scholarly journals Prohibition on Changing Workplaces and Fatal Occupational Injuries among Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 3333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ju-Yeun Lee ◽  
Sung-il Cho
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Chinese Workers ◽  
Korean Chinese ◽  
Operator Construction ◽  
Chinese Migrant Workers

We assessed the risk of fatal occupational injuries among migrant workers with two different types of employment permits in South Korea. This observational study used national data from January 2007 to September 2018 and analyzed 42,089 cases of occupationally injured migrant workers of Chinese nationality. Fatality rates were analyzed according to year, sex, age, occupation, industry, and type of employment permit. Chinese workers were permitted to work for one employer and prohibited from changing employers, whereas Korean-Chinese workers were permitted to change their employer. The adjusted fatality rate of occupational injuries of Chinese migrant workers was significantly higher (1.80-fold, 95% confidence interval 1.31–2.46) than that of Korean-Chinese migrant workers. The prohibition on changing workplaces; male sex; age ≥ 45 years; machine operator; construction industry; and agriculture, livestock, and fisheries industry were risk factors for fatal occupational injuries. The results imply a need for revision of the migrant-worker employment permit systems and implementation of occupational safety and health policies for all workers to promote health equity.

scholarly journals Towards Effective Safety Cost Budgeting for Apartment Construction: A Case Study of Occupational Safety and Health Expenses in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1335
Author(s):  
Kanghyeok Yang ◽  
Kiltae Kim ◽  
Seongseok Go
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Accident Risk ◽  
Safety And Health

The construction industry has experienced a lot of occupational accidents, and construction work is considered one of the most dangerous occupations. In order to reduce the number of occupational injuries from construction, the South Korean government legislated the occupational safety and health expense law, requiring companies to reserve a reasonable budget for safety management activities when budgeting for construction projects. However, safety budgets have not been spent based on the risk of accidents, and a large amount of the safety budget is spent either in the beginning or late stages of construction projects. Various accident risk factors, such as activity types, previous accident records, and the number of workers on a construction site, need to be considered when determining the safety budget. To solve such problems, this study investigated the expenditure trends of occupational safety and health expenses for 10 apartment construction projects in South Korea. This study also proposed an accident risk index that can be incorporated with the project costs, schedule, the number of workers, and historical accident records when budgeting for the safety costs. The results from the case study illustrate the limitations of the current planning strategy for safety expenditures and demonstrate the need for effective safety budgeting for accident prevention. The proposed safety cost expenditure guideline helps safety practitioners when budgeting for the occupational safety and health expenses while considering accident risk and the characteristics of safety cost expenditures in practice. The outcome of this research will contribute to the development of regulations for the budgeting of safety costs and help to prevent occupational injuries by providing a reasonable budget for safety management activities in an apartment construction project.

scholarly journals “We Are Not Foreigners”: Constructing Migrant Subjects through Korean Chinese Migrants’ Claims-Making in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-40
Author(s):  
Yang-Sook Kim ◽  
Yi-Chun Chien
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Social Constructions ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Chinese Migrants ◽  
Korean Chinese ◽  
Chinese Migrant Workers ◽  
Subject Making

In this paper, we approach citizenship as a claims-making process consisting of social construction practices that emerge from ongoing negotiations and contestations. We examine the migrant subject-making process of Korean Chinese migrants in South Korea. We draw on the voices of migrants to discuss how Korean Chinese construct their migrant subjectivity by mobilizing a collective understanding of ethnonational belonging and thereby deploy distinctive strategies to support their claims. Our analysis of the data gathered from ethnographic observations and interviews with Korean Chinese migrant workers, activists, South Korean bureaucrats, and policymakers show that Korean Chinese migrants have called upon blood ties and ethnic affinity, continued allegiance, economic contributions, and human rights to construct themselves as legitimate candidates for citizenship in South Korea. By shifting our analytical focus from the state to the migrant subjectivity that emerges through day-to-day negotiations, we aim to unpack the complicated dynamics of social constructions of citizenship.

Occupational injuries in underground coal mining in Serbia: A case study

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Ivana Ilić Krstić ◽  
Danijela Avramović ◽  
Snežana Živković
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Underground Coal Mining ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Employee Safety ◽  
Injury Data ◽  
Safety And Health

BACKGROUND: Mining, especially underground coal mining, has always been a hazardous occupation. Injuries, including those that are fatal, are a major occupational risk that all miners have to face. OBJECTIVE: Despite the fact that all workers are aware of the risks, efforts must be made to increase their safety through the implementation of preventive measures. METHODS: This retrospective study includes injury data from all nine Serbian coal mines over a 16-year period, from 2000 to 2016. All injury data were collected from employee safety and health records. RESULTS: In the analyzed period, a total of 9,273 occupational injuries were recorded at Resavica. The highest number of occupational injuries (over 600) were recorded in 2008 (669), 2004 (651), and 2005 (603). The data shows that almost one fifth of the total number of occupational injuries, or 20.74%, occurred during the said three years. On average, 493.06 minor, 51.12 severe, and 1.29 fatal injuries occurred each year. Every day there were 1.29 minor occupational injuries and every seven days there was one severe injury. CONCLUSIONS: Despite indications that there is a connection between some of the variables and the number of injuries, the general conclusion is that injuries are accidental and unpredictable. The high percentages of injuries are due to the organization of work and the age or qualification structure of the staff and, of course, are the consequence of likelihood –the greater the number of workers, the greater the likelihood of injury. However, the present study showed that some measures can be taken to increase occupational safety and reduce the number of injuries.

scholarly journals Regulation by Shaming: Deterrence Effects of Publicizing Violations of Workplace Safety and Health Laws

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (6) ◽  
pp. 1866-1904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Press Releases ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Improve Compliance ◽  
Health Laws ◽  
Health Regulations

Publicizing firms’ socially undesirable actions may enhance firms’ incentives to avoid such actions. In 2009, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began issuing press releases about facilities that violated safety and health regulations. Using quasi-random variation arising from a cutoff rule OSHA followed, I find that publicizing a facility’s violations led other facilities to substantially improve their compliance and experience fewer occupational injuries. OSHA would need to conduct 210 additional inspections to achieve the same improvement in compliance as achieved with a single press release. Evidence suggests that employers improve compliance to avoid costly responses from workers. (JEL J28, J81, K32, L51, M54)

ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE PROTECTION OF LABOR IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 100-104
Author(s):  
Рыжиков ◽  
Evgeniy Ryzhikov ◽  
Калатози ◽  
Viktoriya Kalatozi ◽  
Климова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Status

The problem of the protection of labor in the construction industry has always been acute, as there is a large number of objects that cause harmful and dangerous production factors and, consequently, causes of occupational diseases and injuries of workers. Analysis of the status and protection of labor at the construction industry enterprises of the Belgorod region, allowed to identify the main types of violations, to identify ways to decrease them. It is established that in order to reduce the level of occupational injuries in the construction industry it is necessary to introduce innovative methods of occupational safety and health improvement, to accelerate the level of education and level of vocational training of workers.

scholarly journals AquaSafe: Aquaculture occupational safety and health in the palm of your hand

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-54
Author(s):  
Flavielle Blanco Marques ◽  
Giovani Nicolas Bettoni ◽  
Bruno Gomes Tavares Santos ◽  
Ayodeji A. Adeoye ◽  
Benito Guimaraes Brito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Software Application ◽  
Mobile Software ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Education Platform

The main objective of this study was to develop a freely available mobile software application and education platform in health and safety for aquaculture workers and managers.  The application, called AquaSafe, was created in Portuguese and English for the Android system using the Java 8 programming language and the Android Studio development environment. AquaSafe content focusses on the identification of hazards and health risks, hazardous sources and preventive measures for occupational health and safety in the aquaculture sector. It has three predominantly interactive user interfaces to reinforce the main messages, which include games in the form of compliance checklists, quizzes and question-answer tools. The software is designed to act as a platform for assessment and management of occupational hazards, guide decision making on simple techniques or measures to prevent injuries, diseases and fatalities during aquaculture activities. It is envisaged that the AquaSafe mobile software will contribute to the prevention of occupational injuries and diseases in aquaculture.

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