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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the characteristics of industrial accident deaths in the construction industry from 2015 to 2020 by year. Methods: The results were analyzed using the results presented in the ｢Industrial Accident Status Analysis｣ published by the Ministry of Employment and Labor. Results: First, while the number of deaths at large-scale workplaces decreased, the number of deaths at small-scale workplaces increased significantly from 71.6% in 2015 to 81.0% in 2020. It is necessary to find a way to provide direct safety and health services necessary for small-scale construction sites by raising funds by collecting the budget required for inspection of small-scale business sites. Second, the number of accidental deaths over the age of 60 significantly increased to 41.9% in 2020 compared to 32.0% in 2015. It is necessary to place older workers at an appropriate work intensity and to promote accident prevention activities in terms of occupational health. Third, the number of industrial deaths among those with less than 5 years of work experience increased from 96.6% in 2015 to 97.2% in 2020. It is necessary to provide sufficient education to unskilled workers on work methods and working postures. Conclusion: It is meaningful in that by analyzing the factors that affect the accidental death of construction workers, the necessity to change to a disaster prevention policy centered on practical and continuous support rather than a one-time supervision or inspection centered policy was confirmed.

Purpose: This study is to analyze the affecting factors of general characteristics and work characteristics on occupational injury for small construction site worker. It aims to contribute to preparing measures to prevent occupational injury of small construction site workers by identifying factors affecting occupational injury among industrial accidents. Method: This study targeted 1,702 of small construction site workers out of 50,538 workers who participated in the 6th Working Environment Survey prepared by the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Self-employed workers and insufficient responses were excluded, so 1,702 people were analyzed. The collected data are analyzed using SPSS/WIN 23.0 Program by frequency analysis, percentage, chi-square test, and logistic regression analysis. Results: As a result of the study, the factors affecting the occupational injury of construction workers are explained that the rate of experiencing occupational injury increases according to the experiences of empolyment type, work duration, average working time per week, subjective health conditions, sleep disorder, high temperature, heavy goods handling uncomfortable position and presenteeism. Conclusion: In order to reduce occupational injury to small-scale construction workers, it is necessary to improve the working environment such as job security, working hours adjustment, and job stress management measures, and it can be used as basic data for other studies in the future.

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify factors influencing musculoskeletal problems in construction workers over the age of 50. Method: This study used the data of 1,032 raw data from the 6th Working Environment Survey of the Occupational Safety and Health Corporation as the analysis subject. The investigation period was from October 2020 to April 2021. The data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 23.0 by conducting frequency analysis, chi-square test and logistic regression. Result: Factors affecting the musculoskeletal problems of construction workers over 50 years of age were academic level(p=.006) in general characteristics, uncomfortable posture (p=.001) and handling of heavy objects(p=.014) in work-related characteristics, In health-related characteristics, sleep disturbance(p<.001) and experience of fatigue(p<.001) were found. Conclusion: In order to manage musculoskeletal disorders of workers aged 50 and over, it is necessary to prepare an ergonomic working environment, to provide a break during work, and to manage the health of workers by countermeasures against fatigue and sleep management in the construction industry.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze occupational skin diseases and construction skin diseases in Korea using word frequency analysis, N-gram analysis, and CONCOR analysis to examine the research trends of occupational skin diseases. Method: The research method was conducted in a total of five stages, followed by data collection, data preprocessing, word frequency analysis, N-gram analysis, and CONCOR analysis. On June 1, 2022, 66 search results were analyzed under the theme of occupational and constructive skin diseases, and duplicate papers, contents unrelated to research purposes, and data with low relevance were excluded. Result: As a result of analyzing the word frequency, disease ranked the highest, and as a result of analyzing the connection strength between words, disease showed the highest connection strength in the skin. CONCOR analysis showed the occurrence status of skin diseases in Group 1, allergic contact dermatitis in Group 2, chemical exposure reaction in Group 3, disease prevention and monitoring system in Group 4 workplace, and occupational disease prevention in Group 5 were classified as health diseases and two were identified as chemicals. Conclusion: In summary, immediate countermeasures are needed to prevent occupational skin diseases, and programs that provide appropriate protective equipment and compensation along with health education, disease treatment, and counseling should be developed.