반도체 제조회사의 근골격계부담작업 유해요인조사 실태와 개선방안 (A Study on the Risk Assessment and Improvement of Musculoskeletal Burden Works in the Semiconductor Manufacturer)

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· 발행기관 : 한국안전학회
· 수록지 정보 : 한국안전학회지 / 37권 / 1호 / 49 ~ 55페이지
· 저자명 : 정예영, 박재희

초록

In Korea, companies which perform work that places a burden on the musculoskeletal systems of their workers should have conducted legal risk assessments of this work every three years from 2004 onwards. However, due to problems with the legal definition of work-related musculoskeletal burdens, some companies may have been exempted from these risk assessments even though their workers still experience work-related musculoskeletal pain. For example, the manufacturing process used by a particular semiconductor manufacturing company involved a great deal of work which placed a burden on the musculoskeletal systems of its workers. However, this company eliminated the musculoskeletal burden on its workers by continuously introducing automated processes, and finally, in 2016, all work which was legally defined as placing a musculoskeletal burden on workers was removed from the company’s manufacturing process. Nevertheless, in a 2016 survey, 9.6% of the company's workers still complained of musculoskeletal pain, and in a 2019 survey this proportion actually increased to 15.7%. This incident demonstrates the limitations and problems of the current legal risk assessment of work-related musculoskeletal burdens. Therefore, this study proposes two improvements to solve these problems. Firstly, it is necessary to broaden the current legal definition of work-related musculoskeletal burdens. For example, vibration risk factors and push/pull tasks that are currently missing from the definition should be included.
Secondly, it is proposed that a survey on musculoskeletal pain should be conducted for all workers, regardless of whether they are engaged in work which is currently defined as placing a musculoskeletal burden on them. The results of this study could be used to improve the legal risk assessment of work-related musculoskeletal burdens.

영어초록

In Korea, companies which perform work that places a burden on the musculoskeletal systems of their workers should have conducted legal risk assessments of this work every three years from 2004 onwards. However, due to problems with the legal definition of work-related musculoskeletal burdens, some companies may have been exempted from these risk assessments even though their workers still experience work-related musculoskeletal pain. For example, the manufacturing process used by a particular semiconductor manufacturing company involved a great deal of work which placed a burden on the musculoskeletal systems of its workers. However, this company eliminated the musculoskeletal burden on its workers by continuously introducing automated processes, and finally, in 2016, all work which was legally defined as placing a musculoskeletal burden on workers was removed from the company’s manufacturing process. Nevertheless, in a 2016 survey, 9.6% of the company's workers still complained of musculoskeletal pain, and in a 2019 survey this proportion actually increased to 15.7%. This incident demonstrates the limitations and problems of the current legal risk assessment of work-related musculoskeletal burdens. Therefore, this study proposes two improvements to solve these problems. Firstly, it is necessary to broaden the current legal definition of work-related musculoskeletal burdens. For example, vibration risk factors and push/pull tasks that are currently missing from the definition should be included.
Secondly, it is proposed that a survey on musculoskeletal pain should be conducted for all workers, regardless of whether they are engaged in work which is currently defined as placing a musculoskeletal burden on them. The results of this study could be used to improve the legal risk assessment of work-related musculoskeletal burdens.

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