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An Analysis on the Safety Management Level by Construction Capacity Ranking of Small and Medium-Sized Construction Companies and Its Improvement Measures

중·소규모 건설회사의 시공능력순위별 안전관리수준 분석 및 향상방안

  • Shin, Won-Sang (Construction Engineer Policy Institute of Korea) ;
  • Jeong, Hyun-yong (Dept. of Construction Engineering, Semyung University) ;
  • Lee, Jun-Yong (Dept. of Construction Engineering, Semyung University) ;
  • Son, Chang-Baek (Dept. of Construction Engineering, Semyung University)
  • 신원상 (한국건설인정책연구원) ;
  • 정현용 (세명대 건설공학과) ;
  • 이준용 (세명대학교) ;
  • 손창백 (세명대학교)
  • Received : 2023.01.06
  • Accepted : 2023.02.04
  • Published : 2023.03.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the current level of safety management at small and medium-sized construction companies and propose improvement measures to prevent safety accidents at these types of companies. The analysis results indicated that small and medium-sized construction companies found that the lower the construction capability ranking, the less the composition of safety-only organizations was at headquarters, and the safety management performance system seemed to be closely related to the presence or absence of safety-only organizations. The overall safety management level at these types of companies was found to be insufficient, and the headquarters was found to be even more insufficient than that of the site. Small and medium-sized construction companies in Korea showed that the higher the construction capability ranking, the higher the safety management level was while groups one, two, and three of these types of companies showed a somewhat insufficient safety management level, and groups four and five were relatively insufficient. In this study, the opinions of safety-related practitioners in each group were collected and ways to improve the safety management level at small and medium-sized construction companies in Korea was presented. Since this study had limitations in suggesting a plan to improve the level of safety management at headquarters and at the site, a more detailed methodology is needed. In addition, considering this study targeted small and medium-sized construction companies, further research is needed to improve the safety management level of large and medium-sized construction companies.

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Acknowledgement

본 성과는 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(NRF-2021R1A2C2006065).

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