• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2005

Falls from a height are the leading cause of injury and death among urban children. This study describes the incidence, clinical characteristics, and treatment results of children under 15 year of age who fell from a height of more than one meter and were admitted for abdominal injury. The medical records of 585 consecutive patients treated between January 1997 and December 2003 at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital were analyzed retrospectively. The falling heights were 1 to 31.2 meters, and 28 patients(4.8 %) suffered from blunt abdominal trauma. The male to female ratio was 2.1: 1. The median age of the victims was 5.5 years, and the median height fallen was 3 meters. Fifteen patients (53.6 %) were injured during the summer and seventy-nine percent of the falls occurred between noon and 9 pm. Eighteen (64.3 %) of falls occurred in residential place and 19(67.8 %) of patients arrived at the emergency department within 30 minutes of the accident. Only 16 patients (57.1 %) complained of abdominal pain. Liver injuries were found in 12(42.9 %), spleen injuries in 5(17.9 %), kidney injuries 3(10.7 %), pancreatic injuries in 1(3.6 %) and nonspecific abdominal injuries in 9(32.1 %) cases. Increased SGOT and SGPT were found in 23(82.2 %) and 18(64.3 %) cases. Eleven patients (39.3 %) had associated head injuries. Limb injuries were present in 17.9% and thoracic injuries in 7.1%. Twenty-five patients (89.3 %) recovered without operation. The median length of hospital stay was 6 days (2 -20 days). Despite the absence of abdominal symptoms or shock, falls from a height in children may carry significant intra-abdominal organ injuries. The height falling could not predict the degree of the abdominal injury. For the evaluation of potential abdominal injuries, CT scan should be utilized.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.152-160
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• 2024

We analyzed risk factors of coastal gillnet fishers during fishing process and considered work safety measures to reduce safety accidents during fishing using a UWB (ultra wideband) based positioning system. The static position accuracy of the UWB based positioning system was 45 cm. When entering a port, there is a risk of falling overboard. When casting a net, there was a risk of falling overboard due to being hit by fishing gear or guards, or getting caught in a buoy line or sinker line. When hauling a net, there is a risk of getting caught between fishing gear and net hauler, and the risk of musculoskeletal disorders due to repetitive work over a long period of time. Most safety accidents during work on fishing boats are blamed on human errors of the fisher and skipper, but safety accidents occur due to a mixture of mechanical and equipment factors, work and environmental factors, and management factors in addition to human errors. Therefore, the 4E were presented as countermeasures against the 4M, which are causes of safety accidents, and the proposed measures were used to identify risk factors for operation process, comply with work safety rules, and ensure the wearing of personal protective equipments. We need to reduce safety accidents during work by making it part of our daily routine. These research results can be used in the future for optimal placement of fishing gear and fishing nets in other coastal industries where safety accidents occur frequently.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.143-153
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• 2021

연구목적: 본 연구의 목적은 안전보건공단과 고용노동부의 자료를 분석해본 결과 2019년 산업재해로 인하여 전체 사망자(질병+사고) 수도 2,020명에 달하며 경제적 손실추정액은 27.6조 원으로 나타났다. 이는 Table 1에서와같이 경제적 손실추정액은 꾸준히 증가하고 있으며 정부 차원의 손실액을 획기적으로 감소시킬 수 있도록 개선방안을 제시해야 할 때라고 판단된다. 연구방법: 본 연구에서는 선행연구를 통한 요인을 선정하였으며, 서울, 경기지역을 우선으로 지방에 산재되어 있는 현장 관리 감독 업무를 담당하는 기술자들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하고 결과분석을 위해 Jamovi 프로그램으로 신뢰도 분석, 기술통계 및 상관관계 분석, 다중회기 분석을 시행하였다. 연구결과: 본 연구에서 지시한 연구가설을 검증하기 위하여 다중회기 분석을 시행하였으며 분석 결과 개구부에 대한 떨어짐 사망사고 방지를 위하여 기계적 요인과 관리적 요인은 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났으며 인적 요인과 물질·환경적 요인은 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 외벽의 떨어짐 사망사고 방지를 위하여 마찬가지로 기계적 요인과 관리적 요인은 영향을 미치지 않으며 인적 요인과 물질·환경적 요인은 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 본 연구는 안전보건공단에 게시된 자료 중 최근 13년간 450건의 떨어짐 사망사고를 분석한 결과 떨어짐 사망사고가 가장 많이 발생하고 있는 개구부와 외벽부에 대하여 떨어짐 사망사고를 감소시킬 수 있는 요인을 분석하였다.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2006

Purpose: It can be said that the aged belong to the group vulnerable to safety accidents. The purpose of this study was to investigate safety accidents to old people and provide basic data to prevent them from being in a safety accident. Result : 1. The number of the aged of traffic accident fatalities per 100,000 persons was 57.8, which was significantly higher than other OECD countries. 2. trauma for the aged, falling accounted for 60.6%, which was relatively higher than other wounds, probably because of decreased capacity of movement and reduced faculty of sensation. 3. accidents to the aged at home, 43.9% occurred in a room, which shows great risk of safety accidents to the aged in a room. 4. the aged generally showed negative awareness of social safety. Suggestion : 1. it is necessary to provide regular education about accidents through the mass media and at social welfare facilities in order for aged people to consolidate safety consciousness repeatedly. 2. it is necessary to make a brief and clear guide to prevention of accidents. 3. the Ministry of Construction and Transportation and the Ministry of Health and Welfare should give priority to designing a building for aged people and authorize construction according to the standards for establishing safety facilities for the aged. 4. it is necessary to change social consciousness. since transportation accidents can be caused not by aged people's insufficient safety consciousness but by that of all the people, it is necessary to provide society-wide education programs against dangerous driving in order to guarantee aged people's safety. 5. legal procedure to secure aged people's safety should be strengthened to reinforce legal protection for them.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.48-53
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• 2017

Many construction accidents can be lead to a death occurring at construction sites. These are considerably due to potentially-hazardous equipment and machine or unexpected collapsion at earth work due to land slide and so on. Almost 50% of the total death and injury, occurred in construction sites in 2015. 66% of those serious accidents are due to falling occurring from construction sites when they work. Therefore, causes and recommendations of each accident should be deeply thought and analysed The indirect causes are directly related to safe consciousness of the construction workers. Actually, their safety consciousness are not high, even very low, it is thought. Questionnaire survey sheets have been distributed to Seoul, Incheon, and Gyunggi-Do area, first. And then, the authors have collected those directly at sites, in order to increase collection rate of the sheets. The totally, collected sheets are 295 sheets. And, they are analysed using SPSS version 19 package program. Workers internal consciousness has been investigated and reviewed and analysed by statistical method such as frequency rate, crossed, and correlated analysis. And finally the conclusions for the above analyses are as follows; Heavy weight worth a crew of more than two workers should be necessarily considered for the advanced safety plan and needed for making a highly potential hazard group at construction sites. Safety consciousness, earing p.p.e, workman ship should be mainly considered for investing safety costs with an aspect of human factor.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.122-134
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• 2020

승용차의 자율주행 뿐만 아니라 교통정체 효과 개선, 연료절감, 화물차 운행의 안정성 개선을 위해서 여러 대의 화물차가 하나의 군집을 구성하여 운행하는 화물차 군집주행이 국내외에서 활발하게 연구가 진행되고 있다. 단일 차량 운행에 비해서 군집차량 운행은 군집 내 차량한 대의 돌발상황으로 인하여 군집내의 모든 차량의 사고로 이어질 수 있기 때문에 실제 운행에 앞서서 더 많은 신중이 요구된다. 따라서 본 연구는 군집주행의 안전사고를 예방하기 위하여 군집주행에 적절한 화물차 및 화물의 종류에 대해서 검토하였다. 검토 결과, 차량의 종류의 경우 낙하물 사고를 사전에 예방하기 위해서 폐쇄형 화물차가 적절한 것으로 판단된다. 또한 화물의 종류의 경우, 액체류와 산업안전보건기준에 관한 규칙에서 정의하는 위험물질들은 군집주행에 배제하는 것이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.28-33
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• 2009

This study examined the mounting status of cigar lighter receptacles for vehicles and analyzed the tracking phenomenon that occurs when foreign material entered a cigar lighter receptacle to obtain data for the analysis of accident investigation. Regardless of the vehicle's output, cigar lighter receptacles are mounted in a vehicle horizontally, vertically, or at tilting or inclined angle. The tilting type cigar lighter receptacle is much easier to use but current leakage resulting from foreign materials (coffee, beverages, water, etc.) falling into the cigar lighter receptacle may cause a fire to start. This study used a vehicle battery (DC 12V) as a power supply for the tracking test and configured its circuit in the same way as that of an electrical device in a vehicle. The tracking phenomenon that occurred in the standby mode of the vehicle exhibited a fine flame and an irregular occurrence of smoke. While this tracking phenomenon was occurring, the leakage current and the reaching distance of the flame were measured to be approximately 930mA and $20{\sim}50cm$, respectively. It is thought that the resultant flame may ignite toluene, dust, cigarettes, etc. It was observed that as the tracking progressed, the internal metal socket melted and a hole was created, the surface of which was also severely carbonized. In addition, the electrical resistance of the carbonized conductive path was measured to be approximately $30{\Omega}$. It is thought that this much resistance may cause local heating when leakage current flows and could ignite any nearby flammable material.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.317-322
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• 2022

일반적으로 구명조끼는 수상에서 위급한 상황에 처한 사람이 착용하여 물에 빠지지 않고 수면 위로 부상할 수 있도록 하는 것으로 구명조끼는 단순히 가라앉지 않도록 하는 역할을 할 뿐, 위급한 상황에 처한 조난지가 조기에 구출될 수 있도록 적극적인 도움을 주지 못한다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 조난자가 위급 상황 시에 자동으로 조난신호가 발생하는 장치를 개발하였다. 조난자가 수중에 잠시면 자동으로 조난신호 발생장치가 구명조끼와 분리되어 위치값과 등의 정보를 무선으로 전송하고 LED 광을 이용한 구조신호를 보낼 수 있게 하였다. 실험결과 물속에 잠기면 자동으로 구명조끼와 조난신호 발생장치가 분리되었고, GPS에 수신된 위치의 좌표값이 무선전송되는 결과를 확인하였다. 이를 활용하면 조난자나 실종자의 위치를 파악할 수 있어 위급 상황 시 신속하게 대체할 수 있다

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.10-19
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• 2023

Fall accidents account for the highest accident fatality rate in the construction industry. In addition, wearing and using a safety belt is the most realistic and important preventive measure to reduce fall accidents. Safety belts are protective devices worn by individual workers; they prevent workers from falling and allow for time to rescue the workers. However, the legal standards for safety belts only stipulate the materials, specifications, and strength of parts; there is no provision for an auxiliary rope fixing method to fix the safety belts safely. Due to this reason, workers in industrial sites arbitrarily fix and use the auxiliary rope. Currently, the most used method to fix the auxiliary rope is to tie a knot, which significantly lowers the strength of the material compared to the standard strength. Moreover, many construction sites are located outdoors, so the strength of the materials used in the auxiliary rope is inevitably reduced due to various external environmental conditions. Therefore, to solve this problem, this study was conducted to evaluate the strength of the material of the auxiliary rope for fixing the safety belt and the knot-tying method for the auxiliary rope. In this study, the exposure conditions for the effects of temperature and moisture were set to reflect the characteristics of the construction industry. The results of this study are expected to be used for standards establishment and the safe use of the auxiliary rope for safety belts in actual field applications.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.193-208
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• 2010

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical effects of cupping therapy on sleep disorders induced by traffic accidents. Methods : The 46 patients were divided into 2 groups : Exp.group was treated with cupping therapy at bedtime and Con.group was treated except cupping therapy at bedtime. To evaluate the efficiency of cupping therapy, the SMH sleep questionnaire and Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) were applied before treatment and after 7 days treatment. Results : 1. The Exp.group has improved statistical significantly in delaying bedtime and bedtime arousal as compared to the Con.group. 2. The Exp.group was increased in total sleep time but had no statistical significance as compared to the Con.group. 3. The Exp.group was improved in subjective evaluation of satisfaction with sleep, depth of sleep, the overall sleep and difficulty in falling asleep. Conclusions : Cupping therapy at bedtime has clinical effects of improvement of sleep disorder induced by traffic accidents.