제조업과 건설업의 산업안전보건관리비가 산업재해 발생 여부에 미치는 영향 비교분석

Abstract

As industrial fields become expanding and production processes get complicated with economic development, the causes of workers' accidents and diseases are diversified and the number of disasters is increasing. Accordingly, the duty of production leaders and safety managers has been strengthened to create a safe working environment for the prevention of industrial accidents. In addition, industrial safety and health management expenses are required for implementing them. Currently, the domestic construction site is mandatory for applying the occupational safety and health management costs system, which contribute to preventing construction disasters. However, the manufacturing sector lacks regulations through legal mechanisms for safety and health budgets. Research on the effectiveness and application of the occupational safety and health management costs system in the manufacturing industry has not been conducted as well.

Therefore, this research aims to compare the current status of the occupational safety and health management costs between construction industry and manufacturing industry. Using the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency in 2018, we test the effect of the occupational safety and health management costs on the workers' industrial accidents. The logistic regression analysis is conducted to extract the determinants among the several explanatory variables: (1) Manpower maintenance cost, (2) Safety and health organization operating cost, (3) Activity cost, (4) Investment cost of safety facilities and protective equipment, (5) Educational cost, (6) Health checkup and health care cost, and (7) Work environment measurement cost. Consequently, the significant variables affecting the industrial accidents are compared between the construction industry and the manufacturing industry. We then examine the differences in effectiveness of the investment costs for safety and health management with respect to characteristics of industries. This study is expected to be used as a basic data for promoting the introduction of occupational safety and health management costs system in manufacturing.

Key Words: Industrial Accidents, occupational safety and health management costs, Industrial Safety and Health Status Survey, Manufacturing Industry, Construction Industry