scholarly journals Factors affecting radiation safety management practice of radiation workers in dental medical institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 184 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-108
Author(s):  
Sang-Tae Kim ◽  
Jaeryong Yoo

Abstract In this study, the radiation exposure of workers at workplaces registered and licensed between 2008 and 2017 for the production/sale/use of radioactive isotopes (RI) and radioactive generators (RG) was analysed to evaluate the quality of radiation safety management controls in use. The number of facilities using RIs increased by ~26% from 2008 to 2017 whereas the number of facilities using RGs increased by ~166% over the same period. There were 33 029 radiation workers in all fields in 2008, and the number increased by ~32% to 43 467 by 2017. However, the collective effective dose of radiation received by workers decreased in all industries except for those working in nuclear power plants. In other words, the quality of radiation safety management improved over that same time period due to the systematic, continuous introduction of safety mechanisms by the regulatory authority.


1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-100
Author(s):  
Norihiro MIYAUSHIRO ◽  
Kazunori SAITOH ◽  
Toshiaki ARIMA

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Young-Hwan Ryu ◽  
Jae-Hwan Cho ◽  
Kyung-Rae Dong ◽  
Woon-Kwan Chung ◽  
Jong-Woong Lee ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Jia-Ming Wang ◽  
Pin-Chao Liao ◽  
Guan-Biao Yu

The effective improvement of employee behavioral compliance and safety performance is an important subject related to the sustainable development of the construction industry. Based on data from a Chinese company (n = 290), this study used a partial least squares-structural equation model to clarify the relationship among safety participation, job competence, and behavioral compliance. Empirical analysis found that: (1) safety participation had a significant positive impact on employees’ behavioral compliance; and (2) job competence played a partial mediating role between safety participation and behavioral compliance. By selecting two new perspectives of safety participation and job competence, this study derived new factors affecting behavioral compliance, constructed a new theory about safety management, and conducted an in-depth discussion on improving behavioral compliance theoretically. Practically, the research put forward a new decision-making model, deconstructed the mechanism between safety participation and behavioral compliance, and provided new guiding strategies for improving employee behavioral compliance.


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