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Performance Assessment Model for Fire Safety Protection of Office Building (사무소 건축물의 화재안전 성능 평가모델)

  • Yang, Eun-Bum;Hwang, Young-Sam;Lee, Chan-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.69-74
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    • 2004
  • This study is to suggest a performance assessment model for fire safety protection of office building 34 asessment elements were chosen by interviewing with experts, reviewing several codes and existing relevant models, assessment elements included in this model are comprised of five categories which are 'performace of protected area', 'performance of fire partition', 'safety performance of fire escape', 'performace of smoke control system' and 'performace of fire fighting equipment'. The weight of each element was computed by systematic approach like an AHP (analytical hierarchy process), which was conducted by experts who work in the field of fire protection. This model would be utilized as a part of assessment model for the overall performace of domestic office building.

A Study on the Hazard Identification for the Implementation of A-SMGCS (A-SMGCS 구현을 위한 위험요소 식별에 대한 연구)

  • Hong, Seung-Beom;Choi, Seung-Hoon;Choi, Youn-Chul
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.41-47
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    • 2015
  • Recently, it is actively under study for the implementation of advance surface movement ground control systems (A-SMGCS) level IV in Korea. To ensure the safety of the A-SMGCS system needs the safety assessment, and Eurocontrol is encouraged to perform the functional hazard assessment, preliminary system safety assessment, and system safety assessment to the safety assessment of A-SMGCS. In this paper, we identify the hazard of A-SMGCS through a functional hazard assessment. Therefore, we will identify 29 types of hazard for the A-SMGCS level IV and serve as important data to evaluate the severity of each hazard.

Comparative Analysis of Work Stress Assessment Tools for Estimating Human Work Performance (업무수행도 추정을 위한 직무스트레스 평가표의 비교 분석)

  • Jang, Tong-Il;Lee, Yong-Hee;Han, Kyu-Jeong;Lim, Hyeon-Kyo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.144-150
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    • 2014
  • A man is a component of a large system how complex it may be so that human performance which can influence on the system safety should be included in system safety assessment. Meanwhile, human performance can vary over time due to lots of factors. Among them, stress is an indirect factor that may cause human error which can result in industrial accidents. To assess stress level of human workers, not a few assessment tools have been developed. However, it can be questionable to utilize them for human performance anticipation because they were mainly developed with the viewpoint of mental health, though stress assessment can be also required in the safety aspect. Therefore, this study aimed to survey the possibility of their application with safety purpose. About 10 kinds of work stress tools were collected and analyzed with reference to assessment items, assessment and analysis methods, and follow-up measures. The results showed that most tools focused their weights on Demands, Supports, and Relationships, in sequence. However, they, except only one tool developed by the Japanese researchers, merely advised to set up counterplans in PDCA cycle or risk management activities. In consequence, application of stress assessment tools mainly developed for mental health seemed impractical for safety purpose with respect to human performance anticipation so that it was concluded that development of a new assessment tools aimed to human performance variation and accident prevention would be inevitable.

Comprehensive Assessment on Risk Factors using Fuzzy Inference in Decommissioning Process (퍼지추론을 이용한 해체공정 중 리스크 요인의 통합 평가)

  • Lim, Hyeon Kyo;Kim, Hyunjung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.184-190
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    • 2014
  • Decommissioning process of nuclear facilities consist of a sequence of problem solving activities, because there may exist not only working environments contaminated by radiological exposure but also industrial hazards such as fire, explosions, toxic materials, and electrical and physical hazards. Therefore, not a few countries in the world have been trying to develop appropriate counter techniques in order to guarantee safety and efficiency of the process. In spite of that, there still exists neither domestic nor international standard. Unfortunately, however, there are few workers who experienced decommissioning operations a lot in the past. As a solution, it is quite necessary to utilize experts' opinions for risk assessment in decommissioning process. As for an individual hazard factor, risk assessment techniques are getting known to industrial workers with advance of safety technology, but the way how to integrate those results is not yet. This paper aimed to find out an appropriate technique to integrate individual risk assessment results from the viewpoint of experts. Thus, on one hand the whole risk assessment activity for decommissioning operations was modeled as a sequence of individual risk assessment steps which can be classified into two activities, decontamination and dismantling, and on the other, a risk assessment structure was introduced. The whole model was inferred with Fuzzy theory and techniques, and a numerical example was appended for comprehension.

Discussion for Improvement of Decision System of Total Risk in Off-site Risk Assessment (화학사고 장외영향평가 제도의 종합위험도 결정 체계 개선을 위한 고찰)

  • Choi, Woosoo;Ryu, Taekwon;Kwak, Sollim;Lim, Hyeongjun;Jung, Jinhee;Lee, Jieun;Kim, Jungkon;Baek, Jongbae;Yoon, Junheon;Ryu, Jisung
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.44 no.3
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    • pp.217-226
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    • 2018
  • Objectives: Despite the positive effects of Off-site risk assessment (ORA) system such as prevention of chemical accidents, some problems have been constantly raised. The purpose of this study is to analyze the problems that have occurred through the implementation of the ORA system for the past three years and to suggest reasonable directions for improvement in the future. Methods: In order to identify the problems with the methodology and procedure of ORA system, we analyzed statutes, administrative rules and documents related to the ORA system. A survey of ORA reviewers in National Institute of Chemical Safety was conducted to investigate the weight of determinants considered when judging the level of total risk in ORA. Results: In this study, we found out the uncertainty of the estimation of the number of people in the impact range in the procedure of the risk assessment of individual handling facilities, the lack of quantitative risk analysis methods for environmental receptors, and the ambiguity of the criteria for the total risk. In addition to suggesting solutions to the problems mentioned above, we also, suggested a decision tree for total risk in ORA. Conclusion: We anticipate that the solutions including the systematic decision tree for total risk suggested will contribute to the smooth operation of the ORA system.

Comparison Analysis between the IWRAP and the ES Model in Ulsan Waterway

  • Kim, Dae-Won;Park, Jin-Soo;Park, Young-Soo
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.281-287
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    • 2011
  • According to the Marine Traffic Safety Law, revised in 2009, Marine Traffic Safety Audit is introduced to secure the safe navigation, to prevent the marine accident and to maximize the efficiency of the port. In this audit system, marine traffic safety assessment is the most important scheme because the primary purpose of the audit system is to identify potential risk elements affecting safe navigation. Even though the reliability of audit result depends on the selection of assessment models, there are no independent assessment models for Korean coastal waters and most of models used in Korea currently are developed by foreign countries. Therefore, the development of the independent assessment model for Korean coastal water is required. This study, prior to the development of independent assessment model, aims to provide a basic data by comparing two foreign assessment models in Ulsan port area with marine accident statistics data.

Safety Assessment in Operation of Human-centered Robots - An Information-theoretic Approach

  • Choi, Gi-Heung
    • International Journal of Safety
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.12-17
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    • 2006
  • Operations of human-centered robot, in general, facilitates the creation of new process that may potentially harm the human operators. Design of safety-guaranteed operation of human-centered robots is, therefore, important since it determines the ultimate outcomes of operations involving safety of human operators. This study discusses the application of information-theoretic measures to safety assessment of human-centered robotic operations. Some examples are given.