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Citation

J. Ergon. Soc. Korea 2017; 36(2): 157-168.

Vernacular Title

음식배달 종사원의 오토바이 사고특성 분석

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Ergonomics Society of Korea)

DOI

10.5143/JESK.2017.36.2.157

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to understand the motorcycle accident characteristics of food delivery workers and to present basic guidelines on accident prevention through accident.

Background: It is known that food delivery workers have a high ratio of self-employed and youth workers, and occupations with frequent disasters. Therefore the occupation is known to really be in need of accident prevention policy.

Method: This study analyzed the data of motorcycle crashes of 1,310 food delivery workers that have been approved as on-duty industrial crashes since 2015. The accident characteristics were examined by dividing them into driver related factors and accident related factors.

Results: Among the motorcycle crashes of food delivery workers, 99.2% of the victims were males, 82.6% had less than six months of work experience. 76.2% of the victims were employed by the companies with less than five workers. In addition, there was a difference in accident characteristics according to age, type of cuisine, accident time of the day, injured organs and injured body part.

Conclusion: The results of this study can be used as baseline data to devise systematic measures to prevent motorcycle crashes of food delivery workers.

Application: Preventative measures for novice young part time workers including safety education/training need to be established.

Copyright 2017, Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea


Language: en

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