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Improving the Safety Awareness of Construction Workers

건설근로자 안전의식 향상방안

  • Zhang, Zhen (Department of Architectural Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • An, Sung-Hoon (Department of Architectural Engineering, Daegu University)
  • Received : 2014.05.16
  • Accepted : 2014.07.08
  • Published : 2014.10.20

Abstract

The construction industry has a higher mortality rate of accidents than other industries although safety is recently being more important, and it has become a serious problem that needs to be improved. To reduce the number of accidents at construction sites, improving the safety awareness of construction workers is urgent because the lack of safety awareness is one of the key reasons for construction accidents. For this reason, this study compares and analyzes the safety awareness of construction managers and construction workers. Our research shows that the safety awareness of construction workers is lower than that of construction managers, and they have a different perspective on safety management. The development plan for improving the safety awareness of construction workers based on these results is proposed, and it will potentially help reducing the frequency of accidents at building construction sites.

건설업은 사고로 인한 사망자의 비율이 타 산업에 비해서 매우 높으며, 이는 안전이 점차 중요시되고 있는 현실에서 개선할 필요가 있는 문제이다. 안전의식과 관련된 사항이 건설 안전사고 발생의 주요 원인이므로, 건설근로자의 안전의식을 향상시킬 필요가 있다. 이를 위해서 본 연구에서는 건설관리자와 건설근로자의 안전의식을 비교분석하였다. 비교분석 결과 건설관리자보다 건설근로자가 안전의식이 낮으며, 안전에 대한 인식에서도 서로 차이가 있다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 분석 결과를 토대로 건설근로자 안전의식을 향상시키기 위한 방안을 제시하였다. 이는 건축공사 안전사고를 감소시키는데 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이다.

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