• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.104-109
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• 2012

Singapore, an island republic of over 5 million inhabitants, has 3.1 million workers. Most are employed in the service, finance and tourist/transport industry. Significant numbers work in manufacturing, construction and heavy industry. Following a series of construction and shipyard accidents with multiple deaths in 2004, the government announced its intention to reduce workplace fatalities from 4.9 to 2.5 per 100,000 by 2015. There was strong political will to achieve this target. The strategic approaches were to build workplace safety and health (WSH) capabilities; implement legislative changes with enforcement; promote benefits of WSH and recognize best practices, and enhance partnership with stakeholders. The anticipated outcomes were to reduce workplace fatality and injury rates; have WSH as an integral part of business; and establish a progressive and pervasive WSH culture. With these measures, the workplace fatality rate declined from 4.9/100,000 in 2004, to 2.2/100,000 in 2010. However, other confounding factors could also account for this decline, and have to be considered. The next target, announced by Singapore's Prime Minister in 2008, is to further reduce the workplace fatality rate to 1.8/100,000 by 2018, and to have "one of the best workplace safety records in the world".

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.307-320
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• 2017

본 연구는 메타분석(Meta-Analysis) 기법을 적용하여 ESC(Electronic Stability Control) 시스템의 교통안전 측면의 효과를 평가하였다. 교통안전성의 평가지표로 사고율, 사망사고율, 통제상실 사고율을 설정하였으며 ESC를 주요 키워드로 선정하여 기존 문헌을 수집하였다. 수집된 연구결과를 승산비의 효과크기(Effect-size)로 정리하였고, 개별 연구들 간의 이질성을 고려하여 랜덤효과모형을 적용해 통합 승산비 효과크기를 도출하였다. 분석결과, 사고율의 승산비 효과크기는 0.90으로 차량에 ESC 적용 시 사고율이 10% 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 사망사고율의 승산비 효과크기는 0.64로 차량에 ESC 시스템 적용 시 사망사고율이 36% 감소하는 것으로 분석되었다. 통제상실 사고율의 승산비 효과크기는 0.73으로 도출되어 ESC 시스템 적용 시통제상실 사고율이 27% 감소하는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구의 결과는 상용차 ESC 장착 의무화를 위한 제도 정비 및 관련 기술 개발 전략 수립 시 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.44-54
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• 2018

Objectives: To protect individuals working at the site as well as the surrounding general population from a chemical accident, several emergency exposure guidance levels have been used to set a level of concern for certain chemicals. However, a level of concern has not been established for many substances that are frequently used or produced in large quantities in Korean workplaces. In the present study, we investigated the guidance levels for protecting populations from chemical exposure and the estimation of level of concern using acute inhalation and oral toxicity data. Methods: The number of chemicals to which emergency exposure guidance levels (e.g., ERPG-2, AEGL-2, PAC-2, and IDLH) can be applied were determined among 822 hazardous chemicals according to the 'Technical Guidelines for the Selection of Accident Scenarios (revised December 2016)'. The ERPG and AEGL values were compared across all three tiers for the 31 substances that appeared on both lists. We examined the degree of difference between the emergency exposure guidance levels and the estimates of level of concern calculated from acute inhalation or acute oral toxicity data. Results: Among the 822 hazardous chemicals, emergency exposure guidance levels can be applied to 359 substances, suggesting that the estimates of level of concern should be calculated using acute toxicity data for 56.3% of the hazardous chemicals. When comparing the concordance rates of ERPG and AEGL for 31 substances, the difference between the two criteria was generally small. However, about 40% of the substances have values diverging by more than three-fold in at least one tier. Such discrepancies may cause interpretation and communication problems in risk management. The emergency exposure guidance levels were similar to the estimates of level of concern calculated using acute inhalation toxicity data, but the differences were significant when using acute oral toxicity data. These results indicate that the level of concern derived from acute oral toxicity data may be insufficient to protect the population in some cases. Conclusion: Our study suggests that the development of standardized guidance values for emergency chemical exposure in the Korean population should be encouraged. It is also necessary to analyze acute toxicity data and fill the information gaps for substances that are important in Korean workplace situations.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.168-181
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• 2023

기존 연구들은 대부분 특정 유형, 시점, 장소를 분석할 수밖에 없기 때문에, 향후 정책 결정 근거로 이용하는데 한계가 있다. 이에 따라, 본 연구는 향후 정책 결정에 도움이 될 수 있도록 지속 가능하며, 신뢰도 높고, 다양한 효과분석 결과를 제시하는 것을 목표로 하였다. 공공데이터인 교통사고분석시스템(TAAS), 교통단속장비 관리업무시스템 (MTS) 데이터를 융합하여 광범위한 분석데이터를 수집하였고, 비교그룹 방법을 이용하여 효과분석하였다. 다양한 분석 결과를 제시하기 위해 교통단속장비의 제한속도 및 교통사고 유형별 사고감소 효과를 분석하였다. 2019년 서울시 신호위반 단속 장비 신규 설치 지점 87개소의 대상으로 분석한 결과 전체 사고 발생, 치명적 사고 발생이 각각 28.53%, 39.44% 감소하여 사고 심각도 개선에 큰 효과를 보였다. 제한속도 30km/h, 50km/h 단속 장비들은 전체사고에 대해 각각 42.23%, 25.85%의 사고 감소율을 보였지만, 사고유형과 법규위반유형별로 상이한 분석 결과를 보였다. 이처럼 단속 장비는 제한 속도별, 교통사고 유형별로 상이한 사고감소 효과를 지니므로 향후 이를 고려한 정책 결정을 통해 교통안전 정책에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.55-72
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• 1987

The work analyzes the existing situation and defines special problems concerning traffic accidents in the two countries. The report is divided into three parts: 1) Using the global approach of SMEED, the data were evaluated using multiple regression analysis, and homogeneous groups of countries were defined by cluster analysis. In the global approach, the linear model is better than SMEED's non-linear model in explaining the number of fatalities. Among the different groups of countries, the linear approach was found to be better suited for industrialized countries and the non-linear approach better for the developing countries. T도 comparison of traffic fatality data for the Federal Republic the developing countries. The comparison of traffic fatality data for the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Korea showed different regression equations during the same time period. 2) The BOX/JENKINS time series analysis on a monthly basis points out clearly similar seasonal patterns for the two countries over the years studied. The decrease in traffic accidents following the intensification of the safety belt requirement was proved in the ARIMA model. It amounts to 7 to 8 percent fewer personal injury accidents and fatal accidents. The identified increase in safety in the Federal Republic of Germany since the 1970s is mainly due to the reduction of accident severity in residential areas. 3) Speeds and headways on motorways in th3e two countries were also compared. The measurements point out that German road users drive faster, take more risks, and accept shorter time gaps than Korean road users. However, the accident statistics show accident rates for Korea that are several times higher than those in the Federal Republic of Germany.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2006

교통사고를 줄이기 위한 방안으로써 교통사고와 다양한 요인과의 관계를 규명하는 것이 시급한 현실의 과제일 것이다. 본 연구에서는 전북권의 교통사고가 가장 많고, 치사율이 가장 높은 국도 17호선(전주-남원)를 대상으로 교통사고의 원인이 되는 다양한 요인들이 교통사고에 어느 정도 영향을 미치고 있는지에 대하여 교통안전분야에서 자주 사용되어오던 다중회귀이론, 수량화이론을 적용하여 교통사고예측모델을 구축하였다. 또한 데이터의 불확실성 상태를 합리적으로 처리할 수 있는 퍼지 추론이론 및 인간의 신경계를 수학적으로 모형화하여 학습에 의한 예측에 있어 뛰어난 것으로 알려져 있는 신경망이론을 적용한 교통사고예측모델을 구축하였다 이를 통해, 퍼지추론이론 및 신경망 이론의 유효성을 입증하고 교통사고분석 분야의 적용 타당성을 확인하는데 초점을 맞추고 있다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.696-706
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• 2023

Consequences of an anticipated Beyond Design Basis Accident (BDBA) Long-Term Station Blackout (LTSBO) event with complete loss of grid power in the VVER-1200 reactor of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) of Unit-1 are assessed using the RASCAL 4.3 code. This study estimated the released radionuclides, received public radiological dose, and ground surface concentration considering 3 accident scenarios of International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) level 7 and two meteorological conditions. Atmospheric transport, dispersion, and deposition processes of released radionuclides are simulated using a straight-line trajectory Gaussian plume model for short distances and a Gaussian puff model for long distances. Total Effective Dose Equivalent (TEDE) to the public within 40 km and radionuclides contribution for three-dose pathways of inhalation, cloudshine, and groundshine owing to airborne releases are evaluated considering with and without passive safety Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) in dry (winter) and wet (monsoon) seasons. Source term and their release rates are varied with the functional duration of passive safety ECCS. In three accident scenarios, the TEDE of 10 mSv and above are confined to 8 km and 2 km for the wet and dry seasons, respectively in the downwind direction. The groundshine dose is the most dominating in the wet season while the inhalation dose is in the dry season. Total received doses and surface concentration in the wet season near the plant are higher than those in the dry season due to the deposition effect of rain on the radioactive substances.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권8호
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• pp.1045-1052
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• 2009

A calculation model is developed to predict the transient free surface flow on the containment floor following a loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) of pressurized water reactors (PWR) for the use of debris transport evaluation. The model solves the two-dimensional Shallow Water Equation (SWE) using a finite volume method (FVM) with unstructured triangular meshes. The numerical scheme is based on a fully explicit predictor-corrector method to achieve a fast-running capability and numerical accuracy. The Harten-Lax-van Leer (HLL) scheme is used to reserve a shock-capturing capability in determining the convective flux term at the cell interface where the dry-to-wet changing proceeds. An experiment simulating a sudden break of a water reservoir with L-shape open channel is calculated for validation of the present model. It is shown that the present model agrees well with the experiment data, thus it can be justified for the free surface flow with accuracy. From the calculation of flow field over the simplified containment floor of APR1400, the important phenomena of free surface flow including propagations and interactions of waves generated by local water level distribution and reflection with a solid wall are found and the transient flow rates entering the Holdup Volume Tank (HVT) are obtained within a practical computational resource.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.176-181
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• 1999

The objective of this study is to compare and analyze the industrial injury-values of all the industries through yearly accident rate and frequency rate based on the governmental documentation of industrial injuries. The samples for this study are chosen from the companies with less than 200 employees under charge of the Kangnung Ministry of Labor during the period of 1995-97. Safe-T-Score is used for statistic control on the qualitative comparison of the present and the past industrial injury-rates. In the comparison of the past and the present industrial injury-rate by means of Safe-T-Score, this study shows that there does not exist any remarkable improvement, whereas the document of the Ministry of labor reports that the rate is decreasing greatly. Therefore, this study proposes some solutions to reduce industrial disasters and points out the necessity of more practical and effective methods to analyze the industrial disaster.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.29-40
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• 2021

범죄, 화재, 교통사고 등 국민의 안전을 위협하는 위험인자들은 지역적 맥락과 공간적 특성을 가지고 있다. 지역마다 서로 다른 위험환경을 가지고 있으므로 교통사고, 화재, 범죄, 생활안전 분야별로 위험요소의 공간적 패턴을 분석할 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 전국 기초자치단체를 대상으로 분야(교통사고, 화재, 범죄, 생활안전, 자살, 감염병)별 안전등급을 측정한 지표인 지역안전지수의 공간적 분포 패턴을 분석하는데 연구의 목적이 있다. 지역안전지수의 공간적 자기상관성 분석을 위해 전역적 공간자기상관분석(Global Moran's I)과 Local Moran's I를 활용한 LISA(Local Indicators of Spatial Association) 분석, Getis-Ord's G⁎i 분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과 교통사고, 화재, 자살의 안전지수 분포는 범죄, 생활안전, 감염병의 안전지수보다 공간적으로 집중(clustered) 경향을 보였다. 지역간 유의미한 공간적 연관성을 분석한 LISA 분석결과에 따르면, 수도권 지역이 다른 도시에 비하여 지역안전통합지수를 기준으로 비교적 안전한 지역인 것으로 나타났다. 또한 Getis-Ord's G⁎i 통계값을 활용한 핫스팟분석 결과 안전 취약지역의 군집인 3개의 핫스팟(강원도 삼척시, 경상북도 청송군, 전라북도 김제시)과 전반적인 안전 수준이 높은 군집인 15개의 콜드스팟이 도출되었다. 이러한 연구 결과는 안전 수준 취약지역의 공간적 분포와 패턴을 파악하여 안전 지수 개선을 위한 정책 수립시 기초자료로 활용될 수 있다.