This study analyzed the factors affecting the effectiveness of the Chemical Hazard Risk Management (CHARM). A survey was conducted on 104 learners who participated in the Risk Assessment training course at Occupational Safety and Health Training Institute. Through a self-administered questionnaire, the effect of personal characteristics, corporate characteristics, and safety and health level of the company on the effectiveness of chemical risk assessment was investigated. As a result of statistical analysis, the safety and health level of the company had a positive (+) effect on the effectiveness of Chemical Hazard Risk Management(CHARM), but personal characteristics and corporate characteristics had no relation to it. This study can be used as basic data for further research related to chemical risk assessment in workplaces.

One of the important components of a nuclear fuel cycle facility is a hot cell. Hot cells are engineered robust structures and barriers, which are used to handle radioactive materials and to keep workers, public, and the environment safe from radioactive materials. To provide a confinement function for these hot cells, it is necessary to maintain the soundness of the physical structure, but also to maintain the negative pressure inside the hot cell using the operation of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. The negative pressure inside the hot cells allows air to enter from outside hot cells and limits the leakage of any contaminant or radioactive material within the hot cell to the outside. Thus, the HVAC system is one of the major components for maintaining this negative pressure in the hot cell. However, as the facility ages, all the components of the hot cell HVAC system are also subject to age-related deterioration, which can cause an unexpected failure of some parts. The abnormal operating condition from the failure results in the increase of facility downtime and the decrease in operating efficiency. Although some major parts are considered and constructed in redundancy and diversity aspects, an unexpected failure and abnormal operating condition could result in reduction of public acceptance and reliability to the facility. With the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution, prognostics and health management (PHM) technology is advancing at a rapid pace. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, Siemens, and other companies have already developed technologies to constantly monitor the integrity of power plants and are applying the technology in the form of digital twins for efficiency and safety of their facility operation. The main point of PHM, based on this study, is to monitor changes and variations of soundness and safety of the operation and equipment to analyze current conditions and to ultimately predict the precursors of unexpected failures in advance. Through PHM, it would be possible to establish a maintenance plan before the failure occurs and to perform predictive maintenance rather than corrective maintenance after failures of any component. Therefore, it is of importance to select appropriate diagnostic techniques to monitor and to diagnose the condition of major components using the constant examination and investigation of the PHM technology. In this study, diagnostic techniques are investigated for monitoring of HVAC and discussed for application of PHM into nuclear fuel cycle facilities with hot cells.

Occupational safety and health management expenses in the construction industry are statutory and separately included in the cost statement to prevent occupational accidents and health problems. The expenses are determined by multiplying the standard amount by the rate decided according to construction types and scales. However, the current expense appropriation method does not properly reflect the recent changes in the construction industry such as industry size, industry diversification, and social atmosphere about safety reinforcement. This study surveyed 1579 questionnaires in total and analyzed expense execution rate and proportion of each expense category. The expense execution rate was relative higher in complex construction (e.g., heavy construction = 126%, civil engineering = 125%) and long-period project (equal to or over 48 months construction = 133%) compared to general construction (98~116%) and short-period project (less than 48 months construction = 115%). The proportion of spending expenses was higher in the category of safety manager labor costs (25~52%), safety facility costs (22~40%), and personal protective equipment costs (10~25%). The analysis results of the study can be utilized in revising the standard expense appropriation method by reflecting the current usages of the occupational safety and health management expenses in the construction industry.

The Severe Disaster Punishment Act had recently been established in order to promote safety and health (OSH) management system for severe accident prevention. OSH management system is primarily designed based on risk assessments; however, companies in industries have been experiencing difficulties in hazard identification and selecting proper measures for risk assessments and accident prevention. This study intended to introduce an accident analysis method based on epidemiological model in finding hazard and preventive measures. The accident analysis method employed in this study was proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the accident analysis method, this study applied it to two accident cases occurred in construction and manufacturing industries. The application process and results of this study can be utilized in improving OSH management system and preventing severe accidents.

This study examined the certification effects of safety and health management system (SHMS) on the establishment level of SHMS and accident statistics in construction industry. This study obtained the establishment level of SHMS for 106 construction companies surveyed from our previous study. In addition, three major accident statistics (mortality rate, accidental mortality rate, and injury rate) for the companies were collected from the database in Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency. The statistical analysis results revealed that the establishment level for SHMS certified companies was significantly higher than those for uncertified or certification preparing companies. Furthermore, SHMS certified companies showed significantly smaller accident statistics compared to uncertified or certification preparing companies. The results of this study support the positive effects of SHMS on reducing major industrial accidents in construction companies.

It was legislated in Korea that the small-sized enterprise with fewer than 50 employees should appoint at least one managing officer in order to improve safety and health of the employees since 2016. Study on the effectiveness of this legislation is hardly found, however. This study tried to evaluate effectiveness of the regulations for appointing the safety and health management officer in small-sized manufacturing companies and make suggestions to improve it. It was done by pairwise comparison between the level of safety and health achievement of 52 companies before and after the legislation. A scorecard system and questionnaires were devised for assessing the level of safety and health achievement and surveying awareness and practice of the regulation in the field. Results from quantitative and qualitative analyses performed in the study confirm that the safety and health achievement score has increased significantly after appointing the managing officer. It is also revealed that the lack of expertise and motivation of the appointed officer would yield pointless outcomes. Recommendations to make it better the effectiveness of the regulation are: to administrate requirements more strictly to be appointed as a safety and health management officer, to revise the curriculum to train the expertise of the appointed officers, and to expand financial support of the government to settle the safety and health management system.

최근 회전 회전기계의 건전성 관련 연구가 활발하게 진행중이며, 조선업의 대표적인 회전기계인 갠트리 크레인에도 이를 적용하고자 하는 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 하지만 조선업의 갠트리 크레인의 경우 상대적으로 낮은 RPM으로 구동되고 잦은 운 전과 정지가 이루어지며 충격, 소음 등의 외부환경 인자가 측정 데이터에 영향을 크게 미쳐 오차를 발생시킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 조선업의 내업공정에서 사용되는 갠트리 크레인의 Hoist 모사장비를 제작하여, 운전조건(RPM) 변화와 데이터 획득 센서의 위치 차이가 획득 데이터에 미치는 오차를 통계적으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 상대적으로 낮은 운전조건에서는 센서 위치 차이에 따른 획득 데이터 의 오차는 크게 발생하지 않았으나, 상대적으로 높은 운전조건에서는 획득 데이터의 오차가 크게 발생하는 것으로 확인하였으며, 회전 기계의 데이터 획득 시 운전조건과 획득 센서위치가 획득 데이터에 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인하였다.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of organizational safety and health management activities on safety and health performance by using the results of safety activity level evaluation of public organizations. To this end, a research model was established by using three fields as independent variables among the four areas of the safety activity level evaluation index: safety and health system, safety and health activity plan, and safety and health activity level, and the safety and health activity performance field as a dependent variable. Correlation analysis and regression analysis between major variables were performed. As a result of the correlation analysis, the safety and health activity performance had a significant positive (+) correlation with all of the safety and health system, safety and health activity plan, and safety and health activity level. The safety and health system had a significant positive (+) correlation with the safety and health activity plan and safety and health activity level, and the safety and health activity plan had a significant positive (+) correlation with the safety and health activity level. And as a result of the regression analysis, it was found that the organization’s safety and health system, safety and health activity plan, and safety and health activity level all had a significant positive (+) effect on safety and health activity performance.

The petroleum refinery industry handles a variety of complex chemical substances and employs a large number of people around the world. According to previous research, diseases caused by exposure to chemicals were quite common among workers in refineries until the 1980s. More recently, it is unusual for oil refinery workers to suffer from these serious diseases. The objective of this study was to identify the occurrence level of general diseases and any differences in lifestyle habits of workers in refineries in Korea compared with the general population. In this study, we used the results of health examinations from 2014 for workers at a large oil refinery in South Korea. In addition, based on the results of KNHANES from 2014 as representative of the population, hypertension, diabetes, anemia, hyperlipidemia, liver function abnormality, and kidney function abnormality were calculated using the standardized incidence rate. Hypertension showed a low result with an SIR of less than 1, but a high result in the case of abnormal liver function. The workers’ occurrence rates of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, kidney dysfunction, and anemia were lower than those of ordinary salaried employees. however, their occurrence rate for abnormal liver function was markedly higher. In lifestyle habits, the smoking rate of workers was low while the alcohol consumption rate was quite high. This study has improved the understanding of the health status of workers in a large oil refinery in Korea, and has shown the impact of lifestyle habits related to the work environment on chronic diseases.

본 연구는 사업장 보건관리자의 우수한 보건관리 활동과 동기를 파악하여 추후 보건관리자의 활동에 대한 가이드를 제시하기 위한 연구이다. 본 연구는 5년 이상 동일한 사업장에 근무한 사업장 보건 관리자 21명을 대상으로 연구에 대한 동의를 얻은 후 반구조화된 설문지를 이메일로 보내 자료를 수집하였으며 응답한 내용을 질적 분석하였다. 본 연구 결과 17개의 범주와 3가지 주제가 도출되었다. 도출된 주제 는 보건관리자로서의 보람과 성취감, 보건관리자로서의 어려웠던 부분, 어려움은 이렇게 해결하자이었다. 보건관리자는 근로자가 마음을 열어주고, 생활을 변화시키기며, 감사해 하며, 새로운 분야를 개척하는 것에 보람과 성취감을 느낀다고 하였다. 반면, 예측할 수 없는 건강, 조직문화의 변화, 질병을 비밀화하는 것, 보건관리자 업무가 편하다고 생각하는 사람들에 대해 어려움을 느꼈다. 이러한 어려움을 극복하는 방법으로 근로자의 마음을 읽어주고, 스스로 알게 하며, 기존 프로그램을 활용하며, 가장 어려운 사람을 내 편으로 하며, 자신의 성과를 알리는 것이 필요하다고 하였다. 본 연구 결과를 통하여 보건관리자는 자신의 전문성을 갖추기 위하여 노력하고, 건강관리 성과를 지속적으로 알려 사업장의 정책결정자와 근로자들에게 보건 관리의 중요성을 설득할 필요가 있다. 또한, 우수한 보건관리자의 성공전략을 적극적으로 벤치마킹해야 할 것이다.

Traditional wastewater research mainly focuses on 1) estimating the amount of waste entering sewage treatment facilities, 2) evaluating the treatment efficiency of sewage facilities, 3) investigating the role of sewage treatment effluent as a point source, and 4) designing and managing sewage treatment facilities. However, since wastewater contains a variety of chemical and biological substances due to the discharge of human excreta and material used for daily living into it, the collective constituents of wastewater are likely a reflection of a community’s status. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), an emerging and promising field of study that involves the analysis of substances in wastewater, can be applied to monitor the state of a defined community. WBE provides opportunities for exploiting indicators in wastewater to fulfill various objectives. The data analyzed under WBE are those pertaining to selected natural and anthropogenic substances in wastewater that are a result of the discharge of metabolic excreta, illicit or legal drugs, and infectious pathogens into the wastewater. This paper reviews recent progress in WBE and addresses current challenges in the field. It primarily discusses several representative applications including the investigation of drug consumption across different communities and the management of community disease and health. Finally, it summarizes established indicators for WBE.

정부와 안전보건공단에서는 건설현장의 안전사고를 줄이기 위하여 감독․점검, 기술지도, 재정지원 등의 산업재해예방 활동을 지속적으로 수행하여 왔다. 하지만, 전체 산업의 사고사망만인율과 재해율이 전반적으로 감소 추세에 있는 반면에, 건설업의 사고사망만인율 및 재해율은 2014년 이후 오히려 증가 추세에 있다. 특히, 2016년 재해통계를 기준으로 전체 건설업 재해자의 약 70%가 공사금액 20억 미만의 소규모 건설현장에서 발생하였다. 이러한 소규모 건설현장의 재해를 줄이기 위해서는 현재의 산업안전보건법 상의 소규모 건설현장 산업안전보건관리체제와 고용노동부 및 안전보건공단에서 수행하고 있는 소규모 건설현장재해예방 사업에 대한 실효성을 파악하고 개선할 필요가 있다. 현 산업안전보건관리체제에서는 건축공사 기준으로 120억 이상인 공사인 경우 안전관리자를 의무 선임하도록 되어 있으며 3억에서 120억 미만 공사의 경우 재해예방지도기관의 기술지도를 받도록 되어 있다. 또한, 안전보건공단에서는 민간위탁기관을 지정하여 3억 미만 건설공사의 안전관리를 지원하고 있으며, 클린사업장 조성지원사업을 통해 20억 미만 소규모 건설현장의 추락재해예방을 위해 시스템 비계, 사다리형 작업발판 및 안전방망 등의 설치 비용을 지원하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 공사금액별 재해통계 및 안전관리자 선임관련 제도를 분석하여 안전관리자 선임 대상을 현행 건축공사 120억 이상인 공사에서 단계적으로 50억까지 확대할 것을 제안한다. 설문조사와 전문가 의견을 수렴하여 재해예방지도기관의 기술지도 영역을 조정하고 실효성을 강화하기 위한 방안을 수립하고, 클린사업장 조성지원사업의 사업 확대 요구 및 개선사항을 도출한다.

The objective of this study was to describe the development and testing of an initial ecological health assessment model, based on the index of biological integrity (IBI) using fish assemblages, before establishing the final and currently used model for ecological health assessment, conservation and management of freshwater fish in Korea. The initial fish IBI model was developed during 2004~2006 and included 10 metrics, and in 2007 the final IBI 8-metric model was established for application to streams and rivers in four major Korean watersheds. In this paper, we describe how we developed fish sampling methods, determined metric attributes and categorized tolerance guilds and trophic guilds during the development of the multi-metric model. Two of the initial metrics were removed and the initial evaluation categories were reduced from six to four (excellent, good, fair, poor) before establishing the final national fish model. In the development phase, IBI values were compared with chemical parameters (BOD and COD as indicators of organic matter pollution) and physical habitat parameters to identify differences in IBI model values between chemical and physical habitat conditions. These processes undertaken during the development of the IBI model may be helpful in understanding the modifications made and contribute to creating efficient conservation and management strategies for stream environments to be used by limnologists and fish ecologists as well as stream/watershed managers.

In order to get as ecological basic data for river management, We estimated health condition of Geum-river mainstream and Mihocheon using vegetation and investigated it for phytosociologic methods. Then, collected data was analysed. Appeared plants in study area were 268 species and the number of appeared plant colonies was 54. Riparian vegetation index(RVI), vegetation health condition assessment method, was evaluated as 38.3 ‘Normal(C)’. Geum-river mainstream's upper stream1(G-U1), upper stream4(G-U4) and mid stream3(G-M3) were highest as 66.7 and Geum-river mainstream's down stream1(G-D1) was lowest by 3.3.Riparian vegetation index under upper stream, middle stream, down stream in Geum-river mainstream and Mihocheon was highest in Geum-river mainstream's upper stream and lowest in Geum--river mainstream's down stream. Riparian vegetation index was negatively correlated with biological oxygen demand(BOD) and chlorophyll-a(Chl-a) in study sites.PCA using species cover degree data of belt transect in each study sites was separated by two groups. One group was consisted of ‘best(A grade)’ and ‘good(B grade)’, the other group was comprised of ’normal(C grade)‘ and ’bad(D grade)’. Cluster analysis was separated by 5 groups: Digitaria ciliaris Koel. community group, Salix gracilistyla Miq. community group, Erigeron annuus Pers. community group, Humulus japonicus Siebold & Zucc., Salix koreensis Andersson, Miscanthus sacchariflorus Benth., and Phragmites japonica Steud. community group, Conyza canadensis Cronquist and Echinochloa crusgalli var. echinata Honda community group. Study sites having similar health condition also was grouped in analysis. These result was similar in PCA. Dominance value of study sites was significantly correlated with vegetation area, structure area, waterway area, spot width, waterway width, bank height and number of species in CCA analysis. As a result, it means that the high health condition sites are dominated by Salix, Fraxinus and phragmites spp. increasing plant diversity and the low health condition sites have a wide structure area simplifing plant diversity by river maintenance work. Thus, the hight health condition area needs to maintain condition through continuous monitoring and the low health condition area needs to restore ecosystem services.

Awareness about health is still in short supply, sufficient research and investment is falling mothayeo made, the development of image and health technology for health compared to productivity enhancement technology behind the relative reality. Through the analysis and study of special measures and health education in the country catering to propose measures and methods for this. Current analyzed and summarized to find a special health and safety training relevant provisions appear in the national legislation. By analyzing the characteristics and to leverage to workers unearthed an in-depth awareness and issues for the institutions and laws. Survey research methods to analyze the documents and government publications and research through an Internet search. Survey Research conducted a self - survey on new knowledge and attitude toward the concessionaires to sanitation target, the attitude of the sanitary administration, attitudes to hygiene education and hygiene practice Conditions received health education carried out by catering Federation regularly. Health education is a systematic settlement system for the external reality of professional education. Health and health administrators to establish an organizational structure strengthening phase. Employers and health care workers are raising awareness. Employers have a responsibility to prevent industrial accidents. Consequently, special health education targeted construction workers changed to fit the content-driven information on the species and the proper arrangement of time "based health education" currently being conducted.

In the industrial accident that occurred in the recent contract type of business or establishment (including subcontractor) employers and contractors who demand among employers, would be liable to have a proper discussion on how to prevent industrial accidents. To resolve this issue, it introduced the discussion with the Japanese legal system, which has a system similar to the Occupational Safety and seeks to help us in our country's future institutional improvements.

국가 생물자원의 핵심지역인 한국 국립공원의 자연환경 보전, 이용에 나타나는 공원관리 문제를 해결하기 위해 국립 공원의 자연생태계 건강상태를 파악하여 관리 할 수 있는 과학적 평가 수단이 필요하다. 미국 공원청의 Vital signs, 캐 나다 국립공원의 Ecological Integrity 등 선진국에서는 현장 관리와 연계성이 높은 자원 모니터링 지표를 선정하여 국립 공원을 과학적이고 체계적으로 관리하고 있다. 본 연구는 2011~2014년 국립공원 생태계 건강성 평가를 활용한 국립공 원 자원관리 방안을 마련하여 국립공원 보전방향 확립 및 현장 관리력을 향상하고자 하였다. 국립공원 생태계 건강성 평가 연구 대상지역은 육상형 15 개 국립공원인 지리산, 경주, 계룡산, 설악산, 속리산, 내장산, 가야산, 덕유산, 오대산, 주왕산, 치악산, 월악산, 북한산, 소 백산, 월출산이다. 국립공원은 일반생태계와 다르게 스트레 스에 대한 평가 지표가 필요하며, 스트레스 지표를 기본체계 로 하여 발생되는 문제점을 도출하여 보존, 복원, 관리가 진 행된다. 따라서, 건강성 평가 지표는 자연생태계의 온전한 상태를 나타내는 생태계구조(종다양도지수, 멸종위기종지 수)와 인위적인 교란을 나타내는 스트레스(생태계교란종지 수, 수질지수, 파편화지수)로 구분하였다. 국립공원 생태계 건강성 평가의 각 지수는 5등급 기준을 선정하여 평가하였다. 종다양도지수(H')는 각 분류군별로 등 급화하였다. 멸종위기종지수는 우리나라 멸종위기종의 총 종수를 기준으로 각 공원에 분포하는 멸종위기종수의 비율 을 환산하였으며, 생태계교란종지수는 우리나라 외래생물 총 종수 대비 해당 국립공원의 외래생물 종수 비율을 지수화 하였다. 수질지수는 환경부 하천수 수질환경기준으로 생물 학적 산소요구량(BOD), 용존산소(DO)를 평가한 결과이고, 파편화지수는 국립공원 단위면적당 탐방로 길이의 비율을 환산하였다. 2011~2014년 국립공원 생태계 건강성 평가결과는 2011년 3.49점, 2012년 3.54점, 2013년 3.66점, 2014년 3.73점으로 지 속적으로 상승하고 있으며, 세부지수별 평가결과를 살펴보 면, 종다양도 지수는 2011년 3.35점, 2012년 3.78점, 2013년 3.90점 2014년 3.95점으로 상승하고 있고, 멸종위기종지수는 2011년 3.07점, 2012년 3.07점, 2013년 3.40점, 2014년 3.73점 이며, 생태계교란종지수는 2011년 4.93점, 2012년 4.93점, 2013년 5.00, 2014년 4.60이고, 수질지수는 2011년 3.43점, 2012년 3.07점, 2013년 3.13점, 2014년 3.43점이며, 서식지파 편화지수는 2011년 2.67점, 2012년 2.87점, 2013년 2.87점, 2014년 2.93점이다. 2011~2014년까지 가장 많이 상승한 지수는 멸종위기종 지수이며, 종다양도지수, 수질지수, 서식지파편화지수는 지 속적으로 상승하고 있는 반면, 생태계교란종지수는 감소하 고 있는 실정이다. 국립공원관리공단에서는 이러한 평가결과를 바탕으로 공 원관리를 실시하여 멸종위기종 서식지 보호 및 복원, 조사 등을 실시하여 ’11년 133종에서 ’14년 155종으로 증가하였 으며, 국립공원 생물종도 자연자원조사, 자원모니터링, 직원 현장 조사 등을 통하여 ‘11년 15,727종에서’14년 18,654종으 로 2,492종 증가하여 종다양도지수가 상승하였으며, 수질지 수는 전공원 계곡 수질 ‘매우좋음’ 등급을 달성하였으며 습 지 보전, 계곡 내 인공보 철거, 오수처리시설 관리 등 수생태 계 보전관리 강화를 통하여 BOD는 ’11년 0.33, ’14년 0.45, DO는 ’11년 7.97, ’14년 9.49로 상승하였다. 서식지 파편화 지수는 국립공원 타당성 조사 등을 통하여 공원면적은 ’11년 3,094.702㎢, ’14년3,170.064 ㎢으로 증가하였으며, 탐방로 길이도 ’11년 1,393.55km, ’14년 1,406.75km도 증가하였으 나, 생태계를 파편화하는 샛길 차단 및 샛길 단속 등을 강화 하였다. 위 4가지 지수는 상승하였으나, 생태계교란종지수는 교란종식물제거 면적이 해마다 증가(’11년 →’14년 796,596 ㎡)하고 있는 반면 돼지풀, 큰입배스 등 서식지가 기하급수적으로 증가하고 있어 지수가 하락하고 있어 주요종에 대한 과학적 관리방안이 시급한 실정이다. 한국 국립공원에서는 생태계 건강성 평가를 활용 국립공 원 자원관리 방안을 마련하여 공원관리 정책지원, 과학적이 고 체계적인 관리