Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science (대한안전경영과학회지)

Korea Safety Management & Science (대한안전경영과학회)
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A Study on the Analysis and Countermeasures of Industrial Accident Deaths of Foreign Workers in the Manufacturing Industry

산업재해로 인한 외국인근로자의 제조업 사망사고 실태분석 및 대응방안에 관한 연구

  • Jung-Duck Kim (Occupational Safety & Health Research Institute) ;
  • Young-Soo Yu (Occupational Safety and Health Agency) ;
  • Beom-Suk Go (Occupational Safety & Health Certification Institute) ;
  • Won-Baek Yang (Dept. of Industrial Safety Engineering, Soongsil Cyber Univ.)
  • 김정덕 (산업안전보건연구원 산업안전연구실) ;
  • 유영수 (한국산업안전보건공단 산업안전실) ;
  • 고범석 (산업안전보건인증원 가설재인증부) ;
  • 양원백 (숭실사이버대학교 산업안전공학과)
  • Received : 2023.04.27
  • Accepted : 2023.06.22
  • Published : 2023.06.30
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Abstract

Recently, the crisis of demographic extinction is rising in Korea more than any other country, and it is difficult for industrial sites to maintain without 'foreign workers'. Industrial accidents and accident deaths of foreign workers account for 7.6% and 12.3% of the total, through an in-depth analysis of fatal accidents in the manufacturing industry, differences and similarities between fatal accidents of foreign workers and all fatal accidents were confirmed in terms of occurrence type, workplace size, length of service, employment type, etc. In this study, customized countermeasures were found.

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