Comparison of the Qualitative and the Quantitative Risk Assessment of Hazardous Substances Requiring Management under the Occupational Safety and Health Act in South Korea

Hyung-Il Moon, Sang-Woo Han, Saemi Shin and Sang-Hoon Byeon
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Hyung-Il Moon: Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Graduate School, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea
Sang-Woo Han: Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Graduate School, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea
Saemi Shin: Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Graduate School, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea
Sang-Hoon Byeon: Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Graduate School, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: The risk assessment of hazardous substances has become increasingly important for the efficient prevention and management of various diseases or accidents caused by increased amounts of hazardous substances in the workplace. In this study, risk assessment was conducted for 36 kinds of hazardous substances requiring management by using qualitative and quantitative risk assessments. Qualitative risk assessment was performed by multiplying the exposure level class by the hazard class according to the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency’s (KOSHA) Chemical Hazard Risk Management (CHARM). The quantitative risk assessment was followed by a four-step risk assessment system presented in the Guidelines for Hazard Risk Assessment of Chemicals (KOSHA GUIDE W-6-2016). In the quantitative assessments, we presented a new method of classifying risk levels into four steps, much like qualitative assessments. In this study, the quantitative risk assessment was considered difficult to predict through qualitative risk assessment. Therefore, it is necessary to perform a quantitative risk assessment after a qualitative risk assessment for a higher level of risk assessment.

Keywords: qualitative risk assessment; quantitative risk assessment; control banding; hazardous substances requiring management; occupational safety and health act (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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