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Hazard Assessment by Electric Shock both on the Ground and in the Water (지상과 수중에서 전격에 의한 위험성 평가)

  • Kim, Doo-Hyun;Kang, Dong-Kyu;Lee, Jong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.26-33
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    • 2004
  • This study presents a hazard assessment of the human body exposed to electic shock considering various parameters which affect severity of the electric shock. The present study has two research objectives; one is no analyze hazards of the human body by the elctric shock both on the ground and in the water. The other is to understand the mechnism of the electric shock. In order to achieve these objectives the hazard of shock is estimated by comparing with physiological effects of electric curren througn the human body according to variation of shock parameters of shock circuits. The shock parameters adopted in this paper consist of body resistance, resistance of protective equipment, ground resistance, shock duration, depth of gound surface layer, relection factor, permissible touch voltage, body current and body voltage. Besides, safety standard determining hazard degree of the human body is introduced. And hazard of the human body due to the electric shock is quantitatibely assessed in consideration of data obtained by the method suggested herein, and final results are presented and discussed.

A Study of the Human Body Safety and Effectiveness for Scattering Objects on Missile Ejection Round (유도탄 사출시 비산물로 인한 인체 안전과 영향성에 관한 연구)

  • Chung, Sung-Hak;Yun, Hyo-Suk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.180-183
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to assess for scattering object for the missile ejection round due to analysis of the human body effectiveness safely. To achieve this goal the measurement method of scattering objects by comparative 2 measurement methods studied, the risk of scattering of the object is evaluated. Result of this study, applied in Europe and Japan, based on the safety criteria for the human body effectiveness when missile ejection round. data showed is not effectiveness to the operator's body safely. Data showed that satisfies the safety criteria for missile ejection round in Europe and Japan through the similarity for the case studies. In case of these safety criteria does not exist regulation in South Korea, this study will be referred as guidelines are considered.

Study on the Electric Continuity Measurements of Green Car for Human Body Safety (친환경자동차의 인체 안전을 위한 전기적 연속성 측정 연구)

  • Kim, Hyang-Kon;Lee, Ki-Yeon;Kim, Dong-Ook;Choi, Hyo-Sang
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.58 no.3
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    • pp.351-356
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    • 2009
  • In this study, we analyzed and experimented about electric continuity for human body safety from green cars. And we compared power systems of HEV and examined about human body effect of current and time. We investigated internal and external standards and regulations for human body safety from high voltage electrical equipments. Indirect contact refers to contact between the human body and exposed conductive parts. According to UNECE R100, ISO 23273-3, ISO 6469-3 and Japanese Regulation Attachment 101, electric continuity between any two exposed conductive parts shall not exceed $0.1{\Omega}$. The value of electric continuity was measured below $0.1{\Omega}$ at the actual condition of green car. We expected that the results of these experiments can utilize to data for electrical safety of green car.

A Study on the Theoretical Analysis of Human Body Approximation to Special High Voltage Eletric Lines (특별고압 전선로에 대한 인체접근한계의 이론적연구)

  • 김상렬;김찬오;이재인
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.44-50
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    • 1990
  • This study is conducted to examine the theoretical background of characteristics for electric shock encountered in special high-voltage electric lines among the accidents of electric shock, and to calculate applied current to human body and field strength over the head by means of numerical anaysis through FEM(Finite Element Method), and to make clear the hazard level to the human body, and to establish the approach limit distance of human body to the electric lines, which could be applied to the safety standard while working in the vicinity of special high-voltage electric lines.

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Human Experimental Studies on the Risk of Electric Shock due to Damage of Underground Wire in Street Lamp (가로등의 지중전로 손상으로 인한 인체감전 위험성에 대한 실험 연구)

  • Chung, Jae-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.6-12
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    • 2009
  • This study performed an experiment for the danger of an electric shock in the human body, which is directly touched or approached to the exposure of buried metals in a leak caused by certain ground faults at a buried cable in street lamp. In the results of the experiment, the dangerous of electric shocks due to the earth specific resistance and wet and submersion of the earth surface represents a high level as the human body is directly touched to the buried metal at a leak point. In addition, it can be seen that the safety of the human body is influenced by the earth specific resistance, separated distance from buried metals, and shape of buried metals at around the leak point.

Electric Shock Risk Assessment of the Human Body and Potential Distribution Analysis by FLUX3D in a Public Bathtub (공중욕조에서의 FLUX3D에 의한 전위분포 해석 및 인체의 전격위험성 평가)

  • Kim, Doo-Hyun;Kim, Sung-Chul;Lee, Jong-Ho;Kim, Han-Sang;Kim, Chong-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.22 no.2 s.80
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    • pp.41-46
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    • 2007
  • This paper considers the electrical shock risk of the human body due to underwater leakage current in such places of public baths. Many submerged electric facilities in a public bath may create a severe electric shock hazard for the human body, since wet body in an accidentally energized bathtub can result in low electrical resistance through the human body for leakage or fault currents. Therefore a major consideration, in the context of electrical safety underwater, is the shock risk to the bather as a result of electric current flowing through the water in bathtub. To assess the electric shock risk and to analyze the potential distribution in a bathtub, 2 different situation cases are set up, then experimental and simulation methods are adopted. The validity of 2 cases of simulation and experiment data in a bathtub for electric distribution underwater are compared and analyzed. Also electric shock risk assessment underwater in a real public bathtub by simulation program package, Flux 3D, was conducted herein, and the results are presented and discussed.

Ignition Ability of Flammable Materials by Human Body's Electrostatic Discharge by Type of Fabric (옷감 종류별 인체대전 정전기 방전에 의한 인화성물질 점화능력)

  • Jong Soo Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2024
  • Unwanted effects of electrostatic phenomena occur in various industries. Electrostatic problems originating from the human body in flammable atmospheres in the industry are especially concerning. A substantial volume of experimental data on the electrostatic charging voltages created on the human body owing to the rubbing of apparel were generated and reviewed during this study. The data were reviewed to determine whether the resultant charging levels of the human body are hazardous in flammable atmospheres. This study was conducted under several conditions, such as different fiber types used in apparel, shoe types, and relative humidities (RHs). The following conclusions were drawn in this study. ① The electrostatic charging levels of the human body owing to the rubbing of apparel increase with the increase in the surface resistances of apparel; however, the electrostatic charging levels may be different depending on the condition of the cloth surface. ② The discharging energy of 1.98-18.5 [mJ] from the human body exceeds the minimum ignition energy of most flammable materials, when removing an overcoat made of polyester, cotton and wool under severe conditions such as wearing height-raising shoes for men. ③ When removing antistatic apparel, the maximum discharging energy of 0.128 mJ from the human body is dangerous if the minimum ignition energy of the flammable material is between 10-5-10-4 [J] Grade; however, a minimum ignition energy of 10-3 J Grade of the flammable material is considered safe. ④ While wearing antistatic shoes, the electrostatic charging voltage generated in the human body when removing an overcoat is 30 V; therefore, wearing such shoes is a suitable countermeasure when handling flammable materials. However, the antistatic abilities of shoes reduce when thick socks are worn. ⑤ As RH increases, the electrostatic charging levels of the human body decrease. ⑥ The electrostatic charging levels of the human body from removing a cotton overcoat can ignite the majority of flammable materials when RH is less than 30% under severe conditions such as wearing height-raising shoes for men.

A Study on Characteristics and Safety Criteria for Human Body in ELF Electric and Magnetic Fields (ELF 전자계 특성 및 인체 안전기준에 관한 연구)

  • 김두현;김상철
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.34-43
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    • 1993
  • This paper presents a study on the characteristics and safety criteria for human body in ELF (Extremely Low Frequency : 50-60Hz) electric and magnetic fields. Many researches for ELF electric and magnetic fields, which are developed in the past, are studied and analyzed In this paper. In order to estabilish the safety criteria for human body in the field, the field intensity, induced current and voltage are calculated by the electrostatic field approach which is far simpler than the electromagnetic field one based on Maxwell equation. The method is applied to the 345 KV transmission line system In operation and 765 KV system under consideration. According to the results, the maximum value of field intensity, 6.8627KV/m, is evaluated at the location which is 14m away from transmission line. As the safety criteria value by the abroad researches asserting that the human can detect the Induced current in 6KV/m and above, 5KV/m and 7KV/m are recommended at residence area and nonresidence area, respectively.

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Permissible Safety Limits in Local Cooling Focused on the Parts of Human Body (신체 부위별 냉각허용한계온도에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Kyoung-Sook;Choi, Jeong-Wha;Kim, Kyung-Ran
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.31 no.1 s.160
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    • pp.119-130
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    • 2007
  • The objects of this study were to investigate responses and peculiarity during local cooling by parts of the human body and to show permissible safety limits without injurious to his health because of excessive cooling when he works hot environments. It were measured rectal temperature, skin temperature, heart rate, total body weight loss, local sweat in back and thigh, clothing microclimate and subjective sensation on 8 subjects and cooling parts were head, neck, chest, abdomen, back, waist, hip, upper arm, forearm, hand, thigh, calf and foot. According to above-mentioned the first experiment, we chose permissible safety limits by parts of the human body for one hour. In the second experiment, it was showed permissible safety limits by parts which examined their safety about health through 4 hours cooling test on 3 subjects. The results are as follows: 1. As a result of the first experiment, we chose permissible safety limits by parts, as follows, head $25^{\circ}C$, neck $20^{\circ}C$, chest $27^{\circ}C$, abdomen $25^{\circ}C$, back $20^{\circ}C$, waist $20^{\circ}C$, upper arm $20^{\circ}C$, forearm $20^{\circ}C$, hand $23^{\circ}C$, thigh $20^{\circ}C$, calf $20^{\circ}C$ and foot $23^{\circ}C$ in $37^{\circ}C$, 50%R.H. environment for 1 hour. 2. As a result of the second experiment, cooling on these safety limits temperatures except chest didn't have a bad effect on health. So it was proved that right permissible safety limits of chest was $28^{\circ}C$. From these results, it has been suggested that skin temperature didn't fall below permissible safety limits when human body was to be cool by parts.

Measurement and Estimation of Dynamic Resistance of the Human Body Using Body Current at Low-Voltage Levels (저전압에서의 통전전류를 이용한 인체의 동저항 측정 및 예측)

  • 김두현;강동규;김상철
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.37-42
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    • 2001
  • The severity of electric shock is entirely dependent on body resistance. When the human body becomes a part of electric circuit, the body resistance is given as a function of shock scenario. Factors which consist of applied voltage, shock duration, body current path and contact area, etc.. The body resistance is defined as the voltage applied to subjects divided by the body current. To secure safety of the subjects, the experiment is conducted on 10 subjects, the body current is limited to 4mA. And only three factors under many shock scenario conditions are used to determine the body resistance. The three factors are the applied voltage, the current pathway and the contact area. The object of this work is to estimate the dynamic resistance of the human body as a function of applied voltage using the body current at low-voltage levels. The data of the body current at low-voltage levels are extrapolated to high-voltage levels using two analytic functions with specified constants calculated by numerical method. Also we can provide permissible body voltage for various copper electrodes on the basis of the data determined with the dynamic resistance and the body current.

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