Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 25;19(9):5203. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095203.
In the global construction industry, government policies have recently focused on smart construction technologies, such as those concerning the "smartization" of construction, improvements of productivity, and automation technologies. In addition, smart construction safety technologies (SCSTs) have been developed to ensure workers' safety, under the initiative of the private sector. In regards to overseas occupational safety, wearable technologies have been developed for various types of industries, and the integrated platform developments needed to link them have become mainstream. In South Korea, individual companies are focusing on developing basic SCSTs and platforms for integrated control, aiming to prevent accidents in the construction field. The goal of this study was to identify the pros and cons of SCSTs through test bed operation and to derive improvement directions. Therefore, a test bed embedded with SCSTs was built and operated to provide effective safety management for small- and medium-sized sites exposed to fatal accidents. From analyzing the data from the test bed, it was found that it is difficult to change the tendencies of workers' behaviors based solely on the introduction of SCSTs. This indicates that the effects of SCSTs are insignificant without the cooperation of workers. In addition, technical problems in field application were identified for each sensor and equipment, and the necessity, problems, and effectiveness of SCSTs were analyzed. As a result, both the installation and attachment types were found to be effective; however, workers avoided wearing certain attachment types. Based on the results derived through analysis of the pros and cons of SCSTs, the directions and guidelines were suggested for future use. This result can be used for future technology development directions, and policy establishment. Additionally, for the activation of SCSTs in the field, the cooperation of workers and the interest of managers remain essential factors, and improvements to the equipment are required.
在全球建筑行业,政府政策最近侧重于智能建筑技术,例如建筑的“智能化”、提高生产力和自动化技术。此外,在私营部门的倡议下,还开发了智能施工安全技术(SCST)以确保工人的安全。关于海外职业安全,已经为各种类型的行业开发了可穿戴技术,并且需要开发用于将它们链接起来的集成平台,这已成为主流。在韩国,个别公司专注于开发基本的 SCST 和集成控制平台,旨在防止建筑领域发生事故。本研究的目的是通过测试床操作来确定 SCST 的优缺点,并得出改进方向。因此,构建并运行了一个嵌入有 SCST 的测试床,为易发生致命事故的中小型场地提供有效的安全管理。通过分析测试床的数据,发现仅依靠引入 SCST 很难改变工人行为的趋势。这表明,如果没有工人的配合,SCST 的效果并不明显。此外,还针对每个传感器和设备识别了现场应用中的技术问题,并对 SCST 的必要性、问题和效果进行了分析。结果表明,安装和附加类型都很有效;但是,工人会避免佩戴某些附加类型。根据对 SCST 的优缺点进行分析得出的结果,提出了未来使用的方向和指导方针。该结果可用于未来的技术发展方向和政策制定。此外,为了在现场激活 SCST,工人的合作和管理人员的利益仍然是重要因素,并且需要改进设备。