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Korean Society of Environmental Health (한국환경보건학회)
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A Survey on the Present State of Occurrence of Safety Accidents and Safety and Health Management Levels Among Swine Farmers

양돈 농가의 안전사고 발생현황 및 안전보건 관리수준

  • Kim, Kyung-Ran (National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Kim, Insoo (National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Kim, Hyo-Cher (National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Suk (National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Chae, Hye-Seon (National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
  • 김경란 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 김인수 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 김효철 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 이경숙 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 채혜선 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원)
  • Received : 2014.10.06
  • Accepted : 2014.10.30
  • Published : 2014.10.31
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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to seek measures for improvement and management of farm work safety and health by conducting questionnaire surveys and on-site investigations to ascertain the present state of occurrence of safety accidents and safety and health management levels among swine farmers. In particular, the purpose of this study is to provide basic data for the establishment of measures for the management of safety and health suitable to the characteristics of related working environments. Methods: Questionnaire surveys were conducted among 223 farmers engaged in swine farming in 14 regions, and 10 farms were visited in order to implement multilateral methods, including in-depth interviews, along with field surveys. Results: The surveys indicated that 26.2% of all respondents experienced farm-work related safety accidents and body-reaction related accidents showed a high ratio at 31.1% of all respondents. With regard to cause materials of safety accidents, work other than that directly related to swine raising showed high ratios of safety accidents, with pigsty facility related accidents at 26.6%. Although most workers recognized the dangers latent in the working environments, their behavior and responses to the prevention of safety accidents were still insufficient due to a lack of understanding of safety and health management. In the survey on the present state of personal hygiene and wearing of protective equipment, workers were found to have been exposed to dangerous and harmful environments both inside and outside pigsties, but the actual states of their wearing protective safety equipment were very poor. Conclusion: Given the results of this study, swine farmers well recognize problems in their control of safety accidents and management of safety and health, but their knowledge about safety and health education and management guidelines was insufficient. Therefore, safety and health education, public relations, and customized personal protective equipment suitable for swine raising work should be developed in order to address the foregoing problem.

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