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Purpose : The purpose of this study is to figure out how the Electronics installation and repair onsite technicians’ perception on the risk of COVID-19 impact on their fear. Method : The survey was conducted during the period from 10 October to 30 November 2020.To carry out this study, a survey was conducted on 286 technicians in the field of Electronics installation and repair onsite technicians jobs. Results : Factors affecting the fear of COVID-19 by the technicians studied were overtime, the degree of quarantine of visiting places, the degree of providing information on COVID-19 at work, and the perception of COVID-19-related risks, and the explanatory power is 24.5 per cent. Conclusion : we can see that it is necessary to provide sufficient information about COVID-19 at work as the risk awareness of COVID-19 increases, and it is also necessary to manage the working hours of the technicians so that they do not exceed the working time and to try to lower their fears by finding ways to increase the level of quarantine at the place of visit.

Purpose : The purpose of this study is to understand the change in the level of disease occurrence according to the type of health manager appointment using the occupational safety and health trend survey data. Methods : For this purpose, 1,731 establishments with 50 or more employees among 6,000 establishments in the manufacturing and service industries where health managers were appointed at the time were analyzed among the survey data on the manufacturing and service industries among the 2012 occupational safety and health trend survey data. Since the number of disease occurrences in the workplace is in the form of a count, it was analyzed using the null and excess negative binomial model. Results : Regarding the occurrence of occupational diseases, 94.3% of outsourcing cases and 97.8% of concurrent positions were higher than those of workplaces where health managers were appointed. In terms of the number of sick people, the case of appointing a health manager increased compared to other types of appointment. Conclusion : As a result of this study, it can be said that it is necessary to appoint a health manager to reduce occupational diseases in the workplace, and it can be said that efforts to improve other working conditions are necessary.

Purpose : This study estimated the cost of social loss due to night work based on the results of previous studies and special health checkups. Methods : In 2017 and 2018, based on the actual number of people who actually took special health checkups due to night shifts, we looked at the losses in terms of individuals, businesses, and society. Among these, individuals and social losses were estimated. Results : The cost of social loss due to night work was estimated. The estimated amount was 448,957,481,610 won in 2017 and 474,721,824,613 won in 2018. Conclusion : Through this study, additional research is needed on the number of night work days affecting health problems in Korea. In addition, it is necessary to study the social health as well as physical and mental health of night work.