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. 2023 Apr 1;61(2):158-170.
doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2022-0008. Epub 2022 Mar 18.

A roadmap to improve usage items to enhance the operational effectiveness of occupational safety and health management expense in Korean construction

Sejong Lim  1 , Jeong-Hun Won  2 , Junghoon Seo  3   4 , Soyoung Jeon  5 , Chang-Won Kim  3
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A roadmap to improve usage items to enhance the operational effectiveness of occupational safety and health management expense in Korean construction

Sejong Lim et al. Ind Health. .

Abstract

Occupational safety and health management expense (OSHE) in construction industry is a statutory expense used for the purpose of preventing occupational accident and health disorders for construction workers, and the detailed usage standard is stipulated in the law and regulations governed by the Ministry of Employment and Labor in Korea. Previous studies focused on improvement of the accounting rate of OSHE and institutional improvement to secure usage transparency, but analysis showed that the review of improvement directions for usage items was insufficient. Considering recent trends, such as the increase in industrial demand to improve existing usage items and the introduction of various smart safety products incorporating the Fourth Industrial Revolution technology, it is expected that it will be necessary to review ways to improve the usage items to enhance the operational efficiency of OSHE. Accordingly, this study collected opinions from various stakeholders, and presented a roadmap to improve usage items of OSHE through importance-performance analysis (IPA) based on the data. This study is expected to meet the needs demanded by industry, and to be utilized as a reference for policy preparation to enhance the safety of construction sites.

Keywords: Construction; Importance-performance analysis; Occupational health and safety management expense (OSHE); Operational effectiveness; Roadmap; Usage items.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Status of occupational accident rate and fatality rate in Korea; (A) Accident rate; and (B) fatality rate.
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Survey form.
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Result of IPA: Conventional item.
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Result of IPA: Smart safety product.
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