Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science (대한안전경영과학회지)

Korea Safety Management & Science (대한안전경영과학회)
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Investigation & Analysis about fatalities of falls from height at construction work

건설현장(建設現場) 추락(墜落) 사망재해(死亡災害) 원인(原因) 조사(調査) 분석(分析)

  • Ko, Young-Wook (Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Graduate School, University of Myongji) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Ryeong (Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Graduate School, University of Myongji) ;
  • Cho, Joung-Ho (Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Graduate School, University of Myongji) ;
  • Kang, Kyung-Sik (Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Graduate School, University of Myongji)
  • 고영욱 (명지대학교 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 김동령 (명지대학교 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 조정호 (명지대학교 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 강경식 (명지대학교 산업경영공학과)
  • Received : 2012.07.19
  • Accepted : 2012.08.30
  • Published : 2012.09.30
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Abstract

Proportion of falling from height accident at construction work accounts for more than 40%, and the number of injuries is getting increased. So without considering falling from height, we can say that it's hard to achieve our goal(accident prevention). Another critical point that we have to think about theses days is the fact that construction workers are getting older. To be specific, the number of workers who are above 50 years old accounts for 65.6% among the fatalities(2007~2011, KOSHA inspection). Accordingly, to effectively prevent construction accedents, especially falls from height, we need to focus on motion analysis of older construction workers and then make suitable measures for growing accident rates at construction work.

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