Types and Characteristics of Fatal Accidents Caused by Multiple Processes in a Workplace: Based on Actual Cases in South Korea

Sung-Yong Kang, Seongi Min, Won-Seok Kim, Jeong-Hun Won, Young-Jong Kang and Seungjun Kim
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Sung-Yong Kang: School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
Seongi Min: School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
Won-Seok Kim: Occupational Safety Research Department, Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Ulsan 44429, Korea
Jeong-Hun Won: Department of Safety Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea
Young-Jong Kang: School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
Seungjun Kim: School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: As the social cost of disasters increases and safety is being emphasized, policy regulations at the national level have been implemented. However, various fatal accidents are continually occurring as continued economic development and enhanced technologies have increased demand and complicated the industrial structure. Workers in different industries, performing similar jobs, often experience different workplace hazards, which can result in similar types of accidents. Therefore, new policy regulations have been established to separate multiple processes and work in workplaces and are being implemented in several countries to minimize damage caused by new types of industrial accidents. Supervision and management appropriate for contractors or safety and health officials with legal obligations are required to play a regulatory role when these types of industrial accidents are likely to occur. This study classified accidental types and their characteristics based on actual cases, in which potential risks exist at multiple processes in a workplace. First, raw data of work-related fatalities that occurred in South Korea were reviewed and classified as fatal accidents caused by multiple processes in workplaces using the proposed method. Next, the classified actual cases were prepared as statistical data and analyzed based on the various categories. Finally, the accident type based on multiple processes, including risks and characteristics, in workplaces was proposed. As a result, this study improved the safety awareness and understanding of regulatory subjects regarding industrial accidents caused by multiple processes in workplaces and is expected to improve the effectiveness of the existing policy to prevent workplace accidents.

Keywords: industrial fatal accidents; multiple processes in the workplace; actual fatal accident cases; occupational safety and health policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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