School of Nursing, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea.
System LSI Business Department, Samsung Electronics, Hwaseong 18448, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 30;17(7):2322. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072322.
In 2018, 1822 incidents relating to death or injury occurred among street cleaners in South Korea. However, South Korea currently lacks comprehensive studies on related injuries based on street cleaners' job characteristics and environments in the country. This study analyzed injuries according to the job characteristics and environment through a survey of 150 Korean street cleaners working in the Seoul and Gyeonggi-do areas. This study assessed three category measures-demographic, job characteristics, and environments-to determine the effects of injuries. The demographic measures consisted of age, gender, and education level. Job characteristic variables consisted of length of time on the job, job contract, monthly income, working hours per day, working start time, overtime per month, and days off per month. For job environments, this survey included job duty, classification, main tasks, work intensity, and safety equipment. The data were analyzed according to descriptive statistics, injury ratio, and Probit regression analysis. The results of the analysis demonstrated that the participants with the highest risk of injury were mostly males with less than a middle school education. Assessment of the job characteristics showed that the most prevalent length of working experience was less than 5 years, with most engaging in contract/day work. A share of 36.67% of the participants reported injuries. The most prevalent reason for injury was overwork (32.73%), and the most frequent injury area was the lower back (49.09%). In summary, injuries among street cleaners were associated with education level, job experience, days off from work, and work intensity. As such, street cleaners should receive more education to decrease the risk of injuries, regardless of the number of employees or their contract status.
2018 年，韩国有 1822 名环卫工人发生与死亡或受伤有关的事故。然而，韩国目前缺乏基于环卫工人的工作特点和国内环境的相关伤害综合研究。本研究通过对在首尔和京畿道地区工作的 150 名韩国环卫工人进行调查，根据工作特点和环境对伤害进行了分析。本研究评估了三个类别措施-人口统计学，工作特点和环境，以确定伤害的影响。人口统计学措施包括年龄，性别和教育水平。工作特点变量包括工作时间，工作合同，月收入，每天工作时间，工作开始时间，每月加班时间和每月休息时间。对于工作环境，本调查包括工作职责，分类，主要任务，工作强度和安全设备。根据描述性统计，伤害比和 Probit 回归分析对数据进行了分析。分析结果表明，受伤风险最高的参与者大多是受过中学以下教育的男性。对工作特点的评估表明，工作经验最长的是不到 5 年，大多数人从事合同/日工。有 36.67％的参与者报告受伤。受伤的最常见原因是过度劳累（32.73％），最常见的受伤部位是下背部（49.09％）。总之，环卫工人的伤害与教育程度，工作经验，休假天数和工作强度有关。因此，无论员工人数或合同状况如何，都应接受更多教育以降低受伤风险。
