• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2023년도 가을학술발표대회논문집
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• pp.251-252
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• 2023

Compared to other industries the construction industry experiences more casualties and property damage due to safety accidents. One of the reasons is the increasing number of foreign workers. For this reason, past studies have found that foreign workers at construction sites are more exposed to safety accidents than non-foreign workers. Nevertheless the proportion of foreign workers involved in safety accidents at construction sites is increasing, and there has been a lack of research to predict the risk of safety accidents at construction sites. Additionally, realistic safety management is lacking due to a lack of safety accident risk prediction research. Therefore, in this study, we would like to propose basic research that proposes an AI-based safety accident prediction model framework for predicting safety accidents of foreign workers at construction sites. The framework and results of this study will contribute to reducing and preventing the risk of safety accidents for foreign workers through risk prediction for safety management of foreign workers at construction sites.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2018

Background: Since the Republic of Korea became a labor-force-importing country, the number of foreign workers has increased gradually, especially in the construction industry. The main objective of this study was to examine the differences in safety perception between domestic and foreign workers at Korean construction sites. Methods: A total of 891 Korean and foreign workers were surveyed: 140 foreign and 751 Korean workers. The general characteristics and 25 factors influencing safety perception were considered in the questionnaire. Regression and correlation analyses were conducted to examine the variables of workers' safety perception. Results: Differences of nationality (F = 7.379, p < 0.001) and workplace accidents were statistically significant for both domestic (F = 1.503, p < 0.05) and foreign workers (F = 7.868, p < 0.05). In contrast, age, education, and Korean language level were significant variables only for foreign workers. Correlation coefficients of $0.428^{**}$ for Korean and 0.148 for foreign workers between two items - namely, "management's commitment to safety" and "blaming staff when they make mistakes" - support the conclusion that foreign workers do not trust management's commitment to safety, while Korean workers have confidence in these commitments. Conclusion: Foreign workers' level of safety perception should rise to the same level as Korean workers, especially in terms of obeying safety rules, safety education performance, and safety beliefs. Therefore, an improvement plan for the Korean construction industry is suggested in order to have a better safety level at construction sites with foreign workers.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 1th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.1216-1222
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• 2005

A shortage of construction field workers has been a serious problem, both in the developed and in the developing countries. As a solution for conquering this problem, these countries import foreign laborers from nearby less-developed countries. While this contributes to lessening the labor deficiency, foreign workers are relatively inefficient in productivity and are often exposed to the cross-cultural risks due to cultural differences, communication difficulties, different work ethics and customs, etc. Despite these facts, construction firms do not well address these issues and are lagged in establishing an appropriate management strategy against it. This paper presents a practical management plan for foreign construction workers through Focus Group Interviews (FGI) and survey investigation. On this basis, this study examines the level of awareness and important managerial aspects of the issue of foreign laborers. Finally, it suggests a cross-cultural and ready-to-use practical human resource management plan for facilitating the foreign worker's productivity.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2015년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.128-129
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• 2015

Domestic construction industry has seen a negative image in the sense that various accident occurs frequently. Status of construction accidents in the case of domestic workers is reduced. However, if the situation of foreign workers is increasing every year. This study aims to create high-temperature exposure standard table for foreign workers and domestic workers in the analysis through the discomfort index of fatalities and using the WBGT index for reducing fatalities foreign workers to improve the image of the construction industry.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.227-235
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• 2015

국내 건설현장에서는 외국인 근로자들의 수가 증가함에 따라 그들에게 적합한 안전교육체계의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 외국인 근로자들을 위한 안전교육 모델을 제안하고 실제로 프로토타입의 안전교육시스템을 구현하였다. 그 결과로 이러닝 시스템 기반의 안전교육 모델을 개발하였다. 이 시스템은 국내 건설현장에서 근무하고 있는 외국인 근로자들이 안전교육을 잘 받을 수 있도록 지원해 줄 수 있을 것이다. 또한 현장의 안전관리자로 하여금 외국인 근로자들을 잘 교육하고 관리할 수 있도록 지원해 줄 것이다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.136-145
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• 2018

심각한 인력난을 겪은 기업들은 공장을 해결이 쉬운 해외로 이전하거나, 외국인근로자의 고용을 증가시켜 인력난을 해결하고 있다. 건설현장 역시, 그들을 노동자로 고용하여 부족한 인력을 보충하고 있는 등, 외국인근로자에 대한 수요는 시간이 지날수록 점차 더 증가하고 있는 실정이다. 최근 외국인근로자의 국내 건설현장 투입과 관련된 정책은 외국인근로자 투입여부에 대한 논의에서 실질적인 투입실태 및 효율적인 관리방안을 모색하는 방향으로 전환되고 있다. 본 연구는 대상지역 건설현장에 참여하고 있는 외국인근로자의 현황과 투입실태 및 관리자 입장에서 외국인근로자의 문제점을 조사하고, 외국인근로자의 효율적 활용을 위한 개선 방법을 도출하고자 하였다. 본 연구의 진행을 위해서는 사례조사 대상 건설 현장을 찾아 외국인근로자와 내국인근로자(관리자)를 중심으로 외국인 근로자에 대한 실태 관련 설문조사를 실시하였고, 설문대상자를 중심으로 1:1 인터뷰를 추가 진행함으로써 설문의 신뢰성을 확보하고자 하였다. 실태조사를 시행하여 얻어진 자료는 SPSS 분석프로그램을 이용하여 각 항목에 응답 비율을 분석한 후, 분석 기준 항목에 따라 그래프화하여 표현하였다. 그 결과 문제점으로 제도적 차원의 문제, 의사소통의 문제, 기능미숙으로 인한 품질저하와 같은 문제점들이 많이 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구는 외국인근로자의 효율적 활용을 위한 개선방안을 언어 교육, 임금, 고용과 관련된 제도적 차원의 개선 등으로 도출하였다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.96-104
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• 2012

The objective of this study is to compare on the occupational injury rate and mortality rate of all workers and foreign workers. By doing so, this study seeks to find out the improvements necessary to secure the basic safety net for foreign workers, as well as to find out the legal and institutional measures in place to make timely political intervention and protect the health of foreign workers. The status of foreign workers in Korea, their employment trends by industries, and occupational accident types and scales of Korean and foreign workers were analyzed from 2005 to 2009. Each year, foreign workers' occupational injury rate was much lower than Korea's overall occupational injury rate. But when analyzed by industry, occupational injury rate (death rate per 10,000 workers) of manufacturing industry was about 2 to 5 times higher than the overall occupational injury rate in Korea. Also, construction industry showed 3 to 16 times higher rate than the rate of overall industries. Although the death rate per 10,000 workers showed a declining yearly trend, foreign workers' occupational injury rate has the tendency to increase gradually. In particular, occupational injury rates and death rates per 10,000 workers were considerably high in the manufacturing and construction industries.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회 2부
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• pp.95-97
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• 2010

Current trends in the Korean construction industry, including the aging of the workforce, a lack of new Korean construction workers, and an inflow of unskilled foreign labor, have caused a range of problems, including quality deterioration, reduced productivity, insufficient understanding of the function and difficulties in communication, to name a few. Yet while countermeasures to these problems should be based on accurate and diverse fundamental data, including the current status of demand and supply of domestic and foreign construction workers, the perception of construction workers, studies on these questions have, thus far, been scarce. For these reasons, this study was conducted using a questionnaire for managers and workers on construction sites, to secure fundamental data relating to construction workers. The findings of the survey showed that it is urgent to prepare measures to educate, train and foster human resources, considering the aging of the construction workforce and the lack of an inflow of new construction workers.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.175-180
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• 2021

본 연구는 외국인들이 건설업에 종사하기 위해 가장 우선적으로 필요한 건설업 기초안전보건교육의 문제점과 해결방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 예비연구를 바탕으로 건설현장에 근무하는 안전관리감독자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 이 설문조사 결과를 바탕으로 외국인 건설 작업자에 대한 기초안전보건교육의 개선방안을 제시하였다. 이러한 개선방안은 외국인 작업자들의 안전의식을 높이고, 건설현장의 재해율을 감소시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.83-93
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• 2010

정부가 외국인근로자를 위한 고용허가제를 도입하여 2007년 1월부터 시행함에 따라 국내 건설현장의 외국인근로자 고용은 증가하고 있으며, 기능 및 비기능 외국인근로자는 건설현장의 주요 인력으로 활용되고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 외국인근로자의 효용성과 근로실태를 분석하기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 이를 위해 수도권 지역 38개의 공동주택 건설현장에 종사하 는 외국인근로자 및 이를 고용하고 있는 현장관리자를 대상으로 설문 및 면담조사를 실시하였으며, 조사된 결과는 과거 정부가 시행한 산업 연수생제도와 비교 분석하였다. 본 연구를 수행한 결과, 산업 연수생제도에서 발생된 많은 문제점이 아직 개선되지 않고 있으며, 이러한 문제를 해결하고 외국인근로자를 효율적으로 활용하기 위해 개선방안을 제안하였다.