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A Study on Accident Prevention through Analysis of Industrial Drone Accidents and Their Causes

산업용드론 재해발생 특성과 원인분석을 통한 재해예방에 관한 연구

  • Byun, Hyung Shik (Department of Safety Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation) ;
  • Rhim, Jong Kuk (Department of Safety Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
  • 변형식 (한국교통대학교 안전공학과) ;
  • 임종국 (한국교통대학교 안전공학과)
  • Received : 2019.09.03
  • Accepted : 2019.12.12
  • Published : 2019.12.31

Abstract

It has been only a few years since drones have been introduced to Korea, and as the use of drones has increased in industrial sites as well as in hobby activities, accidents such as workers' body parts coming into contact with rotating propellers have been occurring since 2016. Industrial accident cases are being filed. In the case of a remote control vehicle, if you release the remote controller in the event of an abnormal situation, it stops in place and no further danger occurs but in case of drones flying over the sky is different. Sudden motor stops during flight, uncontrolled changes in flight posture, loss of radio waves, loose propeller, etc, numerous factors can lead to accidents due to unintentional movements. Therefore, drone operators need safety knowledge as well as high knowledge about drones. However, drones with a weight of less than 12 kg can fly without a pilot's certification, and therefore, a minimum accident prevention measure is required. 10 accidents approved as industrial accidents since 2016, 23 accidents surveyed by general drone operator, 40 accidents surveyed by the Korean Consumer Resources Unfortunately for the purpose of writing this paper, drones are a new species and do not have many parameters for analysis but my experience has shown that the type of disaster does not deviate significantly. In addition, there is no paper that analyzes drone related industrial accidents not only in Korea but also in other countries. However, even if you watch an overseas drone accident video through YouTube, it is not much different from the case that occurs in Korea. I hope that this study will be of little help to all the drone pilots as well as the work safety of industrial drones used in industrial sites.

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