• 한국안전학회지
• /
• 제32권3호
• /
• pp.21-27
• /
• 2017

Even if several chemical accident prevention systems such as PSM(Process Safety Management), RMP(Risk Management Plan), etc. have been carried out, many chemical accidents have still occurred at industrial plants in Korea. We describe the status of chemical industry and the trend of occurrence of chemical accidents in Korea. And this paper analyzes the recent chemical accidents in eight ways. These ways include chemical accident forms, ignition sources, sources of chemical equipment, human vs equipment/material causes, worker's working situation, employee scale, hazardous substances, week & time, fatalities of manufacture & contractor's workers. Finally we proposes the four representative prevention measures brought to result of cause analysis by accident statistics.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
• /
• 제17권7호
• /
• pp.838-848
• /
• 2014

In this paper, we conducted a cause analysis on boundary artifacts in image deconvolution. Results of the cause analysis show that boundary artifacts are caused not only by a misuse of boundary conditions but also by no use of the normalized backprojection. Results also showed that the correct use of boundary conditions does not necessarily remove boundary artifacts. Based on these observations, we suggest not to use any specific boundary conditions and to use the normalized backprojector for boundary artifact-free image deconvolution.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한전기학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전력기술부문
• /
• pp.141-143
• /
• 2006

Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is widely used to detect incipient faults in oil-filled electrical equipment. KEPCO make a rule of DGA in 1985. They have been diagnosing power transformer using their DGA criteria. In this paper, we analysis the result of DGA data about transformer in the substation. We try to find out what is cause of an error in DGA diagnosis considering accuracy in extracting gases from mineral oil in transformer. The carbon-monoxide was primary reason of warning in DGA data. We specially consider that aging is a cause of generating of carbon-monoxide in power transformer.

• 한국안전학회지
• /
• 제18권3호
• /
• pp.131-140
• /
• 2003

An accident involving a boiler can result in a disaster since it handles high-pressurized steam so that it may cause an explosion. Therefore, the boiler is very susceptible to industrial accidents. This thesis aimed to develop counter-plans to prevent industrial accidents involved the boiler. At first after collecting accident cases involving boilers, a survey on the trait of them was carried out. Ant on the other hand a qualitative analysis was conducted to draw out hazardous components in the boiler itself and their inherent relative importance was assessed. Through this procedure, 'negligence of unsafe condition' was noted as the major cause for unsafe acts whereas 'fault in work procedure' for unsafe condition. In the meanwhile, results of a hazard analysis using FMEA technique ranked gas safety devices, a switch preventing gas from under-pressurization, protect relays high. In particular, it was pointed out that the water feeding and steam subsystem has more components in hazard than other subsystems. Considering these analyses results, counter-plans to improve safety management was suggested also.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
• /
• 제15권1호
• /
• pp.483-488
• /
• 2014

Aim: This study employed public use National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) data to investigate the association between urinary cadmium (UDPSI) and all cause, all cancer and prostate cancer mortalities in men. Patients and Methods: NHANES III household adult, laboratory and mortality data were merged. The sampling weight used was WTPFEX6, with SDPPSU6 applied for the probability sampling unit and SDPSTRA6 to designate the strata for the survey analysis. Results: For prostate cancer death, the significant univariates were UDPSI, age, weight, and drinking. Under multivariate logistic regression, the significant covariates were age and weight. For all cause mortality in men, the significant covariates were UDPSI, age, and poverty income ratio. For all cancer mortality in men, the significant covariates were UDPSI, age, black and Mexican race. Conclusions: UDPSI was a predictor of all cause and all cancer mortalities in men as well as prostate cancer mortality.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
• /
• 제14권5호
• /
• pp.3219-3221
• /
• 2013

Background: This study used receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves to screen Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) skin melanoma data to identify and quantify the effects of socioeconomic factors on cause specific survival. Methods: 'SEER cause-specific death classification' used as the outcome variable. The area under the ROC curve was to select best pretreatment predictors for further multivariate analysis with socioeconomic factors. Race and other socioeconomic factors including rural-urban residence, county level % college graduate and county level family income were used as predictors. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify and quantify the independent socioeconomic predictors. Results: This study included 49,999 parients. The mean follow up time (SD) was 59.4 (17.1) months. SEER staging (ROC area of 0.08) was the most predictive foctor. Race, lower county family income, rural residence, and lower county education attainment were significant univariates, but rural residence was not significant under multivariate analysis. Living in poor neighborhoods was associated with a 2-4% disadvantage in actuarial cause specific survival. Conclusions: Racial and socioeconomic factors have a significant impact on the survival of melanoma patients. This generates the hypothesis that ensuring access to cancer care may eliminate these outcome disparities.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
• /
• 제4권3호
• /
• pp.25-31
• /
• 2004

철도사면은 예상치 못한 연약지반의 존재로 인해 붕괴될 수 있다. 이 연구는 철도사면의 파괴원인을 규명하고 대책공법 적용을 위한 강도정수를 결정하는데 그 목적이 있다. 사면파괴의 원인을 파악하기 위하여 시추조사, 콘관입시험, 현장베인시험 등이 수행되었다. 또한 연약지반의 강도정수를 구하기 위해 불교란상태로 시료를 채취하여 실내시험을 수행하였다. 현장원위치시험 및 실내시험 결과 사면 파괴의 원인은 과압밀점토의 점진적 파괴에 따른 연약지반 강도저하영역의 전파에 기인한 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
• /
• 제23권1호
• /
• pp.26-32
• /
• 2017

선박의 대형화, 고속화 및 선종의 다양화는 운송수단 중 해양 운송수단의 비중을 크게 증가시켰다. 선박사고 유형 중 기관손상 다음으로 충돌이 사고발생 빈도가 높았으며, 인적 요인에 의한 사고비율이 높은 것으로 보고되고 있다. 선박 충돌사고는 한 가지 원인요소로 발생하는 경우보다 복합적인 원인요소로 발생하게 되며 여러 개의 원인요소를 재결서를 통하여 원인요소를 조사할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 해양안전심판원에서 제공하는 재결서 중 선박 충돌사고에 대해서 인적 요인을 바탕으로 선박 충돌사고의 원인요소를 도출하였으며, 상관관계분석을 통하여 원인요소들을 규명하였다. 또한, 선박충돌을 인지한 시점에서부터 충돌이 일어난 시점까지 걸린 시간을 바탕으로 충돌을 피할 수 없는 충돌시점에서의 발생되는 주요 원인요소와 20분 내에 발생하는 선박 충돌사고의 원인요소를 분석하여 선박 충돌사고를 예방하고자 하였다. 상관분석은 상용소프트웨어인 Statistical Package for Social Sciences(SPSS Ver21.0)을 사용하였다. 시간 분석은 재결서를 바탕으로 상대방 선박을 인지한 시점에서부터 충돌이 일어난 시점까지 걸린 시간을 분석하였다. 선박 충돌사고의 원인요소는 2가지 이상에 의해 발생한 사고가 많았으며, 상대선박 감시소홀은 항해업무 외 다른 작업과 높은 상관관계가 있었다. 충돌을 피할 시간 여력이 없는 경우(0분)이 36.1 %이며, 경계 또는 상대 선박 감시소홀과 졸음항해 또는 음주가 원인요소이었다.

• International Journal of Safety
• /
• 제6권2호
• /
• pp.17-21
• /
• 2007

This paper aims at the statistical analysis of electrical fire and classification of electrical fire causes to collect electrical fires data efficiently. Electrical fire statistics are produced to monitor the number and characteristics of fires attended by fire fighters, including the causes and effects of fire so that action can be taken to reduce the human and financial cost of fire. Electrical fires make up the majority of fires in Korea(including nearly 30% of total fires according to recent figures), The incorrect and biased knowledge for electrical fires changed the classification of certain types of fires, from non-electrical to electrical. It is convenient and required to develop the standardized form that makes, in the assessment of the cause of electrical fires, the fire fighters directly ticking the appropriate box on the fire report form or making an assessment of a text description. Therefore, it is highly recommended to develop electrical fire cause classification and electrical fire assessment on the fire statistics in order to categorize and assess electrical fires exactly. In this paper newly developed electrical fire cause classification structure, which is well-defined hierarchical structure so that there are not any relationship or overlap between cause categories, is suggested. Also fire statistics systems of foreign countries are introduced and compared.

• 한국안전학회지
• /
• 제24권5호
• /
• pp.34-42
• /
• 2009

There are many accident causes related to even an accident. As well four(4) stepped causes of one accident at construction sites are analyzed in the study. First, eleven(11) cause factors are set up at each step such as policy level, management, indirect, direct level which are discussed and determined by field experts with 15year experience or more. Therefore, one direct cause occurred in construction site can be connected to the previous cause than in direct and management, and policy problem of previous management. These questionnaires results are analyzed with three different methods such as weighing level by Delphi technique, correlation analysis, critical pass method. Three different methods show their characteristic to see which subcontract work is more dangerous or not. Subcontract or at a construction site can be use the above three different cases as they need at their site in order to make more effective countermeasures.