• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.163-169
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• 2005

Objectives: Pedestrian traffic injuries have been an important cause of childhood mortality and morbidity for decades. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of child pedestrian traffic injuries that occurred during 2000 in one metropolitan city and its school-zones, and to determine the factors associated with those accidents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in 2001. Police records were used to identify the cases of pedestrian injury. Children aged between 6 and 15 years, injured during road walking, were included in this study. A direct survey of the environmental factors within the school-zones in study area (n=116) was also performed. Self-administered questionnaires, via mail and telephone surveys, were used to assess the safety education programmes. The schools were divided into two groups according to the occurrence of pedestrian traffic injuries in their school-zone. Results: Pedestrian injuries (n=597) were found to account for 3.2% of all traffic injuries in the subject area. The epidemiological characteristics were not significantly different between genders. There were some significant risk factors within the environmental factors, such as local road (OR: 2.3, 95% CI=1.05-5.35), heavy traffic volume (OR: 2.2, 95% CI=1.00-5.04), poor visibility of speed-limit signs (OR: 2.8, 95% CI=1.25-6.42), no separation of pedestrian routes from cars (OR: 2.6, 95% CI=1.02-6.75) and barriers on the pedestrian routes (OR: 2.2, 95% CI=1.01-5.08). Only one factor, that of education in a safety-park (OR: 0.3, 95% CI=0.09-0.96), was significantly associated in the traffic and pedestrian safety education factors. Conclusion: Significant associations with pedestrian injury risk were identified in some of the modifiable environmental factors than in the educational factors.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.155-165
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• 2012

Reflecting the current international trends toward proactive risk assessment and control at work with practical procedures, participatory action-oriented approaches are gaining importance in various sectors. The roles of these approaches in promoting the safety and health at work are discussed based on their recent experiences in preventing work-related risks and improving the quality of work life, particularly in small-scale workplaces. The emphasis placed on the primary prevention at the initiative of workers and managers is commonly notable. Participatory steps, built on local good practices, can lead to many workplace improvements when the focus is on locally feasible low-cost options in multiple aspects. The design and use of locally adjusted action toolkits play a key role in facilitating these improvements in each local situation. The effectiveness of participatory approaches relying on these toolkits is demonstrated by their spread to many sectors and by various intervention studies. In the local context, networks of trainers are essential in sustaining the improvement activities. With the adequate support of networks of trainers trained in the use of these toolkits, participatory approaches will continue to be the key factor for proactive risk management in various work settings.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.24-34
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• 2024

Fire, being primarily a natural phenomenon, is impossible to control, although it is feasible to map the forest fire risk zone, minimizing the frequency of fires. The spread of a fire starting in any stand in a forest can be predicted, given the burning conditions. The natural cover of the land and the safety of the population may be threatened by the spread of forest fires; thus, the prevention of fire damage requires early discovery. Satellite data and geographic information system (GIS) can be used effectively to combine different forest-fire-causing factors for mapping the forest fire risk zone. This study mainly focuses on mapping forest fire risk in the Madikhola watershed. The primary causes of forest fires appear to be human negligence, uncontrolled fire in nearby forests and agricultural regions, and fire for pastoral purposes which were used to evaluate and assign risk values to the mapping process. The majority of fires, according to MODIS events, occurred from December to April, with March recording the highest occurrences. The Risk Zonation Map, which was prepared using LULC, Forest Type, Slope, Aspect, Elevation, Road Proximity, and Proximity to Water Bodies, showed that a High Fire Risk Zone comprised 29% of the Total Watershed Area, followed by a Moderate Risk Zone, covering 37% of the total area. The derived map products are helpful to local forest managers to minimize fire risks within the forests and take proper responses when fires break out. This study further recommends including the fuel factor and other fire-contributing factors to derive a higher resolution of the fire risk map.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 압력설비의 위험 원인분석 방법을 제시하기 위하여 API-581 절차에 의한 위험기반검사(RBI)에서 염산부식의 두께감소로 인한 사고발생 가능성을 해석하였다. 이를 위해 사고발생 가능성의 주요 인자인 기술종속계수(TMSF)를 산출하고, TMSF에 미치는 매개변수의 영향을 정량적으로 해석하였다. 그 결과, TMSF는 염화이온 농도와 온도가 증가할수록 증가하였으나, 설비두께, 검사횟수 및 검사유효성이 증가할수록 감소하였으며, 모니터링이 있는 경우와 과설계계수가 1.5배 이상인 경우에는 상당히 적은 값을 나타내었다. 이때, 검사횟수, 검사유효성 등급 및 과설계 계수의 크기에 따라 TMSF가 민감하게 변화하였으며, 모니터링은 TMSF의 크기만 변화시켰다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.551-557
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• 2022

대심도 지하 터널 공사에서 마주치는 지반공학적 위험인자는 다양하며, 심도와 한국의 지역적 지질특성에 따라 위험인자의 종류와 기준이 다르다. 도심 지하 복합 지반의 다양한 다공질의 특성을 보이는 지질의 특성 및 지질구조가 안전성에 미치는 영향을 이해하기위해 국내외 사례를 바탕으로 한국의 대심도 암반의 위험 인자를 분석하였다. 연구 결과 대심도 터널지반의 안정성에 영향을 주는 7개의 카테고리들 즉, 지질구조, 암반특성, 수리지질, Overburden, 높은 응력, 지반특성 및 인공 구조물과 약 20 여개의 위험인자들이 도출 되었다. 위험인자들 중 가장 영향력이 큰 단층, 습곡, 암맥 및 암석 종류에 따른 위험기준 및 위험산정을 위한 구간 값을 제시한다. 다른 인자들의 기준과 구간 값은 연구 중에 있다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.15-29
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• 2017

In changes of social environment, change of the use of land due to the change of residence type, industry and urban structure is an influential factor to safety vulnerable social group. From PTSD from disaster experience point of view, experience of disaster, damage from disaster, witness of disaster make people experience anxiety and confusion, increase the anxiety toward disaster and lead to difficulty in daily lives. As for the result of analyzing anxiety factors regarding disaster damage potential composed of 20 items of safety manager, damage potential of sink hole which recently rapidly increased was the highest, and followed by anxiety from safety damage potential of family, anxiety from phone call damage. Likewise, if the anxiety toward disaster damage potential is digitized, it contributes to setting safety management planning for disaster prevention as it visualizes the risk.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.348-356
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• 2004

In this paper, Analysis of parameters effecting on the derailment factor was conducted in oder to deduce technical requisites have to be reflected in design of Track and rolling-stocks because it is important to grasp the risk of derailment quantitatively. And then go far toward becoming practical study with that select two section of sharp curved track of actual train in service, incheon Metro Line 1 and make field research in condition of vehicles and track and analysis As a result of parameter study, the following conclusions were obtained. The radius of curve and Cant is in inverse proportion to the derailment factor, but as train operation velocity, standard deviation of alignment irregularity and the ratio lateral force : wheel load of the inside track increase, the derailment factor rise. In the investigation for the derailment safety of incheon Metro Line 1, the derailment factor was below 0.43 in both section R=200 and R=300, so that it proved safe compare with allowance limits 0.8, but it appeared that risk of the derailment in second transition curve is the highest among the entire curve.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.46-54
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• 2012

One major safety issue of surface operations is the occurrence of runway incursions. Runway incursions are the consequence of multiple operational and/or environmental factors. Human error is known to contribute to almost every runway incursion. One major contributing factor for runway incursion is crew's lack of situational awareness during airport surface operations, induced by weather considerations, by complex airport factors or by crew technique itself; it is also caused by ATC issues. Various airport factors may affect pilot situational awareness, distract the crew, or lead to crew confusion. The recommendations to avoid runway incursions are manifold; Proper Crew's CRM/TEM skills, adequate communication technique, proper knowledge of airport surface markings, lights and signs and preparation of preparation of expected taxi out/in routing. Also runway incursion risk assessment on specific airport before flight may lead to aware of risk level and contribute to prevent runway incursion.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.199-207
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• 2014

In this paper, to systematically assess the abandonment risk of main control room (MCR) fire, fire simulations with Fire Dynamics Simulator were performed and abandonment probabilities were estimated for the MCR bench-board fire of domestic reference nuclear power plant. The fire simulation scenarios performed in this study included propagating and non-propagating fires of the MCR bench-board, and the availability and unavailability of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system (HVACS). The following results were obtained. First, temperature was the major abandonment impact factor for the MCR bench-board fire if the HVACS was available and optical density was that if the HVACS was unavailable. Second, the fire scenario contributing the MCR bench-board fire abandonment risk was identified to be only the propagating fire. Third, it was confirmed that the abandonment probability of the MCR bench-board fire for domestic reference nuclear power plant could be reduced by using the fire modeling.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.717-729
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• 2018

연약지반 수직구 굴착 중에는 주변 지반의 하중으로 인한 굴착면의 히빙이 발생할 위험이 있기 때문에 굴착 설계 시 지반 안정성에 대한 고려가 필수적이다. 그러나 연약지반 히빙 안전율 산정은 2차원 산정식으로 수행하여야 하므로 수직구의 3차원 형상을 고려하지 못하는 문제가 있다. 본 연구에서는 수직구 굴착 시 히빙 안전율에 대한 선행 연구를 보완하여 3차원 효과를 반영하는 히빙에 대한 안전율 식을 제안하였으며, 해당 식이 기존 식에 비해 3차원 원형 수직구 굴착에서의 히빙 안정성을 더 적절하게 반영할 수 있음을 확인하였다.