A Survey on Regulations of Safety Helmet for Preventing Fall Hazard 


Vol. 37,  No. 6, pp. 96-101, Dec.  2022
10.14346/JKOSOS.2022.37.6.96


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The Occupational Safety and Health Act holds that industrial safety helmets can be used as protective equipment to prevent the risk of injury in fall accidents. To better understand the importance given to PPE for the head, we analyzed the relevant regulations and guidelines in developed countries and reviewed the guidelines on testing safety helmets. The PPE regulations in Korea were notably different from those in other countries. First, except in Korea and Japan, safety helmets were used for protection against falling objects, flying objects, impact, or electric shock. However, the regulations did not recognize safety helmets as a PPE against fall hazards. Second, the impact energy applied on the helmet was within the range 50–100 J, and the helmet could protect only the upper part of the head against hazards such as the impact of falling objects, flying objects, etc. Third, in Korean regulations, the term “fall” was used in relation to the parts where the safety helmet was specified as a fall hazard PPE, unlike in other countries. We propose that the term “fall” should be revised to “shock” in Korean regulations for the safety helmet.

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[IEEE Style]

심상우, 심용수, 이. 장성록, "A Survey on Regulations of Safety Helmet for Preventing Fall Hazard," Journal of the Korean Society of Safety, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 96-101, 2022. DOI: 10.14346/JKOSOS.2022.37.6.96.

[ACM Style]

심상우, 심용수, and 이종빈 장성록. 2022. A Survey on Regulations of Safety Helmet for Preventing Fall Hazard. Journal of the Korean Society of Safety, 37, 6, (2022), 96-101. DOI: 10.14346/JKOSOS.2022.37.6.96.

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