The objective of this study was to conduct research and analysis using Group Focus Interview to survey the between construction site workers and managers implementing for the Severe Accident Punishment Act. Focused on measures to improve safety management effectiveness for the effectiveness of establishing a safety management system. A plan to improve the efficient safety management system was presented to 50 construction industrial managers and workers. In order to ensure the industrial accident prevention policies appropriately, it is necessary to be aware of safety obligations for workers as well as business operators. In addition, despite the existence of a commentary on the Serious Accident Punishment Act, confusion in the field still persists, so in the event of a major accidents, the obligation to take safety and health education is strengthened, and effective case education is proposed by teaching actual accident cases suitable for actual working sites. It is necessary to make all training mandatory, and it is necessary to reconsider awareness through writing a daily safety log, awareness of risk factors, etc., and writing down risk information. Above all, at the construction ordering stage, it is necessary to keep the construction safety, request corrections and supplements for problems issues that arise, and consult between the orderer and the construction company about the problems issues. Rather than having only the construction company correct or supplement the safety management plan, the contents should be shared with supervisors and workers to establish a more practical solution. Results of this study will contribute to improving the effectiveness of the serious accident and construction safety management system.

This study is to investigate the degree of field awareness of how each provision of the Serious Disaster Punishment Act will affect accident prevention. As a result of conducting a survey of construction site workers, it was analyzed that construction site workers had a low sense of safety and did not voluntarily engage in safety activities. And it can be seen that they are taking a very passive position that it is efficient to implement safety under the supervision of the supervisor. Workers who need voluntary construction site safety activities are most aware of the situation at the site, but the problem was pointed out as “lack of procedures for listening to opinions and preparing improvement measures” for these problems. Future research is needed to see if this is a problem for individual workers or for those in charge of safety and health who do not correct it even though active opinions have been submitted.

In 2022, the Serious Accident Punishment Act was implemented, emphasizing the responsibility of managers at workplaces where serious accidents occur in order to reduce serious accidents that occur frequently throughout the industry and promote worker safety. Currently, it is applied only to workplaces with 50 or more workers, but from 2024, it will be applied to small businesses with fewer than 50 workers. Although these small-scale workplaces act as steppingstones in various fields, the rate of serious accidents is high due to the relatively poor environment and lack of human resources and financial capabilities. In this regard, we intend to examine effects of the Serious Accident Punishment Act on small-scale information and communication companies and to drive countermeasures.

경범죄처벌법은 형사실체법의 일종으로서 범죄와 그에 대한 형벌을 규정하고 있다. 즉 경범죄처벌법은 경범죄로 취급되는 일련의 행위를 규정하고, 그에 대한 형벌로서 본래 ‘10만원 이하의 벌금, 구류 또는 과료’ 등의 형벌을 부과할 수 있도록 규정하고 있다(경범죄처벌법 제3조). 경범죄처벌법이 경범죄행위에 대해 통고처분에 의한 범칙금 납부로 사안을 종결할 수 있도록 규정한 것은 행위의 불법성과 책임이 상대적으로 가볍다는 점과 국민편의를 도모하는 차원이 반영된 것으로 보인다. 그렇다면 ‘통고처분에 대한 범칙금’ 납부는 -비록 명칭과 부과절차 등이 통상적인 공판절차가 아니라고 하더라도- 해당 처분의 근원은 형벌에 대한 규정이며, 통고처분의 대상이 된 행위 역시 경미‘범죄’이다. 시민의 소박한 관점에서 본다면 통고처분에 의해 범칙금을 납부한 자는 자신의 범칙행위에 대한 문제가 마무리된 것으로 신뢰하였을 것이다. 법치국가원리는 신뢰보호를 한 내용으로 하고, 일사부재리는 신뢰보호의 일종이다. 경범죄처벌법도 헌법상 일사부재리의 원칙을 동법 제8조 제3항 등에서 명시하여 재차 확인하고 있다. 경범죄처벌법은 통고처분에 의한 범칙금으로 규율해서는 안 되는 경우의 하나로 ‘피해자가 있는 행위’를 한 경우를 명시하고 있다. 그런데 피해자가 있음에도 불구하고 수사기관의 초동수사 미진 등으로 통고처분에 의해 사건을 마무리한 경우의 처리가 실제로 대법원판례에서 보는 것처럼 문제되고 있다. 생각건대 초동수사를 담당하는 경찰관은 개별 사건의 사실관계를 애초에 면밀하게 조사하였어야 하고 경범죄처벌법 등 관련 법률을 적용함에 있어서 신중하게 접근하여야 한다. 수사를 담당하는 국가기관이 애초에 법률을 정확히 해석하여 적용하지 못한 경우에 그에 대한 책임을 시민에서 전가하는 것은 국가기관의 책무와 위상에 어울리지 않는 것이라고 여겨진다. 그렇다면 통고처분에 의해 범칙금을 납부한 자에 대해서는 면소판결을 내리는 것이 일사부재리의 원칙과 법치국가원리에 부합하는 결론이 아닐까 한다.