Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (한국산업보건학회지)

Korean Industrial Hygiene Association (한국산업보건학회)
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A Study on Industrial Safety Accidents Treated at A Primary Care Clinic

의원방문 근로자들의 업무상 사고.부상 실태에 관한 연구

  • Park, Jae-Hong (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School, Inje University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Won (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kosin University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Eun (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kosin University) ;
  • Cho, Young-Ha (Graduate School of Public Health, Inje University) ;
  • Moon, Deog-Hwan (Graduate School of Public Health, Inje University)
  • 박재홍 (인제대학교 대학원 산업의학과) ;
  • 김정원 (고신대학교 의과대학 산업의학과) ;
  • 김종은 (고신대학교 의과대학 산업의학과) ;
  • 조영하 (인제대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 문덕환 (인제대학교 보건대학원)
  • Received : 2007.10.29
  • Accepted : 2008.03.24
  • Published : 2008.03.31
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Abstract

This study was surveyed to assess the status of safety accidents occurred in work-places and prepare the fundamental data and prevent the safety accidents. The authors reviewed and analysed the charts of accident cases treated at a primary care clinic in A city from January 1991 to December 2006. The data were classified according to the USA Standards Institute and International Labour Organization method. We analyzed the data using SPSS program. The results were as follows : 1. The total cases of accidents were 455 for 8 years. 2. Accidents were mostly common in the workers who are in thirties and forties age(84.4%). 3. As season variation, spring and summer were common than others, but there was no statistical significance on season, month and weekday. 4. The most frequent injured part of the body were hand and finger, which was 36.0% among total cases. 5. According to the accidents type, cases of caught in, under or between were most frequently observed as 53.9% of the total cases. 6. The most common source of injuries was power machine(50.5%). 7. According to the unsafe acts, cases of carelessness and unsafe information were most frequently observed as 71.2% of the total cases. 8. Admission rate(5.5%) and official report rate(2.2%) were very low rate. As above results, the authors recommend to prepare the systemic control programs on environmental and human factors of safety accidents such as improving the working conditions, working facilities, working methods and safety education, and control of working time for working day.

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