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Assessment of Food Safety Management Performance for School Food Service in the Seoul Area (서울지역 학교급식 위생관리 수행수준 평가)

  • Lee, Ji-Hyun;Goh, Yu-Kyoung;Park, Ki-Hwan;Ryu, Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.310-321
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    • 2007
  • Effective and systematic sanitation management programs are necessary to prevent foodborne disease outbreaks in school foodservice operations. The purpose of this study was to identify the elements to improve in order to ensure the safety of school food service by evaluating sanitation management practices implemented under HACCP-based programs. The survey was designed to assess the level of hygiene practices of school food service by using an inspection checklist of food hygiene and safety. Fifty-four school foodservice establishments considered as poor sanitation practice groups from two year inspections by Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education were surveyed from September to December in 2005. Inspection checklists consisted of seven categories with 50 checkpoints; facilities and equipment management, personal hygiene, ingredient control, process control, environmental sanitation management, HACCP system and safety management. Surveyed schools scored $68.0{\pm}12.42$ points out of 100 on average. The average score (% of compliance) of each field was 10.7/20 (53.3%) for facilities and equipment management, 7.4/11 (67.2%) for personal hygiene, 7.4/11 (74.1%) for ingredient control, 22.4/32 (69.8%) for process control, 8.9/12 (73.8%) for environmental sanitation management, 4.2/7 (59.7%) for HACCP systems management, and 7.2/8 (89.7%) for safety management, respectively. The field to be improved first was the sanitation control of facilities and equipment. The elements to improve this category were unprofessional consultation for kitchen layout, improper compartment of the kitchen area, lacks of pest control, inadequate water supply, poor ventilation system, and insufficient hand-washing facilities. To elevate the overall performance level of sanitation management, prerequisite programs prior to HACCP plan implementation should be stressed on the school officials, specifically principals, for the integration of the system.

Appropriateness Assessment of Dike Height of a Chemical Plant through Development of a Hazardous Chemical Leakage Trajectory Evaluation Module (유해화학물질 누출궤적 평가모듈 개발을 통한 화학공장 방류벽 높이의 적정성 평가)

  • Yoo, Byungtae;Kim, Hyeonggi
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.121-129
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    • 2019
  • The Chemical Control Act of 2015 was enhanced to ensure the safe management of hazardous chemicals. In particular, there have been substantial changes in the standards for the installation and management of handling facilities for manufacturing and storing hazardous chemicals. However, some standards for handling facilities are difficult to implement due to a lack of physical space or because of safety accidents during facility improvements. Therefore, the Safety assessment system (SAS) has been operating for such facilities since 2018. This study developed a leakage trajectory evaluation module that can easily evaluate the outside of a dike for safety evaluation. We analyzed two case studies on a dike for hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid storage tanks with this module and suggest a reasonable plan for the facility. We believe that it will be possible to more easily submit SAS reports at chemical plants by using this evaluation module. This study is expected to contribute to the improvement of the safety design of hazardous chemical handling facilities.

Natech Risk Assessment of Chemical Facilities in the Event of Earthquake in Korea using RAPID-N (RAPID-N을 이용한 국내 지진 발생 시 화학시설 Natech 위험성 평가)

  • Park, Jaehyuk;Yeon, Eungjin;Lee, Hak Tae;Jung, Seungho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.111-118
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    • 2019
  • Accidents occurring due to natural disasters in chemical process facilities where technologies are concentrated can cause secondary damage. The concept of the relationship between natural disasters and highly intensive technologies has evolved into the Natech (Natural Hazards Triggered Technological Disaster) research. Currently, the number of earthquakes is increasing all over the Korean peninsula. To assess the risk of Natech when an earthquake has occurred in South Korea, the Rapid Natech Risk Assessment Tool (RAPID-N) developed by the European Commission's Joint Research Center (EC JRC) was used in the present study. The RAPID-N can be used for Natech risk assessment based on mapping and can be utilized for sufficient preparation for reduction of the effects of Natech accidents. A total of 261 chemical facilities actually existing in Pohang were initially analyzed to select eight facilities and the Pohang earthquake that occurred in 2017 was implemented in the RAPID-N utilizing the shake map. High risk areas were selected through Natech risk assessments for the selected eight work places and countermeasures for the areas were suggested. High risk areas exist depending on the location, since the damage influence ranges could be overlapped and each chemical facility has an independent probability of Natech. Therefore, studies on Natech emergency plans and emergency evacuation routes should be actively conducted considering such high risk areas. The present study was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of Natech risk assessment in South Korea through the RAPID-N. These findings can be used as a reference material to lay a foundation for Natech risk assessment and related policies in South Korea.

Social Network Analysis by Utilizing Disaster Risk Big Data (재난 위험신고 빅데이터를 활용한 사회연결망 분석)

  • Han, Ji-Ah;Jeong, Duk-Hoon
    • The Journal of Bigdata
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.45-63
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    • 2016
  • According to changes of recent climate social structures, frequency of occurrence new or complex disasters are increasing. So the importance of disaster prevention is increasing. To provide useful information of disaster prevention activities, We use the "Safety Sinmungo" main processing practices included Facility safety management in Ministry of Public Safety and Security. Facility safety management is the most and common disaster prevention activities. We identified the keywords in the risk report and facilities to residents report and analyzed the seasonal and inter-regional facilities report distribution process. We also utilized social network analysis techniques to configure a 1-mode, 2-mode facilities around the keyword for differences.

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A Study on the Improvements Plans of the Disaster Dangerous Facilities Safety Management (재난위험시설 안전관리의 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • Go, Seong-Seok;Yeo, Sang-Ku;Mun, Byung-Kyu
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.143-151
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    • 2012
  • The facility safety management in Korea does not secure efficiency as a safety management that is not constructed a maintenance manual. As such, disaster dangerous facilities are at a great danger for disaster occurrence. Accordingly, this study introduced revised requirement and revised level of requirement to field attendants to explore domestic facility safety management system, and set up and suggested a revised plan through brainstorming and attendants of central management institutions. This study is of importance that it reflects field attendants and attendants of central management institutions, suggests specific alternatives for realization to improve national level of institutional improvement.

The Research of Existing Traffic Safety Facilities Condition for Enhancing in School Zone Safety (어린이 보호구역의 안전성 제고를 위한 교통 안전시설 실태연구)

  • Park, Byong-Gyu
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.101-109
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    • 2013
  • Children are out future society members but they are not well cared to be safe from various accidents. This is due to facilities were installed upon the children's for adults which can not provide safe traffic environment for children's schooling who are not fare enough experience and matured. "The Rule of declaim for school zone and it's Management"was established in the year 1995 based on the article 11 by the "Road Traffic Low". And 15,136 school zone declared by the above rule. In this study, four elementary schools located in Nowon-gu are selected and analyzed about state of elementary school, scope of school zone, installation of street furniture, and safety signs. The analysis showed that scope of school zone is currently set in 150-meter though the regulation is within 300-meter radius. Therefore, expansion of the scope is required. It is necessary to take control of vehicle during commuting times and holograms which can be noticed in school zone have to be installed as well. Through these improvements, safety zone will be offered to children effectually.

Design and operation of the transparent integral effect test facility, URI-LO for nuclear innovation platform

  • Kim, Kyung Mo;Bang, In Cheol
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.53 no.3
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    • pp.776-792
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    • 2021
  • Conventional integral effect test facilities were constructed to enable the precise observation of thermal-hydraulic phenomena and reactor behaviors under postulated accident conditions to prove reactor safety. Although these facilities improved the understanding of thermal-hydraulic phenomena and reactor safety, applications of new technologies and their performance tests have been limited owing to the cost and large scale of the facilities. Various nuclear technologies converging 4th industrial revolution technologies such as artificial intelligence, drone, and 3D printing, are being developed to improve plant management strategies. Additionally, new conceptual passive safety systems are being developed to enhance reactor safety. A new integral effect test facility having a noticeable scaling ratio, i.e., the (UNIST reactor innovation loop (URI-LO), is designed and constructed to improve the technical quality of these technologies by performance and feasibility tests. In particular, the URI-LO, which is constructed using a transparent material, enables better visualization and provides physical insights on multidimensional phenomena inside the reactor system. The facility design based on three-level approach is qualitatively validated with preliminary analyses, and its functionality as a test facility is confirmed through a series of experiments. The design feature, design validation, functionality test, and future utilization of the URI-LO are introduced.

Assessment of Food Service Management at Childcare Facilities According to the Number of People Eating Meals (식수인원에 따른 보육시설 급식소 위생관리 수준 평가)

  • Dong Soo Kim;Hyuk Sung Kwon;Pyeong Won Kim;Ja Yeong Lee;Sang Gu Kim;Sang Yun Lee
    • Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.26-34
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    • 2024
  • In this study, the food service management levels of cafeterias in childcare facilities were investigated based on the number of meal recipients and the working status of the kitchen staff. The study included 199 childcare facilities nationwide that received food supplies from the food ingredients distribution company, Pulmuone Foodmerce, from 2021 to 2022. The assessment was conducted using 61 inspection items. The analysis revealed that, as the number of meal recipients and kitchen staff members decreased, the documentation of inspection results was less likely to be conducted (P<0.05). Facilities with fewer meal recipients showed less adequate health status checks for kitchen staff, and those with fewer kitchen staff showed insufficient compliance with hygienic clothing (P<0.05). Additionally, facilities with fewer meal recipients showed a higher frequency of lapses in checking the expiration dates of stored ingredients (P<0.05), requiring increased management attention. They also exhibited the absence of internal temperature measurement records during heating processes (P<0.05). Furthermore, facilities with fewer meal recipients demonstrated inadequate maintenance of kitchen facilities (P<0.05). Significantly higher adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels were detected on the hands and cutting boards of the kitchen staff in facilities with fewer meal recipients and fewer kitchen staff (P>0.05). Overall, facilities with fewer meal recipients exhibited insufficient infrastructure management for kitchen operations and inadequate hygiene management. These results are expected to provide foundational data for the selection of national support programs for childcare facilities in the future.

Reliability Assessment of Tubular Markers Used for Road Safety Facilities (도로안전시설용 시선유도봉의 신뢰성 평가)

  • Koo, Hyun-Jin;Yoon, Ye-Seok
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.91-103
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    • 2012
  • Tubular markers for road safety facilities are used to lead the driver's sight line and separate the lanes on the road. Such tubular markers are usually installed on the road and frequently hit by vehicles, they are accordingly requested to assure the product durability. The traditional evaluation method of tubular markers include only quality tests of the material properties. However, most of consuming agencies in charge of road management at fields have proposed problems on long-term performance of the products hit by vehicles under various weather conditions. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to develop the reliability test methods and equipments to simulate the product failures of tubular markers due to vehicle collision and wheel compression and the delamination and discoloration of reflection sheets attached on the surface of the products under high and low temperatures.