• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.476-481
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• 2019

Background: Mystery shopping is a method in which a company monitors quality of service and employee conduct and compliance with regulations using an evaluator posing as a customer. It is a typical tool of customer-centered bureaucratic control insofar as it provides overall and standardized evaluation of intangible elements of customer service as well as physical elements of service environments. The purpose of this study is to examine how mystery shopping is related to the health status of service workers in South Korea. Methods: Data from semistructured interviews with 15 workers were collected from January to April 2019 to obtain information on service worker experiences with mystery shopping. Data were analyzed using the constant comparison method. Results: Mystery shopping limits worker autonomy and stiffens the workplace environment by standardizing and monitoring labor processes for service workers. In addition, mystery shopping heightens work stress through increased labor intensity. Five mechanisms by which mystery shopping affects service worker health are identified and comprise (1) multifaceted and multilayered surveillance, (2) evaluator subjectivity and irrational requirements, (3) standardized rules combined with high pressure to achieve sales, (4) self-esteem degradation because of evaluator results, and (5) musculoskeletal disorders because of strict adherence to labor processes based on evaluator results. Conclusion: Mystery shopping as an evaluation method should be reconsidered not only in terms of health problems but also in terms of organizational efficiency and issues of human rights.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.269-286
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• 1992

The purpose of this study is to investigate the present state of worker's recognition and attitude about hazard materials and occupational disease in his workplace. In general worker's view of hazard materials and occupational disease that sis recognition and attitude is related to worker's health behavior for preventing occupational disease and improving his health status. The study subject is composed of workers in the asbestos related industry for example brake lining manufacturing industry, asbestos fiber manufacturing industry, and asbestos slate manufacturing industry. The result of the study are follows : 1. The most of workers in the asbestos related industry have taken health education and safety education, and the more than half of workers recognized the usefulness of preventive device, and ventilatory device in workplace. 2. About 70% of workers have always taken the preventive device. 3. About 80% of workers have recognized occupational disease in the asbestos related industry, and about 64% of workers have recognized that hls workplace have harmful effect on his health. 4. Recognition about the usefulness of ventilatory device in work place has not related with any variables. But recognition about the usefulness of repiratory protector has related with recognition of hazard materials in his workplace, for example asbestos. 5. Attitude about severity and susceptability of occupational disease in the asbestos related industry have related with knowledge about hazard materials and occupational disease.

• 대한안전경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한안전경영과학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.301-310
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• 2004

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2023

As the importance of artificial intelligence grows rapidly and emerges as a leader in technology, it is becoming an important variable in the next-generation industrial system along with the robot industry. In this study, a safety system was developed using deep learning technology to provide worker safety in a robot workplace environment. The implemented safety system has multiple cameras installed with various viewing directions to avoid blind spots caused by interference. Workers in various scenario situations were detected, and appropriate robot response scenarios were implemented according to the worker's risk level through IO communication. For human detection, the YOLO algorithm, which is widely used in object detection, was used, and a separate robot class was added and learned to compensate for the problem of misrecognizing the robot as a human. The performance of the implemented system was evaluated by operator detection performance by applying various operator scenarios, and it was confirmed that the safety system operated stably.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.231-236
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• 2016

Background: To analyze the effects of the factors associated with different types of injury (superficial wounds, dislocations and sprains, bone fractures, concussion and internal injuries, burns scalding and freezing) caused by occupational accidents in automotive repair workshops. Methods: Study of a sample consisting of 89,954 industry accidents reported from 2003 to 2008. Odds ratios were calculated with a 95% confidence interval. Results: Belonging to a small company is a risk factor for suffering three of the five types of injury studied. Women are less likely to suffer burns and superficial wounds, and more likely to suffer dislocations or sprains. Foreign workers are more likely to suffer concussion and internal injuries. Conclusion: Health and safety strategies and accident prevention measures should be individualized and adapted to the type of worker most likely to be injured in each type of accident. Occupational health and safety training courses designed according to worker profile, and improving the participation of the workers in small firms creating regional or roving safety representatives would improve working conditions.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.184-190
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• 2001

Industrial structure is more developed, the economical value of human resources and the cases which risks worker's Health & Safety is expended. The Safety & Health issues are focused on elements of control for management activity simultaneously with work environment as well as the risk elements which risks worker's life and body. The activity for combination of basic management System and Safety & Health management is progressing with active discussion in ILO, BS 8800 is specified the guidance of Occupational Safety & Health Management System in UK. 1996. This research refers to BS 8800:1996, specification as a basic model, and introduce of the result of certification development result in Occupational Safety & Health management System with in ISO 14001 Environmental System Standards & ISO 9001 Quality Management System Standards and Systemic Factors. Through this applicability and efficiency evaluation, we make an effort to support and to improve the specification. Also applicability evaluation of Occupational Safety & Health management System and the specification developed for the purpose of the third party certification is applied with expending in industry, and the method is presented through the case which is required to support for method review and activities.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 9th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.525-532
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• 2022

Accidents at construction sites in Korea account for more than half of all industrial accidents. To solve this problem, a policy to strengthen safety education was implemented to ensure the safety of workers. However, it was analyzed that there is a high possibility of accidents because workers did not receive proper safety information for each risk factor due to general lecture-style education. In addition, statistics show that the accident status of workers with fewer years of period is high, indicating that a customized information delivery method needs to be proposed for unskilled workers with fewer years of period. Research on the importance of education has been conducted, but no information delivery method has been identified. For unskilled workers to effectively receive safety information, appropriate delivery formats (text, photos, illustrations, 4D-BIM, 360-based panorama, video, animation) were analyzed, and a new method of education was proposed. If customized safety information is provided according to this proposal, effective information delivery to unskilled workers will be possible, and it is expected to be verified in various ways.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.200-207
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• 2024

Background: Workers are often exposed to hazardous heat due to their work environment, leading to various injuries. As a result of climate change, heat-related injuries (HRIs) are becoming more problematic. This study aims to identify critical contributing factors to the severity of occupational HRIs. Methods: This study analyzed historical injury reports from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Contributing factors to the severity of HRIs were identified using text mining and model-free machine learning methods. The Multinomial Logit Model (MNL) was applied to explore the relationship between impact factors and the severity of HRIs. Results: The results indicated a higher risk of fatal HRIs among middle-aged, older, and male workers, particularly in the construction, service, manufacturing, and agriculture industries. In addition, a higher heat index, collapses, heart attacks, and fall accidents increased the severity of HRIs, while symptoms such as dehydration, dizziness, cramps, faintness, and vomiting reduced the likelihood of fatal HRIs. Conclusions: The severity of HRIs was significantly influenced by factors like workers' age, gender, industry type, heat index , symptoms, and secondary injuries. The findings underscore the need for tailored preventive strategies and training across different worker groups to mitigate HRIs risks.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2022

안전사고의 위험성이 상존하는 작업 현장에서 안전사고 발생 시 신속한 조치를 위해서는 생체 데이터를 실시간으로 파악하는 것이 중요하다. 그 중 혈중산소포화도는 인간이 생명을 유지하는 데 있어서 가장 중요한 요소이므로 작업자의 안전관리를 위한 선제 대응으로 상황에 따라서 실시간 산소포화도 측정과 모니터링이 필요하다. 건강 및 생명 위험 보호복을 착용한 작업자로부터 실시간 생체 신호를 수신하고, 외부 시스템에서 작업자의 위험 상태를 공유 및 분석함으로써 작업자의 현재 상태를 진단하고 작업자에게 발생할 수 있는 응급 상황에 효율적으로 대응할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 사고 현장에서 응급 상황에 대처하기 위해 보호복 착용자의 유해 가스와 산소포화도 위험도를 실시간 모니터링할 수 있고, 착용자의 활동성과 안전성을 보장할 수 있는 웨어러블 산소포화도 측정 플랫폼 기술을 제안하였다. 추후 제안한 시스템의 결과를 통해 확인한 한계점을 극복하고, 움직임 보정 등 개선된 생체 데이터를 플랫폼에 적용한다면 유해 가스 환경뿐만 아니라 응급 환자를 대상으로 하는 병원이나 가정에서도 활용할 수 있을 것이라 기대한다.

• 실천공학교육논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.543-553
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• 2022

협동로봇은 4차 산업혁명에서 제시하고 있는 생산시스템 중 하나로 작업자의 정교한 손기술과 로봇의 단순 반복작업 능력을 조합하여 효율성을 극대화할 수 있는 시스템이다. 또한, 작업자와 로봇 간의 작업공간 공유에서 발생하는 안전문제의 해결과 함께 효율적인 인터페이스 방법 개발에 대한 연구가 지속적으로 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이를 위하여 작업자의 편리성과 집중도를 강화하기 위해 작업자의 수신호를 인식하여 로봇을 제어하는 방법을 제시하였으며 안전공간의 개념을 도입하여 작업자의 안전을 확보하였다. 이를 구현하기 위하여 로봇제어, PLC, 영상처리, 기계학습, ROS 등 다양한 기술을 사용하였다. 또한 이를 교육매체로 활용하기 위하여 제시된 기술들의 역할과 인터페이스 방법을 정의하여 제시하였다. 학습자들은 소개된 여러 기술들을 연계하여 시스템을 구축하고 조정하는 일을 수행한다. 따라서 현장에서 필요한 기술의 필요성을 인식시키고 이에 대한 심화 학습을 유도할 수 있는 큰 장점이 있다. 또한 문제를 제시한 뒤 스스로 문제를 해결하는 방법을 모색하는 형태로 진행해 자기 주도적으로 학습할 수 있도록 유도할 수 있다. 이를 통해 4차 산업혁명의 주요 기술들을 학습하고 다양한 문제에 대한 해결 능력을 향상시킬 수 있다.