Patterns of Workplace Safety and Fatalities in Korea: Forecasting 2015-2016

Çakar U., Kim H.

European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), İstanbul, Türkiye, 26 - 28 Haziran 2015

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Workplace safety is an issue that threatens not only the well-being of a person but also the very existence of them. Among OECD countries, Korea has the highest fatality in workplace.Literature on this issue has been focused on diagnosis of the causes only after the accidents occur. Instead of using a retrospective perspective, this study analyzed historical data to forecast the future accident patterns so that effective alternatives to decrease fatality in workplaces can be discussed before they happen. Four different forecasting methods were applied and regression analysis produced forecasting values with the least amount of error terms. Analyses predict that industrial accidents in Korea during 2015 and 2016 will continue their persistent pattern and only experience a gradual decrease. More initiatives for accelerating the decreasing trend of industrial accidents in workplaces need to be taken.

Keywords : Workplace Safety, Workplace Accident, Forecasting Fatality of Industrial Accident,Industrial Accident in Korea, Labor Force Management in Korea