Text-mining based Cause Analysis of Accidents at Workplaces in Korea 


Vol. 37,  No. 3, pp. 9-15, Jun.  2022
10.14346/JKOSOS.2022.37.3.9


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The analysis of the causes of accidents in workplaces where machines and tools are used is essential to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of safety prevention policies in places of employment in Korea. The causes of workplace accidents are not fully understood mainly due to difficulties in analyzing available descriptive information. This study focuses on the automated accident cause analysis in workplaces based on the accident abstracts found in industrial accident reports written in an unstructured descriptive format. The method proposed in this paper is based on text data mining and uses the keyword search function of Excel software to automate the analysis. The analysis results indicate that the primary reason for the frequency of accidents is related to technical aspects at a stage in which dangerous situations occur in the workplace. Accidents due to managerial causes are typically observed when danger exists in the workplace; however, managerial actions play a more important role in reducing accident severity. A small company tends to use unsafe machines and devices, leading to further accidents due to technical causes, whereas managerial causes are more conspicuous as the company grows. To preclude the occurrence of accidents due to inadequate knowledge, the implementation of safety management and the provision of safety education to elderly workers at the early stage of their employment are particularly important for small companies with less than 100 workers.

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[IEEE Style]

최기흥, "Text-mining based Cause Analysis of Accidents at Workplaces in Korea," Journal of the Korean Society of Safety, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 9-15, 2022. DOI: 10.14346/JKOSOS.2022.37.3.9.

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최기흥. 2022. Text-mining based Cause Analysis of Accidents at Workplaces in Korea. Journal of the Korean Society of Safety, 37, 3, (2022), 9-15. DOI: 10.14346/JKOSOS.2022.37.3.9.

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