This study analyzed 366 serious industrial accidents related to machinery and equipment that occurred over the past three years (2021–2023) to investigate the preventive effectiveness of the Industrial Safety and Health Standards. The analysis focused on key variables such as the type of work (regular/irregular), type of accident (entanglement, fall, crushing, etc.), 4M factors (Man, Machine, Media, Management), and accident preventability under compliance with safety regulations. The results indicate that approximately 75.7% of all accidents could have been prevented through compliance. Irregular work showed both a higher risk of accident occurrence and a statistically significant association with preventability. In particular, ten major types of machinery, including forklifts, cranes, and conveyors, accounted for 57.9% of all cases. In addition, 37.2% of accidents occurred involving equipment without specific safety rules. These results indicate that some provisions of the current regulations do not sufficiently reflect the realities of actual industrial sites. They suggest the need for field-oriented revisions of the regulations that incorporate newly emerging machinery types and the evolving realities of the workplace.

Abstract
1. 서 론
2. 연구 방법
    2.1 연구 대상 중대재해
    2.2 세부 요인의 분류 기준
    2.3 통계적 분석 방법
3. 분석 결과
    3.1 발생빈도 분석
    3.2 사고의 예방 가능성 분석
4. 토의 및 결론
5. References
저자 소개

• 정기효(울산대학교 산업경영공학과) | Kihyo Jung (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Ulsan) Corresponding author
• 신용우(울산대학교 산업경영공학과) | Yongwoo Shin (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Ulsan)