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Development of the Power Line Proximity Warning Apparatus for Mobile Crane using the Induced Voltage Measurement (유도전위 검출방식을 이용한 크레인의 고압 전선로 접근 경보장치 개발)

  • Choi, Sam-Jin;Park, Chan-Won;Kim, Il-Hwan
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.21 no.A
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    • pp.213-219
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    • 2001
  • This paper describes the power line proximity warning device for mobile crane by using the induced voltage measurement method. A mobile crane worker can be easily exposed to dangerous electrical shock and the electrocution while this are working at near the high-voltage electrical lines. In this paper, the derivation electric-potential of the power lines are simulated and microprocessor-based detecting device and transmitter/receiver modules are introduced to show a solution for the dangerous mobile crane working environment.

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A Study on Exposure of Respiratory Hazard Factors in Food Service Workplace (국내 요식업 작업환경의 호흡기 유해인자 노출 연구)

  • Cha, Won-Seok;Kim, Eun-Young
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.75-86
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    • 2020
  • Objectives: In this study, we assessed respiratory hazards in the working environment as the work-relatedness of occupational diseases were examined. Methods: The subjects of the study were three Korean meat roasting restaurants, one Chinese restaurant, and two cafeterias. Measurement items were total dust, respirable dust, fine dust (PM2.5), PAHs, TVOCs, temperature, humidity, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. Results: The concentration of total dust and respiratory dust in the restaurant was low. Most PAHs were undetectable, but some Napthalene and Acenaphthylene was detected. Thirteen kinds of PAHs were detected in one sample of roasted meat, and Benzo(a)pyrene was 1.496 ㎍/㎥. PM2.5, TVOCs, CO, and CO2 were instantaneously high, but the average concentration was low. NO2 was not detected. Conclusions: The results show that harmful substances such as PM2.5, PAHs, CO, and TVOCs were generated in the air in the catering industry. When roasting meat, Benzo(a)pyrene, a carcinogen related to lung cancer, was generated among PAHs. Lung cancer can occur when working for a long time in such a working environment. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the working environment for the health of restaurant workers, and it is necessary to evaluate the concentration of harmful substances by cooking method through further research.

A Survey on the Knowledge and Attitude of Workers Concerning Occupational Health (근로자의 산업보건 지식과 태도에 관한 조사연구)

  • 박영식;조수열;남철현
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.3-18
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    • 1992
  • This research was carried out on 1,017 production workers for four months from May to August, 1991, to search more effective management method of their health by grasping their knowledge and attitude on industrial health. The results of this study can be summarized as follows: 1. As for general characteristics, 74.2% were male and 25.8% were female among the 1,017 workers. The two largest age groups were 30~39, 38.7%. As for education level, graduation from high school was 58.6%, 61.2% were married, 35.9% owned their house, and workers who worked more than 1 year less than 5 years was 52.9%, workers who worked 8 hours a day was 46.7%, the largest group income level was 60~69 thousand won 21.2%, and the degree of satisfaction with work was ordinary, 45.6%. 2. The degree of recognition concerning occupational diseases was 92.5% at a very high rate. Causes of occupational diseases under the present work field were in order of noise, dust, heavy metal. The largest group of the counterplan for prevention was an improvement of working environment, 62.0%. 3. The major cause that threatens worker's health was poor working environment, 31.4%. As the best method for workers' health management, working environment management was pointed. 4. As for health examination result, the response that it is of use to health management was 53.8%. As for examination method and result, 42.7% responded that they are formal. The practice period was more than once every six months as the largest group, and the highest desire for improvement was that they wants an exact information of the result. 5. 49.3% of the respondents know about the measurement of working environment an the response that the measurement is necessary to improve working environment was 57.9%, and that the results from the measurement were reflected on improvement an management 57.5%. Appropriate period to take a measurement was more than once per six months, 40.2% and per three months, 29.1%. 6. As for safety and halth instruction, 34.5% were educated for both, 38.2% for only safety education and just 4.6% for only health education. 51.9% responded that they had never been educated out of work place. The period of its practice was more than once a month, 39.5% and every three months, 21.3%. 7. The importance of safety and health showed that the one is equal to the other, 59.8%, that the one is more important, 29.6%, and that other is more important, 7.6%. 67.7% said the necessity of a safety and health manager. 8. In spite of more or less health obstacle of work environment, 14.9% of the respondents wanted to overwork to gain an allowance for over-time work, 39.9% didn't, and 40.2% according to condition and state. 9. As the most important cause of industrial accident, 40.2% indicated unsafe behavior. As for the individual protective instrument, 66.1% of all the respondents said they have worn it to protect industrial diseases. 10. As for the degree of understanding of the contents in Industrial Safety and Health Law and Industrial Law of Accident Insurance, an affirmative response was respectively 49.3% and 50.8% and the sources of safety-health information were televisions and radios, 28.0%. Therefore, it is necessary that we do positive working environmental improvement, continuous management and health education's inforcement to increase their health and prevent occupational diseases.

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Adjustment of the Appropriate Cost Support Rate for Measuring the Working Environment (작업환경측정 적정 비용지원율 수준으로의 조정 방안)

  • Park, Ji-Yeon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.353-366
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    • 2021
  • Objectives: An appropriate level of cost support is being proposed to maximize the participation rate. In addition, as the amount of support is highly concentrated at the level of the limit under the current level of supports, the level of cost support is low when the actual level of cost of measuring the working environment exceeds the limit. This paper describes the adjustment of an appropriate cost support rate. Methods: First, this paper analyzes the current cost support status using data from the KOSHA. Second, an alternative for adjusting the cost support rate is presented in consideration of the incentive aspect. Third, we present simulation results for the average cost support rate, the impact of each alternative on finance, and more. Fourth, the most desirable adjustment method is presented after comparing and analyzing the results of various alternatives. Results: In this paper, we present a new scale model. This model is a mixture of flat-rate, fixed rate, and subside cap. It is expected that the new model will not only facilitate participation in businesses with low measurement costs, but also have the effect of controlling measurement costs for institutions that incur greater costs. It is also expected that setting a cap will have the effect of considering government finances and inducing excessively costly institutions to reduce costs. Thus, the new model is likely to be superior to others. If the fourth plan is applied to new businesses and the fifth plan is applied to sustainable businesses, the average cost support rates will be 87.68 percent and 65.18 percent, respectively, and the needed finances will be 2.5 billion won, 18.8 billion won, and 21.3 billion won in total. Conclusions: It seems most desirable to introduce a new model that combines flat-rate, fixed-rate, and subsidy cap systems and achieve an appropriate cost support rate through this model.

Work Related Musculoskeletal Risk Level with Nursing Tasks in Hospital (병원 간호업무의 유형별 근골격계 위험수준)

  • Lee, Jong-Eun;Kim, Soon-Lae
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2003
  • This study is an attempt to analyze the physical load by the type of the nursing tasks at the neurosurgical ICU nurses through the quantitative analysis of the working postures by the type of the nursing tasks with the OWAS(Ovako Working Postures Analysis System). Data collection was conducted through the video recording of the 13 nurses working at the neurosurgical ICU. For the analysis of the work postures by the type of the nursing tasks, and were interviewed regarding the subjective degree of the difficulties with the work postures related to the tasks. Collected data was analyzed through the WinOWAS program. The results were as follows : AC3 or AC4 tasks among the 18 nursing tasks types are "occupied bed making and change of the patient gown", "back massage", "suction", "elimination management", "change of position", "adjustment of bed", "helping the patient to move","measurement of CVP"and "measurement of urine volume". It appears that these tasks are harmful to the musculoskeletal system and the improvement or change of the work is required. The results stated above indicate that improper working postures during the nursing tasks influence the musculoskeletal system. Therefore, making use of assistant devices for the improvement of the working environment at the nursing tasks, based on human technological diagnoses, is required regarding the duty types with massive work pressure known to be harmful to the musculoskeletal system among those performed by the nurses. And there is a need of the education about the employment and maintenance of the vocational back pain prevention.

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Exposure Assessment of Crystalline Silica in Diatomite Powder Handling Workplace with Acute Silicosis (급성 규폐증이 발생한 규조토 분말 취급 작업장의 결정형 실리카 노출평가: 역학조사 사례)

  • Kim, Boowook;Kim, Daeho;Kim, Hyoung-Ryoul;Choi, Byung-Soon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.271-277
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    • 2019
  • Objectives: A 46-year-old woman who had worked on cleaning stainless steel containers with Initially unknown powders died from acute silicosis. To determine whether the acute silicosis was related to his work environment, we conducted exposure assessment the level of exposure to respirable crystalline silica(RCS) during cleaning stainless steel containers with unknown powders. Methods: The exposure assessment of RCS were undertaken according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health(NIOSH) method 7500. The components of the unknown powder were analyzed using X-ray Diffraction. Results: The unknown powder was found to be natural diatomaceous earth, which contained 12% and 9% quartz and cristobalite, respectively, crystalline silica. In the case of cleaning stainless steel containers with diatomaceous earth powder, the primary measurement resulted in 1.3 times higher occupational exposure limit of MOEL(in sum of quartz and cristobalite concentration) and 3.9 times higher in secondary measurement. The workbench was equipped with a local exhaust system, but because there was no hood at the end of the duct, the wind speed at the opening of the duct was 12 m/sec, whereas the controlled wind speed at the working position was only 0.3 m/sec below the legal standard. Conclusions: There is an urgent need to install the hood, conduct safety and health education for employers and workers, and periodically monitoring and manage the working environment.

Implementation of the Integrated Monitoring System for Improvement of Production Environment (생산환경 개선을 위한 통합 모니터링 시스템 구현)

  • Yoon, Jae-Hyeon;Jang, Sang-Gil;Jung, Jong-Mun;Ko, Bong-Jin
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.481-486
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    • 2019
  • Smart Factory requires real-time monitoring and analysis of all process processes for optimal production environment. Monitoring system for data collection from various sensors is necessary to make all production processes automatic. By storing and analyzing the collected data, we can check whether there are any signs of abnormalities in any machine or equipment. Thus, in this paper, an integrated monitoring system for smart factory incorporating a working environment monitoring system and an automatic storage system of measurement values was implemented. By using the automatic storage system of measurement values, it is possible to carry out reliable inspection in any place without misentry. Also, through working environment monitoring system using LoRa, production environments such as temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure can be monitored in real time.

Localization and Classification of Target Surfaces using Two fairs of Ultrasonic Sensors (2쌍의 초음파센서를 이용한 측정면의 위치 측정 및 종류 분류 기법)

  • 한영준;한헌수
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.4 no.6
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    • pp.747-752
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    • 1998
  • Ultrasonic sensors have been widely used to recognize the working environment for a mobile robot. However, their intrinsic problems, such as specular reflection, wide beam angle, and slow propagation velocity, require an excessive number of sensors to be integrated for achieving the sensing goal. This paper proposes a new measurement scheme which uses only two sets of ultrasonic sensors to determine the location and the type of a target surface. By measuring the time difference between the returned signals from the target surface, which are generated by two transmitters with 1 ㎳ difference, it classifies the type and determines the size of the target surface. Since the proposed sensor system uses only two sets of ultrasonic sensors to recognize and localize the target surface, it significantly simplifies the sensing system and reduces the signal processing time so that the working environment can be recognized in real time.

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Sound Insulation Measurement and Evaluation for Cabin Unit Mock Up in Vessel Satisfying NORSOK Standard (NORSOK 적용 선박의 Cabin Unit Mock Up 차음성능 계측평가)

  • Park, Jin-Hyung;Park, Hyung-Sik;Park, No-Jun;Kwun, Hyuk;Suh, Yong-Suk;Seo, Jong-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2014.10a
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    • pp.18-19
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    • 2014
  • NORWAY 해역에서 시추 및 생산 작업을 위한 시추선 및 생산 설비의 경우, 엄격한 기준인 NORSOK 기준을 만족해야 한다. NORSOK 기준은 선원들의 안전과 안락성을 위한 Working Environment 만족을 요구하고 있다. 특히 선원들의 거주구역에 안락성은 더욱 중요시되고 소음의 기준을 제시하고 만족을 요구한다. Cabin Unit 이 적용되는 선박의 경우 실선과 동일 조건의 Mock Up 을 제작하여 차음성능 계측 및 평가를 실시한다. 본 논문에서는 NORSOK 이 적용되는 선박의 Cabin Unit 의 Mock Up 차음성능 만족 사례를 소개하고자 한다.

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Three-Dimensional Fluid Flow Analysis of Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Cell for Measurement of Automotive Exhaust Gas (자동차 배출가스 측정을 위한 Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Cell의 3차원 유동장 해석)

  • 김현철;박종호
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.111-118
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    • 2003
  • Recently, environmental damage to urban area becomes serious problem due to the exhaust emissions by increasing the number of vehicle. Especially, exhaust emission from diesel vehicles are blown to be harmful to human health and environment. Photoacoustic Spectroscopy system is very useful technology for simultaneous and continuous measurement of the various components of the automotive exhaust gas. In this study, in order to reduce emission gases from automobile, we tried to develop the measurement system of Photoacoustic Spectroscopy. To improve performance of high sensitive Photoacoustic Spectroscopy system for automotive exhaust emissions, the shape of Photoacoustic Spectroscopy cell was optimized to use the flow analysis. And Exhaust emission data of the 1,500cc gasoline engine was fixed the working fluid. The characteristics of fluid flow for cell were analyzed by various conditions in detail.