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Non-recursive Path Model Analysis on the Relationship between Perceived Safety Management Activities and Safety of Construction Sites (건설현장의 지각된 안전관리 활동과 안전성과의 관계에 대한 비재귀 경로모형분석)

  • Yong Hoon Kim
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.786-794
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    • 2022
  • In construction sites, effective preventive safety management is required beyond post-processing safety management. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to present a model and analyze the relationship between safety management activities, safety culture key elements, safety, unsafe behavior management, and safety for autonomous and preventive safety management. Method: The relationship was analyzed by applying the survey data to the structural equation, and the path to safety outcomes from exogenous variables was explored and major issues were presented by interpreting the part suggested by the hypothesis verified by the analysis results. Result: As a result of analyzing the preliminary model and the path model, the appropriate model fit was confirmed, and the significant effect of exogenous variables on endogenous variables was confirmed. Conclusion: It is judged that it can contribute to continuously improving safety performance before safety accidents occur through safety management activities, safety and unsafe behavior management, and management of key elements of safety culture.

A Study on the RAMS Activities and Practices for assuring Safety of the Centralized Traffic Control System of Urban Railway (도시철도관제시스템 안전성 확보를 위한 RAMS 활동 및 그 적용사례에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Yo Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.43-50
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    • 2014
  • The Centralized Traffic Control(CTC) System of Urban Railway is an element(subsystem) of the Urban Railway system to aim safety operation and efficient management of rolling stock in accordance with a train scheduling program in train operation ways. That's why the CTC System must be developed considering systematic and safety-guaranteed methods such as RAMS(Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety) refereed to IEC standards. The CTC System is consists of rolling stock, signaling, power supply, communication, and mechanical equipment and preforms control and remote monitoring functions. The technical activities considering safety process are very important at such an early stage of development in a railway project. This paper introduces RAMS activities and an independent safety assessment by $3^{rd}$ Party focused on a safety applied to a development of the CTC system of Urban Railway and proposes the experiences as well practices.

Occupational Injury Prevention Research in NIOSH

  • Hsiao, Hongwei;Stout, Nancy
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.107-111
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    • 2010
  • This paper provided a brief summary of the current strategic goals, activities, and impacts of the NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) occupational injury research program. Three primary drivers (injury database, stakeholder input, and staff capacity) were used to define NIOSH research focuses to maximize relevance and impact of the NIOSH injury-prevention-research program. Injury data, strategic goals, program activities, and research impacts were presented with a focus on prevention of four leading causes of workplace injury and death in the US: motor vehicle incidents, falls, workplace violence, and machine and industrial vehicle incidents. This paper showcased selected priority goals, activities, and impacts of the NIOSH injury prevention program. The NIOSH contribution to the overall decrease in fatalities and injuries is reinforced by decreases in specific goal areas. There were also many intermediate outcomes that are on a direct path to preventing injuries, such as new safety regulations and standards, safer technology and products, and improved worker safety training. The outcomes serve as an excellent foundation to stimulate further research and worldwide partnership to address global workplace injury problems.

A Study on the Utilization of Safety Practice Index to Increase the Effectiveness of Safety Management (안전관리 실효성 증대를 위한 안전실천지수 활용 방안 연구)

  • Kim, Heon-Seok;Kim, Jong-In;Rie, Dong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.44-49
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    • 2021
  • Domestic industrial accidents continue to increase, with 2,142 deaths in 2018, up by 185 (9.5%) from 1,957 deaths in 2017. Industrial accidents that cause loss of human lives pose a serious risk to businesses because of the strengthening of safety regulations and the changing public perception of social responsibility. Accordingly, to prevent industrial accidents, companies regularly conduct onsite safety activities and conduct education and training to raise awareness among employees. However, many such corporate activities are not conducted voluntarily and practically by employees but mostly by formal implementation. To discontinue this customary and passive behavior of employees and establish a mature safety culture, strengthening the execution power of safety management at the site is of paramount importance, and to this end, we aim to utilize the safety practice index (SPI). In this study, the SPI calculated on the basis of the results of the 2018 and 2019 risk management and safety activities of a site was compared with the reported safety accidents. The results confirmed that the SPI index can be used as a valid indicator for safety activities for accident prevention, such as strengthening leadership and safety policies to grade and manage safety management levels for a certain period of time or by a department or to convert weaknesses into strengths.

Safety Case for AREX's E&M System (공항철도 기전시스템의 종합안전대책기술서)

  • Lee, Chang-Hwan;Lim, Sung-Soo;Song, Mi-Ok
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.280-288
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    • 2007
  • This paper is based on the safety case as specified in the E&M system safety management plan established in initially AREX project. The safety case for E&M system is the synthesis of all safety activities throughout the design, manufacturing, installation and commissioning test for E&M system. The safety level of E&M system which is required by E&M contract is assured by accomplishment of safety activities and procedures in accordance with EN standards.

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A Study on Safety Management System for Rolling Stock (철도차량 안전관리체계에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Kwan-Sup
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.167-171
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    • 2007
  • For ensuing rolling stock safety, it is necessary that safety management should be made systematically through its whole life cycle. That is to say, safety management activities for every steps of rolling stock life cycle should be defined, and the roles of managers such as executor, assessor, and certificator should be shared clearly. This paper defines the safety management activities based on IEC 62278, analyzing foreign and domestic safety regulation systems, and suggests the reformed safety management system for rolling stock in Korea

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A Study on Safety-Health Activities and Safety Culture of Healthcare Industries - As Compared with Food·Lodging·Gas·Electrical Industries - (보건의료업의 안전보건활동 및 안전문화의식정도 - 음식·숙박·가스·전기업종과의 비교 -)

  • Kwon, Young-Mi;Kim, Soon-Lae;Jung, Hye-Suni;Yi, Yunjeong;Yi, Kyun Hyung
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.239-249
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: This study intended to investigate how health and safety organization, management, activities and safety culture of healthcare industries are different from other industries (food, lodging, gas, and electricity industries). Method: Data were analyzed using '2005 The National Survey for Occupational Safety and Health Tendency'. Results: For health and safety training, both new training and regular training time of healthcare sector was lower than comparison sectors. For health and safety manager assigning form, there were many case in healthcare sector to assign a safety manager as a deputy and a health manager as an additional job, there were some differences from comparison sectors. It was found that establishment of countermeasures by cause investigation and analysis execution for occupational accidents in the healthcare sector was lower than comparison sectors. For health and safety activities and safety culture awareness, they were estimated in healthcare sector to be lower than comparison sectors. Conclusion: Healthcare sector had relatively lower health and safety activities and safety culture awareness compared with comparison sectors. So, it is required business owner's concerns and efforts to assign exclusively responsible health and safety manager and to activate health and safety training and occupational accident prevention.

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A Study on Knowledge, Attitude, toward Patient Safety and Patient Safety Care Activities among Long-Term Care Hospitals' Nursing Assistants (요양병원 간호보조인력의 환자안전에 대한 지식, 태도 및 환자 안전활동)

  • Kang, Hyun-Kyoung;Lee, Eun-Sook
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.10
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    • pp.194-205
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    • 2018
  • This study investigated knowledge and attitudes of long-term care hospital nursing assistants such as nursing aides and direct care workers toward patient safety and their safety care activities. This was a descriptive study that attempted to enhance the competence of nursing assistants' patient safety management, and the data were used to develop a training program for nursing assistants. A total of 230 nursing assistants working at six hospitals whose wards were over 200 participated and were assessed with a rating 1 or 2 in 2013 in B city. Data were collected using questionnaires from March 2 to March 26 in 2017. The collected data were analyzed by the SPSS/WIN 20.0 program using number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test, correlation coefficient, and multiple regression. In conclusion, the findings show that patient safety care activities were better performed by nursing aides than direct care workers. Higher education and a higher number of patient safety training programs and patient safety care activities were frequent. In addition, nursing assistants' knowledge of patient safety affected attitudes toward patient safety, and attitudes affected patient safety care activities. Therefore, an actual regular training program for patient safety should be executed over five times a year to improve patient safety perception. Furthermore, a hospital system including adequate working time needs to be improved. Based on the results of the study, patient safety in long-term care hospitals should be improved, and this study could be utilized as basic data to develop a training course for improvement of knowledge and attitudes of nursing assistants toward patient safety.

Effects of School Safety Education on Safety Behavior among Elementary School Students (초등학교 아동의 안전교육이 안전생활 실천에 미치는 효과)

  • Lee, Jae-Nam;Jung, Myung-Ae;Park, Jee-Won
    • Child Health Nursing Research
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.506-513
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    • 2006
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of school safety education for children to increase their safety behavior. Method: The participants were 262 fourth graders enrolled in S elementary school located in Anyang city. The participants were randomly assigned to three groups. For the first experimental group, school safety education was provided for both children and parents. For the second experimental group, safety education was provided only for the children. For the control group, no treatment was given. Result: The first experimental group showed the highest increment on the classroom safety activities score. The first experimental group also had the highest increment on the outside-the-classroom safety activities score. Further, the first experimental group showed the highest increment on the traffic safety activities score. Conclusion: Safety education in the elementary school is very effective to ensure children are protected from school and traffic accidents. Also safety education can be more effective if safety related parent education programs are provided to parents. Therefore safety education should be provided systematically for both children and their parents to prevent childhood accidents.

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A Study on a Maintenance Method Integrating Worker's Safety Aspects (작업자의 안전측면을 통합한 보전방법에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Kwang-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.15-19
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    • 2007
  • This paper proposes a maintenance method to integrate worker's safety concerns into the process activities of the manufacturing system and it is to be considered as a part of the scope of maintenance engineering. The proposed method incorporates worker's health and safety considerations into maintenance engineering in each of the manufacturing process using reliability analysis. It can help to make a better planning and implementation of maintenance activities for the manufacturing system.