으로 낮은 중소규모 사업장에 대하여 국내 건설현장의 안전사고 중 가장 많은 재해가 발생하는 거푸집 공사의 위험요소에 대한 점검사항을 명확히 제시하고 중점적으로 안전관리를 할 수 있는 체크리스트를 제안하였다. 연구 방법은 국내 건설현장에서 발생했던 재해 사례 70,618건을 분석하여 위험요인 및 사고 예방 대책을 도출하였다. 도출된 점검 항목을 안전관리전문가 5명에게 검토 받은 후 현장에 직접 적용함으로써 현장에서의 활용 가능성을 확인하였다. 연구의 결과는 실제로 발생했던 재해의 위험 요인을 도출하여 만든 체크리스트이기 때문에 현장의 작업자들에게 잘못된 점을 명확히 지시하여 시정하는 것이 가능했다. 본 연구의 결과가 중소규모 건설현장에 대한 효율적인 안전관리를 수행하고 재해율을 감소시키는데 기여할 수 있기를 기대한다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.392-401
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• 1997

Generally working environment and worker's health status of small scale industries (SSI) which employ less than 50 workers are known to be poorer than those of large scale industries(LSI) which employ more than 500 workers. However, according to the analysis of occupational injuries in Korea, prevalence rate of occupational injuries of SSI was 3.1 times as high as LSI. But there was no difference in prevalence rate of occupational disease and werkers with suspected occupational disease(D1) between SSI and LSI. To confirm these two different facts, we surveyed working environment and worker's health status of SSI and LSI in Kyeungin industrial complex. Workers in SSI were 10,878 and workers in LSI were 8,291 and number of hazardous agents in SSI were 3,554 and those of LSI were 1,916. We found following results. First, proportion of male workers and workers who were less than 30 yens old and more than 50 yens old was higher in SSI compared to LSI. Second, worker in SSI had more liver disease, viral hepatitis, and pneumoconiosis than in LSI, and there were more worker with suspected occupational disease, general disease, and worker needed close observation in SSI. But these effects had not statistical significance under the condition controlled by age and sex with logistic regression. Third, the numbers measured for specific chemicals, organic solvents, and heavy metals in SSI was more than in LSI. However there was on difference in the excess rate of each hazardous agent between SSI and LSI. As the above results workers' health status in SSI was poorer than in LSI, but these results were mainly due to the population structure difference. Although there were some limitation of this study and problems of sensitivity and validity for periodic health examination and working environment evaluation method, the concept that working environment and worker's health status in SSI should be reviewed. In future the study that will reveal the real weak point of SSI should be performed.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.6425-6431
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• 2015

인버타제는 설탕을 포도당과 과당으로 가수분해하며, 광합성 조직과 다양한 수용체 조직 사이의 탄수화물 재배치에서 중요한 역할을 수행한다. 인버타제는 식물에서 다양한 기능을 수행하기 위하여 여러가지 isoforms으로 존재한다. 불용성 인버타제는 고농도의 염을 포함하는 버퍼용액에서만 추출되며, 이 종류의 인버타제 중 산성 인버타제는 산성 pH(pH 4-5)에서 최적의 활성을 갖는다. 물리적인 상처에 반응하여 잎, 줄기 및 뿌리에서 불용성 산성 인버타제(INAC-INV)가 유도되는 것이 연구되어 왔다. 식물에서 효소의 localization을 검출하기 위한 면역조직화 연구를 수행하였다. 이 연구에서 인버타제의 축적은 기계적 손상 후 72시간에 최고수준에 도달하였다. INAC-INV의 활성은 대조구 잎보다 상처받은 조직에서 3배까지 증가하였다. 면역조직화 결과는 INAC-INV가 세포벽과 세포간극에 축적되어 있음을 보여주었다. INAC-INV는 또한 상처와 가까운 사부조직의 체관세포벽에 위치하였다. 종합해 볼 때, 이 연구는 상처에 의한 INAC-INV 유도는 상처치료 과정에서 필요한 높은 에너지 요구에 대한 반응에 역할을 할 수 있음을 추측케 한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.472-482
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• 2016

본 연구는 노인 손상의 발생이 특정 지역 내 공간의 안전성과 통계적으로 유의한 관계에 있는지를 실증하는 데 목적이 있다. 이러한 연구 목적 수행을 위해 퇴원손상심층조사와 지역안전지수 자료를 결합해 6,572명의 노인 손상환자를 대상으로 손상의도성, 손상발생장소, 손상 시 활동, 손상기전에 따라 지역안전등급의 평균 차이가 있는지를 독립표본 t-검정과 일원배치 분산분석을 통해 검증하였다. 통계 검증 결과 손상의도성의 하위집단별 지역안전등급의 평균 차이는 유의하지 않았으나, 손상발생장소는 화재(t=-2.513, p<.05), 교통(t=-2.387, p<.05), 안전사고(t=-3.627, p<.001), 자살(t=-3.364, p<.01)의 4개 분야에서 집단 간 평균 차이가 있었다. 손상 시 활동은 화재(F=5.972, p<.01), 자연재해(F=6.454, p<.01), 안전사고(F=11.726, p<.001)의 3개 분야에서 집단 간 평균 차이가 있었다. 손상기전은 화재(F=9.267, p<.001), 교통(F=7.759, p<.001), 안전사고(F=3.285, p<.05), 자살(F=8.973, p<.001), 감염병(F=3.109, p<.05)의 5개 분야에서 집단 간 평균 차이가 있었다. 이러한 분석 결과를 토대로 지역안전지수의 개별 분야를 연구 소재로 삼은 선행연구의 보고 내용과 비교해 논의한 후 공간의 안전성 차원에서 노인 손상의 발생을 사전에 예방하고 발생률을 억제하기 위한 3가지의 정책적 실천적 함의를 도출해 제시하였다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.8-13
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• 1999

산업안전보건법 제49조 2에 의거하여 유해$\cdot$위험설비를 보유한 사업장의 사업주는 당해 설비로부터 위험물질의 누출, 화재, 폭발 등으로 인하여 사업장내의 근로자에게 즉시 피해를 주거나 사업장 인근지역에 피해를 줄 수 있는 중대산업사고를 예방하기 위해 사업장이 공정안전관리를 시행해야 한다. 그러나 국내의 많은 화학관련 기업들은 안전관리에 많은 시간과 인력을 투자하는 경향이 증가하였으나 아직까지는 대기업에 소속된 화학공장에 국한되어 있으며, 특히 IMF시대에 중$\cdot$소기업 형태의 화학공장은 자금압박 등의 어려움으로 생산성 향상에 급급한 나머지 안전에 대한 인적$\cdot$물적 투자를 꺼려하는 경향이 지배적이다. 따라서 중$\cdot$소 화학공장이 갖고 있는 경제적, 현실적 문제점을 보완함과 동시에 능동적으로 공정의 안전성을 확보하는데 도움을 줄 수 있는 공정안전관리 시스템을 구축하였다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2022

Elevators are the main means of transport in buildings. A malfunction of an elevator in operation may cause in convenience to users. Furthermore, fatal accidents, such as injuries and death, may occur to the passengers also. Therefore, it is important to prevent failure before accidents happen. In related studies, preventive measures are proposed through analyzing failures, and the lifespan of elevator components. However, these methods are limited to existing an elevator model and its surroundings, including operating conditions and installed environments. Vibration occurs when the elevator is operated. Experts have classified types of faults, which are symptoms for malfunctions (failures), via analyzing vibration. This study proposes an artificial intelligent model for classifying faults automatically with deep learning algorithms through elevator vibration data, hereby preventing failures before they occur. In this study, the vibration data of six elevators are collected. The proposed methodology in this paper removes "the measurement error data" with incorrect measurements and extracts operating sections from the input datasets for proceeding deep learning models. As a result of comparing the performance of training five deep learning models, the maximum performance indicates Accuracy 97% and F1 Score 97%, respectively. This paper presents an artificial intelligent model for detecting elevator fault automatically. The users' safety and convenience may increase by detecting fault prior to the fatal malfunctions. In addition, it is possible to reduce manpower and time by assisting experts who have previously classified faults.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.118-127
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• 2022

This study analyzes the characteristics of occupational accidents of food delivery via motorcycle in terms of accident probability and work-days. Depending on their employment status, food-delivery workers were divided into "employed" workers (who work for restaurants) and "special-type" workers (who work for delivery platforms). Collected data include occupational accident-information during the last two years (1,468 cases for employed workers and 4,899 cases for special-type workers) and their risk information such as age, work experience, accident location, season of the accident, and weather conditions. The study finds that special-type workers had a significantly higher accident probability for the younger age group (80.8%), while employed workers had more accidents in both 20's or younger (34.9%) and 50's or older (25.4%). The number of work-days-lost was higher for special-type workers with less work experience, and it decreased with increasing work experience. Moreover, the chance for accidents was higher at night time (55%) than for day time (45%) for special-type workers as well as for employed workers. The number of work-days-lost was higher in foreign workers (180.79 days) than in Korean workers (121.44 days). Accident probability (30.7%) and work-days-lost (136.2 days) was higher in winter than in other seasons. In addition, accidents-per-day was higher on snowy days (12.7 cases per day) than rainy (8.1) and windy days (7.1). In addition, it was found that deadly accidents mainly caused injuries to face, head, and chest, while non-deadly accidents affected mainly the legs and feet. This study enables the development of better policies to prevent accidents of food delivery workers.