Abstract

Introduction:

The current health and safety management system under the Occupational Health and Safety Act has avoided agriculture in Korea. It is important to consider the various safety systems used in agricultural health and safety to develop effective regulations.

Objective:

The aims were to classify and review the items from various checklists using safety systems, such as design, training, etc., ultimately aimed at proposing directions for improving the health and safety of farmers.

Material and methods:

Among the retrieved checklists with Google, four were chosen for this study, based on criteria such as the Checklist developed by an international organization, as well as others. Each item on the checklist was categorized using criteria concerning safety systems, developed based on previous studies.

Results:

The total number of analyzed items was 573, which is 36 more than the actual number of checklist items (537). The proportion of items belonging to the training/procedures system was the highest (32.5%); the second-highest was for the mitigation system – 18.2%.; the third-largest proportion of items was maintenance/inspection – with 14.3%. Items related to the design and human factor systems were 8.2% and 5.6%, respectively. The safety system with the lowest proportion was the warning/notification system – 4.2% of the total items. The proportion of items that could not be classified into safety systems was found to be 16.1%.

Conclusions:

A large number of items belonging to the training/procedures system reported as occasionally not effective in prevention of injury were found in the checklists. It appears important to develop checklist items proposing the supplementation of various safety systems, rather than presenting items that are biased towards certain safety systems.

Details

Title
Analysis of checklists for agricultural safety management
Author
Kim, Hyocher; Räsänen, Kimmo; Chae, Hyeseon; Lee, Kyungsuk
Pages
494-499
Section
Research Paper
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Institute of Rural Health
ISSN
12321966
e-ISSN
18982263
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2575469015
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/pl/deed.en (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.