A Plan for Activating Smart Safety Technology Through Awareness Survey of Safety Managers in the Construction Industry
Authors:   Form of Public Safety and Culture, So Han Sub , Park Jong Keun , Choy Myeong Ki 
Published: December 2023

To prevent accidents in the construction industry, the government is using smart safety technologies such as ICT and IoT to increase efficiency by digitization and automating existing safety management methods. However, at the present time, where quantitative effectiveness has not been shown, such as overlapping policies divided between the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and the reduction of accident rates due to the introduction of smart safety technology, a revitalization plan is needed through a survey of awareness of smart safety technology. In order to derive measures to revitalize smart safety technology in the construction industry from the government, developer, and construction company perspectives, survey items were determined through visits and brief interview targeting smart safety experts, construction company headquarters, and field workers. The general survey items and smart safety technology introduction and application groups were classified into groups, and a population was selected targeting safety managers at construction sites across the country, and a survey was conducted using a self-administered survey method. Research results: First, as a result of the survey on awareness, introduction status, and effectiveness of smart safety technology, the effectiveness of smart safety technology introduction and application was found to be high. Second, “Construction machinery and equipment access warning system” was the highest among the smart safety technologies currently operating and scheduled to be introduced in the future by groups that are currently introducing and operating smart safety technologies. Third, in terms of excellence in smart safety technology, “Easy to monitor work situation” was the highest, and excellent results were also found in groups that have not currently introduced smart safety technology at construction sites but are planning to introduce it in the future. Fourth, in terms of lack of effectiveness and ways to improve the effectiveness of smart safety technology, “introduction of technology that does not suit the construction site situation” was analyzed the most highly, and the same result was analyzed for groups that are currently not introducing smart safety technology to construction sites but are planning to introduce it in the future. It has been done. As a way to address the problems of introducing and applying smart safety technology and to prevent disasters, the government provides active education and promotion, produces and distributes smart safety technology guidelines that can be applied to each construction type, and provides clear guidelines so that owners and constructors can clearly understand them.
Specific settlement method for the use of smart safety technology, development of customized smart safety technology for practical introduction by type of work, preemptive and quick solution of after-sales service problems for developers, management of smart safety technology at the construction company headquarters level and clarification of work scope for each person in charge and labor cost support, continuous It was concluded that measures such as improving managers' awareness through education are necessary.