| Title |
A Comparison of Income Level and Work-Related Fatalities for Finding Causes and Measures for Construction Sector |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/KJCEM.2014.15.4.003 |
| Keywords |
Construction Safety ; Work-related Fatality Rate ; Occupational Accident Prevention |
| Abstract |
As the income level of a country gets improved, people's social, economic, and cultural expectation will grow at the same time. Although the income level of Korea has been remarkably improved, her work-related fatality rate is the highest among OECD countries. Moreover, the rate hasn't been reduced for more than 10 years. This study aims to provide appropriate measures for work-related fatality reduction by comparing the income levels and the work-related fatality rates of countries and by analysing the problems of our worker-oriented accident prevention policy. For the comparison of income level and work-related fatalities, this study suggests income-level incorporated fatality rate, and it turned out that the rate of Korea is the highest among the countries. In order to find out the causes of that result, this study has found that our law enforcement is much weaker than that of UK, which implicates more strict law enforcement policy is needed to improve our work-related safety. |