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Association Analysis Between Fatal Accident and Discomfort Index in Construction Industry (건설업 사망재해와 불쾌지수의 연관성 분석)

  • You, Sung-Gon;Shin, Won-Sang;Son, Chang-Baek
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.39-40
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    • 2017
  • High temperatures and humidity in summer strongly affect conditions of construction workers. These could lead to safety accidents and results in fatal accidents. This study, based on 3 years of weather and fatal accident data, explains the association between fatal accidents in summer and discomfort index and proposes management directions.

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A Study on Sea Surface Temperature Changes in South Sea (Tongyeong coast), South Korea, Following the Passage of Typhoon KHANUN in 2023 (2023년 태풍 카눈 통과에 따른 한국 남해 통영해역 수온 변동 연구)

  • Jae-Dong Hwang;Ji-Suk Ahn;Ju-Yeon Kim;Hui-Tae Joo;Byung-Hwa Min;Ki-Ho Nam;Si-Woo Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2024
  • An analysis of the coastal water temperature in the Tongyeong waters, the eastern sea of the South Sea of Korea, revealed that the water temperature rose sharply before the typhoon made landfall. The water temperature rise occurred throughout the entire water column. An analysis of the sea surface temperature data observed by NOAA(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) satellites, indicated that sea water with a temperature of 30℃ existed in the eastern waters of the eastern South Sea of Korea before the typhoon landed. The southeastern sea of Korea is an area where ocean currents prevail from west to east owing to the Tsushima Warm Current. However, an analysis of the satellite data showed that seawater at 30℃ moved from east to west, indicating that it was affected by the Ekman transport caused by the typhoon before landing. In addition, because the eastern waters of the South Sea are not as deep as those of the East Sea, the water temperature of the entire water layer may remain constant owing to vertical mixing caused by the wind. Because the rise in water temperature in each water layer occurred on the same day, the rise in the bottom water temperature can be considered as owing to vertical mixing. Indeed, the southeastern sea of Korea is a sea area where the water temperature can rise rapidly depending on the direction of approach of the typhoon and the location of high temperature formation.

Development of Site Management System for Temporary Facility Construction Using Back Analysis (역해석을 이용한 가시설공사 현장관리 시스템 개발)

  • Yun, Youngman
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.570-577
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop a system that enables quick on-site response using real-time decision-making by sharing the results of measurement and management performed in the field for safe temporary construction. Method: It is possible to take preemptive responses during construction by identifying the safety factors of construction conditions from measurement results and determining the risk factors such as soil properties and variability of climate change that can occur during construction by simultaneously using the back analysis method reflected in the measurement system and structural review. Result: we developed a back analysis algorithm of the SUNEX program to cope with the discrepancies between the design results and measured results due to inconsistency between site conditions and design properties, unexpected loads, and outdoor environment. The process of matching the measurement result with the analysis result can be confirmed in the safety management system. Conclusion: Gateway was used to communicate with real-time measurement results and safety management system program. It was made possible to preemptively respond to risk factors that may occur in the field.

Research Trends on External Event Identification and Screening Methods for Safety Assessment of Nuclear Power Plant (원자력발전소 안전성 평가를 위한 외부사건 식별 및 선별 방법 연구동향)

  • Kim, Dongchang;Kwag, Shinyoung;Kim, Jitae;Eem, Seunghyun
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.252-260
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: As the intensity and frequency of natural hazards are increasing due to climate change, external events that affecting nuclear power plants(NPPs) may increase. NPPs must be protected from external events such as natural hazards and human-induced hazards. External events that may occur in NPPs should be identified, and external events that may affect NPPs should be identified. This study introduces the methodology of identification and screening methods for external events by literature review. Method: The literature survey was conducted on the identification and screening methods of external events for probabilistic safety assessment of NPPs. In addition, the regulations on the identification and screening of external events were investigated. Result: In order to minimize the cost of external event impact analysis of nuclear power plants, research on identifying and screening external events is being conducted. In general, in the identification process, all events that can occur at the NPPs are identified. In the screening process, external events are selected based on qualitative and quantitative criteria in most studies. Conclusions: The process of identifying and screening external events affecting NPPs is becoming important. This paper, summarize on how to identify and screen external events for a probabilistic safety assessment of NPPs. It is judged that research on bounding analysis and conservative analysis methods performed in the quantitative screening process of external events is necessary.

Analysis of Saturation Depth by Rainfall Intensity and Soil Conditions on Slope (비탈면 침투해석시 지반 및 강우조건에 의한 포화깊이 분석)

  • Lee, Seung-Woo;Jang, Bhum-Soo;Kim, Sung-Ho;Heo, In-Young;Hong, Suk-Pyo
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 2012
  • Climate change, according to the country to increase locality of slope collapse of heavy disaster, such as increasing the likelihood and prior in order to prevent these disasters, "Slope construction design standards (Ministry of Land, 2011)," is prescribed in the relevant guidelines. In recent years, guidelines Slope Stability Analysis of the existing methods when the rainy season infiltration of rainfall, taking into account have been revised to perform more realistic. In this study, according these trends to the analysis of saturation depth by rainfall intensity and soil conditions. Results as a whole, the larger the saturated hydraulic conductivity and depth of rainfall intensity also showed a tendency to rise in proportion but MH, CL did not occur in the saturation region. Analysis of antecedent rainfall case also reflects an overall increase of depth in the saturated, rainfall in many cases is less than the growth rate was higher in the saturation region.

A Measure for the Improvement Status of Process Safety Culture in the Chemical Process Industries (화학공정산업의 공정안전문화 개선을 위한 측정도구)

  • Baek Jong-Bae
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.10 no.2 s.31
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2006
  • The immediate causes of accidents are often identified as human error or technical failure but the investigation and analysis of the circumstances surrounding major industrial accidents such as Three Mile Island, Chemobyl and Kings Cross have revealed issues beyond the immediate causes. These issues relate to wider considerations of the safety culture. The safety culture of an organization is very complex and hard to study, but it is possible to examine norms that make up the culture. This paper focuses on environmental attitudes and actions among managerial and non-managerial workers in high risk industry such as chemical industries. The main purpose is to get a better understanding of safety culture and to develop measuring tool by examining their nature and strength and by analysing underlying factors that offer explanations for attitudinal differences.

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