• International Journal of Safety
• /
• 제5권1호
• /
• pp.5-9
• /
• 2006

The present study reports on the results of a risk survey of machinery safety at a shoe factory in Qingdao, China. The aim is to decrease industrial accidents and increase worker job satisfaction by searching for a change from a trend analysis and making improvements in problem areas. The first risk survey for machinery safety was carried out in April 2005. Based on the analysis of the survey results, machinery safety devices was installed in the factory by using CATlA V5. Also, we investigated job satisfaction concerning working apparatus and work tool improvement in a questionnaire about the working environment. The second survey of machinery safety was carried out in September 2005. We are in the process of comparing the first survey results with the second survey results in order to analyze decreasing trend in industrial accidents and improvement in job satisfaction. So far the data have shown improved short-term turnover and absenteeism. It means CATIVA V5 and CFR has had positive effect regarding safety in shoe manufacture industry. The survey with CATIVA V5 and CFR will be expanded to other East-Asian countries including Vietnam. The hope is that the present approach could make a significant contribution toward improved safety.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
• /
• 제21권1호
• /
• pp.80-95
• /
• 2015

Objectives : A safety culture is the bedrock for all patient safety improvement initiatives; thus, many resources have been invested in measuring hospital culture. However, many of these endeavors have failed to yield meaningful results. This article proposes a practical checklist to ensure successful administration of a safety culture survey and describes current methodologies for analyzing survey results to develop safety improvement programs. Methods : We reviewed currently used safety culture surveys and summarized their strengths and weaknesses. We also reviewed studies using safety culture surveys and found several pitfalls leading to failure in survey administration. With this information, we developed a checklist that covers critical items in the survey process. We also reviewed newly developed methodologies for survey results analysis and application and described them using the Korean version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as an example. Results : The checklist consists of three steps: survey preparation, administration, and analysis and application. Each step contains clear action items. The content even describes how to get buy-in from hospital executives and manage communication channels with them. Also, common misunderstandings regarding survey scores are described and possible solutions are suggested. In the analysis section, we demonstrate new methods for obtaining more accurate survey results and how to utilize these methods to develop and implement hospital-wide safety improvement programs. Conclusion : A successful safety culture survey is the foundation of all future safety improvement projects. This review is intended to guide hospitals in enhancing safety.

• 한국안전학회지
• /
• 제26권3호
• /
• pp.47-51
• /
• 2011

Work platform is temporary material that many workers use in construction field, but many workers construct and use the work platform without considering safety standards, workers who have not the knowledge of safety standards construct the work platform in weakness and use the work platform in unstable, According to the statistics in 2009, 1230 people were injured at the work platform. Among them, victims by falling account for about 77% and mostly lead to fatal injuries. we have studied and survey about the safety or danger of the work platform(set limits to duble scaffold) in construction field and about how many workers observe safety standards of the work platform. According to the result of this survey, 24%~100%(average : 68%) of the work platform in survey is not observe the safety standards.

• Safety and Health at Work
• /
• 제4권2호
• /
• pp.111-116
• /
• 2013

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of the Second Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS), focusing on its validity and reliability. Methods: The external validity was evaluated by the assessment of sampling procedures and the response rate, in order to investigate the representativeness of the sample. The content validity was evaluated by the assessment of the development of the questionnaire, and the consistency of questions for the selected construct. The test-retest method was used to evaluate the reliability by means of a phone call survey of 30% of the respondents, who were randomly selected. The respondents' satisfaction regarding the survey procedures and interview time were analyzed to evaluate the quality of survey data. Results: The external validity was assured by an acceptable sampling procedure, rigid multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling. The content validity was also guaranteed by a reasonable procedure for the development of the questionnaire with a pretest. The internal consistency of the questions for work autonomy was maintained, with 0.738 of Cronbach's alpha. The response rate of 36% was lower than that of the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), with a contact rate of 66%, compared to 76% for the EWCS. The matching rates of the five retested questions were more than 98% reliable. Conclusion: The quality of the second KWCS was assured by the high external and content validity and reliability. The rigid sampling procedure and development of the questionnaire contributed to quality assurance. The high level of reliability may be guaranteed by the sophisticated field survey procedures and the development of a technical manual for interviewers. The technical strategies for a high response rate should be developed for future surveys.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
• /
• 제16권4호
• /
• pp.53-62
• /
• 2014

According to the statistics of occupational injuries in 2013, the work platforms were main objects causing fall injuries in construction sites. But many scaffold and platform workers use and install the work platforms and the fixed and mobile scaffolding without considering about safety and health standards. We had done a nationwide survey about how the platform workers obey safety and health standards. As the result of this survey, in order to ensure the safety of the work platforms, we founded that the platform workers must obey the safety and health standards when using and installing the work platforms. To improve the safety and health conscious of the workers, it needs to educate a worker on safety and health standards for work platforms. Also, to effectively prevent constructin injuries for the work platforms, it is rextricted for workers to use only safety certified work platforms. And, before installing and using work platforms, it needs to make a work plan for work platforms and obey it.

• 한국안전학회지
• /
• 제33권1호
• /
• pp.88-94
• /
• 2018

The improvement of safety and health education method in construction site was investigated through the survey for workers and delphi technique. The results of preliminary survey done for workers were analyzed using the multi variance analyses, and the questionnaires for delphi survey were composed based on the results of preliminary survey. Finally, the participatory safety and health education method was suggested. The result showed that most of workers were very interested in accident prevention and health. On the contrary, they did not actively participate in safety activities in sites including safety and health education. In order to improve workers' levels of safety consciousness and prevent the construction accident, the participatory safety and health education method that construction workers directly examine and give presentations about accident causes and measures was suggested and verified by tests. One-way instructor-led safety and health education used widely and participatory safety and health education with workers were carried out by dividing participants into two groups. After education, the examination is done for two groups. The test results found that the average score of safety consciousness of the worker group that received participatory safety education was higher than that of the work group that received instructor-led safety education. And the Delphi technique utilizing experts was analyzed that participatory safety education has a great effect on improvement of workers' level of safety consciousness.

• 한국항공운항학회지
• /
• 제27권3호
• /
• pp.82-89
• /
• 2019

There are many ways to identify airline's perception of the safety program and safety culture. In particular, various studies are under way to measure airline safety culture and safety awareness of airline employees. Often, survey methods are used a lot, but there is a limit to understanding the complex and diverse aviation culture through surveys alone. Nevertheless, the Air Safety Management System (SMS) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) emphasizes the importance of safety surveys as a means of ensuring awareness of safety culture. The safety surveys is effective in identifying and providing awareness of the relationship between employees and the Air Safety Program (SMS, Safety Management and Safety Culture aspects). In this study, we conducted a survey of Z Airlines flight attendants and cabin crew to compare their perception of safety programs and culture, and based on this survey, we would like to compare and analyze simple safety culture measurements and safety awareness.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 춘계 학술발표회
• /
• pp.961-965
• /
• 2009

Using much electric resistivity survey to design or preservation administration of facilities. However, By survey method that electric resistivity survey grasps special quality in base by potential difference creating artificial current in underground, Is influenced in electric resistance propensitys of various underground utilities in base. This Study selects dam 1 place that could grasp well underground situation and studied electricity interference effect by effect of underground utilities. Grasp underground utilities of dam interior, and control and observed accuracy with survey wave because various pole space. Through this Study, wish to present survey method of electric resistivity survey at design or survey of preservation administration dimension after with drawn result.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
• /
• 제22권2호
• /
• pp.75-90
• /
• 2016

Objectives: This study measures the level of cognition of employee's patient safety culture and evaluates the current level through comparing the results to external levels. Ultimately it is performed to construct a strategic improvement plan through the basic database for patient's safety culture. Methods: A questionnaire survey of self reporting type was carried out using structured questionnaire of the patient's safety culture for employees currently employed in a hospital. Total responders was 1,129 and a response rate was 54.6%. The survey results were calculated with a percent positive response, and the current level was evaluated by comparing with the survey results of a hospital (2009 and 2014) and the survey result of The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality(2014). Results: Sub-dimension of high percent positive response for each area were 'teamwork within hospital units' (80%), 'feedback & communication about error' (73%) and 'supervisor/manager expectations & actions promoting safety' (67%). Meanwhile, 'teamwork across hospital units' (31%), 'hospital management support for patient safety' (29%), 'staffing' (27%) and 'non-punitive response to error' (17%) were relatively low percent positive response. Compared to the survey results of AHRQ (2014) for each area, 'teamwork within hospital units' (80%), 'feedback & communication about error' (73%), 'frequency of event reporting' (66%) were at the top 50% percentile level and the remaining sub-dimensions showed a very low level in the lower 10% percentile area. Conclusion: In order to establish a system for patient safety culture within the hospital and evaluate the effect on this, it is necessary to periodically evaluate the patient's safety culture and establish regulations on hospital safety culture to comply with this.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
• /
• 제29권2호
• /
• pp.64-72
• /
• 2015

본 연구는 충남지역 소방분야종사자를 대상으로 일반안전, 생활안전 그리고 소방안전에 대한 의식조사를 목적으로 실시하였다. 연구는 설문조사로 진행되었으며 설문응답자는 소방공무원, 소방업체종사자, 안전관련 공무원 등 534명이다. 설문결과는 SPSS win 19.0을 사용하여 빈도분석 등의 통계처리를 하였다. 본 연구에서 설문의 신뢰도는 Cronbach' ${\alpha}=0.710{\sim}0.807$이다. 조사결과에 의하면 국민의 안전의식수준이 높다고 생각하는 응답자가 전체 응답자의 15%로 소방분야종사자들은 국민의 안전의식수준이 낮다고 인식하고 있었다. 소방안전의식에 대해 소방공무원은 5점 기준 4.2의 인식을 가지며, 안전관련 공무원은 3.59의 안전의식수준을 나타내고 있다. 안전의식수준은 소방공무원 > 소방업체종사자 > 안전관련 공무원 순으로 조사되었다. 조사결과에 의하면 안전에 대한 인식의 차이를 줄이기 위한 노력이 필요하다고 할 수 있다.