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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2008 Volume.20 No. 1 p.15 ~ p.24
Factors Associated with Occupational Injuries of Ship-building Supply Workers in Busan
Shin Seung-Hwan

Kim Dae-Hwan
Ahn Jin-Hong
Kim Hwi-Dong
Kim Jeong-Ho
Kang Hyun-Man
Lee Jong-Tae
Abstract
Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate both personal and work-related factors associated
with occupational injuries of ship-building supply workers in Busan, Korea.

Methods: A self-administered, questionnaire survey, asking both personal and work-related factors
associated with occupational injuries, was administered to 1,651 workers from 64 different ship-building
supply companies in Busan, Korea. All occupational injuries had occurred within the previous 5 years.
The workers were divided into three sub-groups: Group I, under 4 day-sick leave, Group II, 4 day-sick
leave and over, and Group III, which consisted of both Groups I and II. The statistical significance of the
factors associated with occupational injuries underwent cross tabulation analysis for each group.
Afterwards, the relationships between the factors which had statistical significance and the occurrence of
occupational injuries were analyzed through multiple logistic regression by using the SPSS 12.0 K program.

Results: The prevalence of occupational injuries was 4.30% in Group II and 7.57% in Group III. The
work activities which had the most frequent occupational injuries were ¡®Fit-up¡¯ and ¡®Welding¡¯, and
30.0% of injured workers were covered by workers¡¯ compensation in Group II. According to the multiple
logistic regression analysis results, the factors which had statistical significance in occupational injury
occurrence were education level above college (OR 2.78) and high level of fatigue (OR 2.18) in Group I,
sleeping less than 5 hours per day (OR 3.47), high level of fatigue (OR 2.79) and working over 56 hours
per week (OR 1.53) in Group II, and education level above college (OR 1.78), sleeping less than 5 hours
per day (OR 2.98), poor sleep quality (OR 1.65) and high level of fatigue (OR 2.58) in Group III.

Conclusion: This study demonstrated that several factors of ship-building supply workers such as
sleep hours, sleep quality, fatigue, working hours, and educational level exerted a statistical effect on the
occurrence of occupational injuries. In association with occupational injuries occurrence, these factors
need to be controlled by proper methods such as effective safety education, work condition modification,
and life style management.
KEYWORD
Occupational injuries, Ship-building supply workers
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