To ensure a systematic and integrated approach to defense safety management, individual safety management regulations have been consolidated into the National Defense Safety Directive. However, despite being enacted after the enforcement of the Severe Accident Punishment Act, the National Defense Safety Directive does not incorporate the contents of the Serious Accident Punishment Act. This omission is likely to cause confusion in safety management. In this paper, a PDCA analysis of the Severe Accident Punishment Act and the National Defense Safety Directive was conducted to identify area for improvement and supplementation in the Directive. Chapter 3 proposes amendments to clearly define the scope and responsibilities of safety management, implement serious accident prevention measures and inspections, and establish the penalties for those involved. These amendments aim to ensure faithful compliance with the Severe Accident Punishment Act. Chapter 4 emphasizes the implementation and inspection of risk assessments to enhance the effectiveness of safety accident prevention and preparation, thereby ensuring the completeness of the PDCA cycle.

When a fire breaks out in a distribution center, it causes a lot of damage. And the most casualties are caused by Fire accidents. Therefore, training for fire prevention should be mandatory at the distribution center. Also, the contents of education should be different in room temperature warehouses and low temperature warehouses. Fire education in low-temperature warehouses should be more emphasized. This is because many fires occur in low-temperature warehouses. In this study, a study was conducted to determine the important order of training hours and contents for fire prevention education according to the type of distribution center. The importance of time and content for safety education in all types of warehouses did not differ significantly. It was first decided that safety prevention training should be conducted periodically in all types of warehouses

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 attempted to provide implications by analyzing the impact of business Owner’s safety commitment on industrial accidents and examining the mediating role of management supervisors’ safety leadership and worker participation. Analysis was conducted on 2,067 manufacturing sites with 20 to 50 employees in the 10th Occupational Safety and Health Survey data. SPSS waw used to secure the reliability of the measurement variable. Hypothesis vertification was carried out after securing the suitability and validity of the structural model using AMOS. The direct impact of three latent variables on industrial accidents was confirmed: the business owner’s safety commitment, the management supervisor’s safety leadership, and the worker participation. The employer’s safety will and the management supervisor’s safety leadership do not directly affect industial accidents, but it has been verified that worker participation has a diret impact on industrial accident reduction. In addition, it has been confirmed that the safety leadership and worker participation of the management. Supervior have a complete mediating effect on the reduction of industrial accidents by mediating with the safety leadership of the management supervior and the participation of the workers. This study analyzed the impact on industrial accidents by dividing the stakeholders constituting the workplace into three classes: business owners, superviors, and workers, but the results suggest that employers and all workers inside the workplace may be organically linked to achieving the goal of reducing industrial accidents. Therefore, in order to establish an autonomous safety management system for safety and health at workerplaces, efforts are needed to reduce industrial accidents in their respective location by forming an organic community among internal stakeholders.

In recent years, there has been a growing trend of occupational accidents involving foreign workers. As the number of foreign workers continues to increase, the risk of occupational accidents is also on the rise. Therefore, it is crucial to take proactive measures to prevent occupational accidents among foreign workers. To establish a common safety culture among foreign workers with varied backgrounds and educational experiences, and which is harmonized with Korean workplace. Safety communication, which includes culture respect and participation in the workplace, plays a significant role in shaping and developing the safety culture of foreign workers. Therefore, this study aims to assess the level of safety culture in workplace employing foreign workers by analyzing the reliability and validity of factors such as 'occupational accident awareness' and 'safety communication,' which constitute the safety culture at these workplace. Additionally, the mediating effect of 'work proficiency' on the relationship between 'safety communication' and the level of improvement in 'occupational accident awareness' using the validation method proposed by Baron & Kenny(1986). As a result of statistical analysis, The influence of‘safety communication’on‘occupational accident awareness’is β=0.339, and it has been found that this influence decreases to β=0.113 when‘work proficiency’is introduced, indicating partial mediation.

Construction industry is considered as one of the most high-risk industries for work-related injuries and fatalities, accounting for more than half of fatalities in Korea. Advanced countries have recognized the critical role of designers in preventing construction accidents and have established regulations on design for safety. In line with this, the Korean government have also implemented regulations that require owners and designers to review the safety of design outcomes. However, it has been observed that designers face challenges in identifying hazards and integrating design solutions at the design stage mainly due to their shortage of required knowledge and skills. This study aimed to examine design solutions that can be applied to prevent fall accidents in the construction industry, and to establish a relationship between these solutions and fatal fall accidents occurred over the past three years in Korea. This study also analyzed the relationships of four variables (construction type, cost, work type, and fall location) with design solutions. The results indicated that all four variables have significant relationships with design solutions, with fall location showing the strongest relationship. The design solutions and their relationships with fatal fall accidents identified in this study can be utilized in identifying hazard and integrating design solutions to ensure design for safety.

This study would analyze a survey conducted with 609 workers to use the results as materials for the settlement of safety culture for the characteristics of the establishment by assessing the status of the workers’ exposure to harmful risks and the impact on safety culture to present the following conclusions. This study has significance in that it found that exposure to harmful/dangerous factors in the establishment and the workers’ experiences of occupational accidents affect their perception of safety culture and that in particular, ‘worker safety priority’ of the safety cultural factors was an important factor, and it is judged that continuous studies are necessary so that the perceptions of safety culture will spread in the establishment.

Since last year, the government has enforced the 'Act on the Punishment of Severe Accidents, Etc.' (hereafter referred to as the 'Serious Accident Punishment Act'), which punishes business owners and business managers who fail to fulfill their duty of safety measures with 'imprisonment of one year or more' and the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Based on this, various occupational safety and health policies were developed, including the operation of a system related to entrusting the work of safety managers. Despite these efforts, the effect of implementing the Severe Accident Punishment Act is a groundbreaking change in the current disaster prevention policy, which has increased by 0.02%P and 0.03‱P, respectively, from the previous year to 0.65% of the total accident rate and 1.10‱ of the death rate per 10,000 people as of 2022. As the need emerged, attention was paid to 'collaboration and governance with safety management institutions' in the 'Severe Disaster Reduction Roadmap' announced by the Ministry of Employment and Labor in November 2022. In this study, a meaningful result was derived by comparing and analyzing the industrial accident status of workplaces entrusted by “A” safety management institutions with the national average based on the industrial accident survey table, and the types of industrial accidents that occurred in consigned workplaces were selected as intensive management targets. The policy direction for industrial accident prevention was established. It is necessary to develop safety management work manuals based on the results of this study, expertise, discover best cases of risk assessment and develop guides, and educate and train consigned workers. In addition, it suggests that the government's guidance and supervision are needed to advance the professionalism of safety management entrusted tasks, and that safety management institutions should strengthen their roles and functions for preventing and reducing industrial accidents. However, due to difficulties in disclosing information of specialized safety management institutions, the limitation of the provision, collection, and viewing of research-related data to “A” specialized safety management institutions remains a limitation of the research. It seems likely that more thorough research will be conducted.

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.

Safety has once again emerged as a social issue due to the enforcement of the Serious Disasters Punishment Act and the occurrence of major disasters recently. As such, the safety culture related to unsafe human behavior is drawing attention as various discussions about the importance of safety and accident prevention are currently being undertaken. This study aims to determine whether changes in the level of safety culture in companies affect the accident rate. To this end, we targeted three workplaces in the same company in the domestic manufacturing industry, and 2,790 people were surveyed using DNV's Safety Will(ISRS-C version 4.0) for safety culture level diagnosis. The change in safety culture level and accident rate were compared and analyzed after carrying out safety culture level improvement activities for 5 years. As a result, the level of safety culture increased by 5.8 points, an overall improvement of 9.5%, while the total number of accidents decreased by 20%, from 5 to 4, indicating a general decreasing trend in accident occurrence. Results confirmed that the change in the level of safety culture affects the accident rate, and the improvement in the level of safety culture affects a reduction in accidents. Therefore, this study suggests that efforts to improve the level of safety culture within a company can be associated with accident reduction and accident prevention outcomes.

Glass fiber (GF) insulation is a non-combustible material, light, easy to transport/store, and has excellent thermal insulation performance, so it has been widely used in the piping of nuclear power plants. However, if the GF insulation is exposed to a high-temperature environment for a long period of time, there is a possibility that it may be crushed even with a small impact due to deterioration phenomenon and take the form of small particles. In fact, GF dust was generated in some of the insulation waste generated during the maintenance process. In the previous study, the disposal safety assessment of GF waste was performed under the abnormal condition of the disposal facility to calculate the radiation exposure dose of the public residing/ residents nearby facilities, and then the disposal safety of GF waste was verified by confirming that the exposure dose was less than the limit. However, the revised guidelines for safety assessment require the addition of exposure dose assessment of workers. Therefore, in this study, accident scenarios at disposal facilities were derived and the exposure dose to the workers during the accident was evaluated. The evaluation was carried out in the following order: (1) selection of accident scenario, (2) calculation of exposure dose, (3) comparison of evaluation results with dose limits, and confirmation of satisfaction. The representative accident scenarios with the highest risk among the facility accident were selected as; (a) the fire in the treatment facility, (b) the fire in the storage facility, and (c) fire after a collision of transport vehicles. The internal and external exposure doses of the worker by radioactive plume were calculated at 10m away from the accident point. In evaluation, the dose conversion factors ICRP-72 and FGR12 were used. As a result of the calculation, the exposure dose to workers was derived as about 0.08 mSv, 0.20 mSv, and 0.10 mSv, due to fire accidents (vehicle collision, storage facilities, treatment facilities). These were 0.2%, 0.4%, and 0.2% of the limit, and the radiation risk to workers was evaluated to be very low. The results of this study will be used as basic data to prove the safety of the disposal of GF waste. The sensitivity analysis will be performed by changing the radiation source and emission rate in the future.

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.

선한국선원통계연보에 따르면 2020년 기준 선원의 직무상 재해율 9.49%는 고용노동부에서 발행한 ‘2020년 산업재해 현황 분석’에 따른 육상근로자 사고 재해율 0.49%보다 19.4배 높은 것으로 나타나 선내안전보건과 관련한 사고율이 심각한 수준이다. 또한 일본 선원의 재해율 1.66%(2019년 기준)는 우리나라 선 원의 재해율 11.24%(2019년 기준)와 비교하여도 우리나라 선원의 재해율이 일본 선원의 재해율 대비 6.8배이다. 이는 우리나라 선원의 재해율 감소를 위한 선원재해 관련 법제 정비가 시급하다는 것을 말해준다. 선원재해예방을 위한 선내안전보건의 수준을 증진하기 위해서는 우선적으 로 관련 법제의 정비가 필요하다. 육상근로자는 「산업안전보건법」의 전부개 정을 통해서 육상근로자의 보호를 위한 법제를 마련하고 있는 반면에, 선원은 선내안전보건기준의 부재와 같은 제도적 공백이 존재하므로 현행의 높은 선 원의 재해율을 감소시키기 위한 제도적 개선방안이 모색되어야 한다. 그러나 선원재해예방을 위한 선내안전보건의 수준을 증진하기 위해서는 관련 규정의 정비도 중요하나 그것을 이행하는 수범자인 선박소유자와 선원의 역할 또한 중요하다. 특히, 선원재해예방을 위해서는 선내안전보건 관련 선박소유자의 의무 준수와 더불어 선박소유자의 사고방지 조치에 대한 선원의 협력이 필수 적이다. 따라서 본 연구는 선원 재해율의 감소를 위한 방안으로 선내안전보건에 있 어 국가, 선박소유자 및 선원에 관한 현행 법제에 대한 검토 후 그 개선방안 을 도출하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이 연구의 결론은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 국가 측면에서의 선내안전보건에 관 한 개선방안으로 ➀ 선원의 직무상 사고 등 조사 개선방안(직무상 재해 등의 정의, 보고 기준, 보고 내용 및 보고 절차 개선, 조사의 범위 및 내용 개선), ➁ 선원의 직무상 사고 등에 관한 통계 개선방안(통계의 내용 명확화), ➂ 총 톤수 20톤 미만 어선원의 안전보건 개선방안(독립법 제정을 통한 법제 및 주 관부서 통합방안)을 도출하였다. 둘째, 선박소유자 측면에서의 선내안전보건에 관한 개선방안으로 선박소유 자는 선내안전보건에 관한 선원근로계약상 안전배려의무 이행의 주체임을 명 확히 하고 선내안전보건기준 개정을 위한 검토에 적극적으로 참여하여 선내 안전보건의 수준을 증진시키기 위한 선박소유자의 역할 강화 필요성을 도출 하였다. 셋째, 선원의 측면에서의 선내안전보건에 관한 개선방안으로 선원이 주체적 이고 적극적으로 선원재해예방에 참여할 수 있도록 선원의 의무(제3자에 대 한 배려, 위험에 대한 보고의무, 주의의무 등) 확대 및 「선원법」상 안전배려 의무를 명문화하여 선원 스스로 선내안전보건기준의 준수 및 이행에 있어 적 극적이고 주체적 역할을 할 수 있게 함과 동시에 선박소유자의 안전배려의무 위반 시 선원의 이행청구권이 인정되어야 할 필요성을 제기하였다. 마지막으로 선내안전보건의 수준을 증진시키기 위한 이행주체별 개선방안 에도 불구하고 선원재해예방을 위한 보다 종합적인 선내안전보건 법제를 갖 추기 위한 독립법(선내안전보건 및 사고 예방에 관한 법률)의 필요성을 확인 하고, 독립법의 성격, 역할 및 주요 내용을 도출하였다

Since cranes are a kind of complex human-machine systems, it is almost impossible to completely secure safety with current technologies. Therefore, managerial interventions to prevent human errors are needed for safely operating a crane. The Occupational Safety and Health law states that cabin-type crane operators should have crane drivers’ licence and crane-related operators (e.g., pendent-type crane operators, slinging workers) should take a special safety training. However, statistics on industrial accidents showed that fatalities due to crane accidents (185 accidents occurred during 2013~2017) were the highest among hazardous machinery and equipment. To effectively control the crane-related accidents, voices of crane workers need to be analyzed to investigate the current status. This study surveyed perceived causes of crane accidents and status of special safety training for crane workers of 387. The survey revealed that 24.3% of the respondents experienced crane accidents and 31.4% eye-witnessed crane accidents. 79% of the respondents pointed human errors such as improper crane operation and improper slinging as the first cause. Lastly, only 16.7% of the respondents took a professional special safety training; but the rest took lecture-based or incomplete education. The findings of the present study can be applied to improve crane-related policies and special safety training systems.

Recently, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies are attracting attention as core technologies in the era of the 4th industrial revolution. These virtual and augmented reality technologies are being used in a variety of industries, including the construction industry, healthcare industry, and manufacturing industry, to innovate in communication and collaboration, education and simulation, customer service and reinvention of the customer experience. In this paper, VR-based experiential safety education was conducted for workers of shipbuilding companies in Ulsan city, and for them, the educational effectiveness such as immersion, site applicability, safety accident prevention, education satisfaction, overall performance, and safety behavior in VR-based safety experience education were measured. In addition, we examined whether the immersion of VR-based safety experience education affects site applicability, safety accident prevention, educational satisfaction, overall performance, and safety behavior. Furthermore, it was analyzed whether site applicability plays a mediating role in the relationship between immersion and safety accident prevention. As a result, it was found that the immersion of VR-based safety experience education affects site applicability, safety accident prevention effect, education satisfaction, overall performance, and safety behavior, and that site applicability mediates between immersion and safety accident prevention. Based on these results, we suggests a direction for the development of VR-based contents in the field of safety and health and the transformation of safety and health education in the future.

This paper analyzed a survey of 388 general target samples to analyze the correlation between disaster safety costs and human risk factor analysis and evacuation behavior due to tunnel accidents. Considering the impact of the tunnel accident on disaster safety costs and the correlation between human evacuation and risk factors in the tunnel environment, the system should be reorganized to reflect the tunnel’s basic plan, tunnel cross-section, tunnel installation.