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Purpose: This study proposes safety measures to reduce falls during construction by analyzing the falls accidents in construction industry. Methods: From 2015 to 2019, analysis data of the industrial accident and accident cases related to the construction industry published annually by Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) were reviewed. Results: Most of the fall accidents were caused by not wearing safety belts or not installing safety devices such as safety handrails for convenience in work. Therefore, workers should install attachment equipment for hanging safety belts and wear safety belts during the work. Furthermore, they have to install safety devices, such as safety rails and fall arrest safety nets. Since most of the construction accidents occur in daily laborers, employers have to give safety training by considering individual characteristics and encourage voluntary participation. Conclusion: Most of the accidents in the construction industry were caused by workers' lack of safety awareness and defects in mechanical facilities. So, full surveillance and command of work are prepared by a safety management supervisor resident in the construction site. Additionally, it is proposed to lower the selection criteria or to introduce a system that is based on government-led consulting.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find an efficient way to provide health information to foreign workers by identifying the health information usage behavior of foreign workers through the internet and analyzing factors that affect foreign workers' experience of using health information through the internet. Methods: This study performed a survey targeting for 350 migrant workers in Korea, who visited for receiving the medical treatment of free medical examination and treatment, provided by Migrant Health Association in Korea in December 2007, and analyzed the use experience of health information through the internet by the workers. Results: The results of this study are as follow, with respect to the place of using the internet, the workers who use PC room showed 8.298 times more use experience than the workers who use public places. Those who use the internet almost every day showed 10.28 times more than those who do not use the internet. The workers who agreed with the needs of providing health information in their mother language on the internet in Korea showed 2.566 times more than those who did not agreed. Those who have an intention to participate in the offer of health information by e-mail showed 4.659 times more use experience in the internet health information than those who do not have. Conclusion: As the results of this study, it is thought that if the migrant workers obtain health information through the internet, it will be helpful for the improvement of healthy life. In order for the workers to acquire such health information through the internet, it is considered that it needs to provide the Internet health information written in various languages.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find out effect on the metabolic syndrome of security workers, and to provide basic data in preparing health policies for security workers. Methods: We analyzed the results of a special health checkup of 373 workers who received spicial medical checkups for night work at the University Hospital in Seoul, 2017 Results: As a result of the analysis, it was found that the isolation work alone had an effect on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. Conclusion: Given that the isolation of night shift security workers affects the prevalence of the target syndrome. Korea also needs to limit isolation of night shift workers in preparing health policies and propose working conditions for two to one. At the same time, We suggest that preventive programs for safety accidents and health care should be prepared to cope with the work hours of isolation at night.

Purpose: This study was attempted to provide the necessary data for Vietnamese companies to succeed in adapting to the local market by investigating the level of awareness of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the work environment evaluation for local workers in Vietnam. Methods: This study is a descriptive study to investigate the perception of local workers in Vietnam on the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the work environment evaluation system. Results: As a result of the awareness survey on the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the work environment evaluation system in Vietnam, the average level of awareness of laws, legal regulations, fines for actions taken, work environment evaluation, occupational diseases, safety protection equipment, and hazardous chemical substances was surveyed high. Conclusion: Reviewing Korea’s leading Occupational Safety and Health Act and gradually applying them to Vietnam’s industrial sites will contribute to the development of the safety and health cooperation system between the two countries and enhancing the global competitiveness of Korean companies that have advanced.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide basic data for improving the national health screening program in Korea by researching foreign health screening programs. Methods: We reviewed laws and regulations related to health screening programs in Japan, Germany and the United States. And we searched Riss4u, Google Scholar, and Pubmed. Results: Japanese, German, and American institutions were compared. Unlike Korea, Japan and Germany had penalties that imposed heavy fines on employers for not conducting health checkups. Conclusion: Like Japan and Germany, there is a need for a system that imposes fines rather than fines for not performing health check-ups. And in order to prevent lifestyle-related diseases, which are representative of cerebro-cardiovascular diseases, it is necessary to re-evaluate the tests that have been reduced or eliminated from the national health screening program.