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KMID : 1039220200300040331
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Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
2020 Volume.30 No. 4 p.331 ~ p.341
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Comparison of Risk and Safety Perceptions of Industrial Hygienist
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Lim Dae-Sung
Lee Seung-Kil
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate perceptions of safety and risk among Korean industrial hygienists and the change between before and after the Sewol Ferry Disaster in 2014. Two surveys with questionnaires composed of 51 questions were completed by attendees of the Korea Industrial Hygiene Association (KIHA) conference.
Methods: One was conducted at the 2013 KIHA Fall Conference (N=181) and the other was from the 2014 KIHA Summer Conference (N=123). Between these two surveys was the Sewol Ferry Disaster on April 14, 2014, which was believed to seriously affect safety and risk perceptions in Korea.
Results: It was revealed that industrial hygienists’ awareness of safety rules strengthened after the Sewol Ferry Disaster (p<0.05). It was apparent that people over the age of 30 were more sensitive to social safety. There was no significant difference in the evaluation and attitude regarding governmental safety policy between the years of 2013 and 2014. The credibility of public organizations responsible for the disaster management system decreased. The self-evaluation of respondents’ safety level also decreased. This trend shows mainly in the younger generation. It was evaluated that the overall social safety level decreased and the anxiety level increased. The score on social safety on a ±5 Likert scale was 0.68 in the 2013 survey and ?0.33 in the 2014 survey (p<0.05). It was reported that the most serious threat factors for accident or disaster were ‘building collapse > illegalities and corruption > side effects of radiation therapy >accidents in normal activity > occupational disease,’ in order. They picked ‘safety ignorance > hurry-up habits and culture > focusing on short-term benefit > easy-going attitude > insufficient safety education’ for the causes of low social safety levels in 2013. In 2014, they were ‘safety ignorance > easy-going attitude > focusing on short-term benefit >insufficient safety education > hurry-up habits and culture’.
Conclusions: This study has some limitations because it was originally not designed to survey attitudes prior to the Sewol Ferry disaster in 2013. In addition, the survey targets are industrial hygienists who are familiar with occupational disease and injury.
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KEYWORD
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safety and risk perception, safety and risk awareness, safety and risk consciousness, social safety perception
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