Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Eun Hee Ha

16 Articles

Nonspecific Building Related Illnesses: Chunhui Suh, Eun Hee Ha, Yun Chul Hong, Yoo Mi Chae, Kyu Jin Chang, Jungwon Kim; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2012;24(4):319-327. Published online December 31, 2012; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2012.24.4.319

Abstract PDF: Nonspecific building related illnesses (NBRI) are an array of diverse symptoms related to working in particular buildings. There are numerous contributing factors, including basic factors (temperature, humidity and ventilation) as well as chemicals, dust, microorganisms, and psychosocial factors. At the individual level, taking a careful history is the essential first step. After ruling out other diseases, clinicians can start the symptomatic treatment for NBRI. If a relationship to the building is suspected, a walk through evaluation is very helpful. At the group level, standardized questionnaires and investigations of the building environment can be applied simultaneously. If the prevalence of symptoms are greater than that of general population, appropriate interventions have to be provided for prevention and group health care. In both approaches, it is essential to periodically follow up with symptomatic patients and work environments after an intervention. For the management of NBRI, taking care of the patient's symptoms and maintaining a good indoor environment are important. To achieve this goal, cooperation among workers, building managers, employers and occupational health staff is crucial.

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Analysis of Worker's Compensation Claims for the Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Diseases: Jae Hong Ryoo, Eun Hee Ha, Soo Geun Kim, Jeong Youn Kim, Yong Kyu Kim, Eui Cheol Lee, Cheol Ho Yi, Jun Seok Son; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2007;19(1):38-46. Published online March 31, 2007; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2007.19.1.38

OBJECTIVES
This study was performed to provide fundamental data to judge whether or not cerebro and cardiovascular diseases are work-related, by comparing the characteristics between approved and non-approved cases among the worker's compensation claims.
METHODS
We collected 12,309 cerebro and cardiovascular disease claims based on the worker's compensation records of the Labor Welfare Corporation from 2000 to 2004. The approved and non-approved cases were analyzed according to factors such as the calendar year, industry, company size, occupation, gender, age group, classification of cerebro and cardiovascular diseases, fatality and underlying diseases. We used x2-test and multivariate logistic regression for the analysis.
RESULTS
According to multivariate logistic regression, electricity gas and water supply (OR=4.18, 95% CI=1.43~12.17), construction (OR=2.39, 95% CI=1.22~4.69) and manufacturing (OR=2.10, 95% CI=1.08~4.07) industries had a higher approval rate than mining and quarrying industries. Service workers and sales & marketing department workers (OR=1.90, 95% CI=1.47~2.47), professionals (OR=1.83, 95% CI=1.50~2.23), technicians and associate professionals (OR=1.63, 95% CI=1.35~1.97) and legislators and senior officials and managers (OR=1.62, 95% CI=1.24~2.12) had a higher approval rate than plant and machine operators and assemblers. Female workers had a higher approval rate (OR=1.31, 95% CI=1.13~1.53) than male workers. Cerebrovascular diseases had a higher approval rate (OR=2.75, 95% CI=2.42~3.13) than cardiovascular diseases. Fatal cases had a higher approval rate (OR=6.01, 95% CI=4.89~7.38) than surviving cases.
CONCLUSION
For cerebro and cardiovascular diseases, workers' compensation claims are increasing, approval rates are relatively high and factors such as industry, company size, occupation, gender and fatality are related. A remarkable difference in the approval rate was found according to industry and occupation, suggesting the need for further study to identify which factors influence the approval rate. The approval rate for intracerebral hemorrhage arising in the course of employment (COE) was significantly higher than that arising out of employment (AOE), suggesting the need to correct the approval criteria.

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Multilevel Analysis of Risk Factors Related to Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Caterers for Elementary School Lunch Services: Kyung Hee Jung-Choi, Sang Yun Lee, Myung Ki, Kee Hong Cho, Hee Tae Kang, Young Jun Kwon, Hyun Joo Kim, Myoung Hee Kim, Kyoung Bok Min, Hye Sook Park, Jeong Youn Kim, Eun Hee Ha, Do Myung Paek; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2004;16(4):436-449. Published online December 31, 2004; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2004.16.4.436

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OBJECTIVES
To examine the complaint proportion and characteristics of musculoskeletal symptoms and to find risk factors of musculoskeletal symptoms among caterers for school lunch services.
METHODS
The study subjects were 385 caterers who were working for school lunch services in 71 elementary schools and 114 housewives who had visited a hospital for routine health check-up. A self-recording questionnaire was used to investigate the general characteristics, labor conditions, job stress and nature of musculoskeletal symptom. Caterers were surveyed from September to October in 2003 and the housewives during September by post. The ergonomic risk factors were examined for the caterers of an elementary school in Kyonggi Province in November, 2003.
RESULTS
The complaint proportion of self-reported positive musculoskeletal symptoms was 52.0% and that of severe musculoskeletal symptoms was 24.9%. Ergonomic assessment revealed that washing the dishes, carrying the soup containers and cleaning the sewage drain were highly risky activities in terms of repetitive and heavy weight-bearing motions. As for personal factors, the caterers having severe musculoskeletal symptoms had high psychological job demand. As for the workplace factors, the proportion of schools having severe musculoskeletal symptoms was significant higher where each caterer prepared more than 150 lunches. Among schools without school lunchroom, more schools had caterers having severe musculoskeletal symptoms. Using multilevel analysis, we found that the number of lunches to be prepared per caterer was a significant risk factor of severe musculoskeletal symptoms (O.R. 4.67).
CONCLUSIONS
This study showed that the number of lunches prepared per caterer has a significant influence on the development of musculoskeletal disorder and that caterers work in an ergonomically highly risky job environment. The study results suggest that the number of caterers be increased to decrease the number of lunches prepared per caterer and the ergonomic environment be improved.

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Evaluation of the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms, presumptive diagnosis, medical care use, and sick leave among female school meal service workers
Young Hoon Moon, Young Joon Yang, Sang Yoon Do, Jae Yoon Kim, Chul Gab Lee, Hong Jae Chae, Soo Hyeon Kim, Han Soo Song
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Job Stress and Musculoskeletal Disorder in Seoul City's School Foodservice Employees
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Safety Accidents and Physical Fatigue of School Foodservice Employees
Yeon-Jung Cho, Hyun-Ah Kim
Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition.2013; 42(9): 1482. CrossRef
Musculoskeletal Workload Evaluation in Physical Therapist
Youn-Bum Sung, Hyung-Seok Seo, Jung-Ho Lee, Young-Han Park
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Risk Factor Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Symptoms for Guards
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Impact of Health Insurance Type on the Quality of Hemodialysis Services: A Multilevel Analysis
Jin-Hee Jung, Soon-Man Kwon, Kyoung-Hoon Kim, Seon-Kyoung Lee, Dong-Sook Kim
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The Experience of Occupational Health Care Providers in the Government-funded Subsidized Occupational Health Program for Small Scale Industries: Use of Focus Group Interview: Young Ran Han, Soo Geun Kim, Eun Hee Ha; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2002;14(4):392-407. Published online December 31, 2002; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2002.14.4.392

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OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to provide the fundamental information to prepare better strategies based on the experiences of occupational health care providers who are involved in the Government-funded subsidized occupational health programs for small scale industries.
METHODS
The focus group methodology was used in this study.The data was collected using focus group interviews and analyzed in the framework of the Grounded theory method as mapped by Strauss and Corbin(1990). The subjects enrolled in this study included 20 occupational health care providers in the Government-funded subsidized occupational health program for the SSI;6 doctors and 14 nurses.
RESULTS
We identified 69 concepts,28 sub-categories and 5 categories(Table 2).The categories were the Program's Goals, Various Services,Difficulties in Implement Services, Program Evaluation,and Suggestions for Alternative Plans.
CONCLUSIONS
This program showed that autonomous health management ability has not changed although the possibility for small scale industries to start the health management arose by acknowledging the importance of the health management in the work-place. A successful program should provided a practical service that is planned by the characteristics and the requirements of the workers,a better service than the standard, more visiting times,and a trusting relationship among workers. The occupational health agency's quality and the health manager's specialty needs to be improved and the health manager's authority should be consolidated. An actively cooperative triangular relation among the Labor Department/KOSHA, service organizations, and the workplace is required.In addition,alternative plans were suggested.These included various programs for planning an autonomous service suitable for the quality of the workplaces,a model set-up suitable for the quality of the workplaces,and a role model set-up for the health manager.

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An Exploration of Contextual Aspects that Influence Cardiovascular Disease Risks Perceived by Workers in a Small–Medium-Sized Workplace
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Validation of Performance Indicators for Evaluation of Workplace Health Promotion
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Effects of health and safety problem recognition on small business facility investment
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Local occupational disease surveillance system in Korea: Current status and issues: Jong Han Leem, Seong Sil Chang, Seong Ah Kim, Jai Dong Moon, Chang Ho Chae, Yun Chul Hong, Soo Young Kim, Jin Seok Kim, Young Wook Kim, Sang Hwan Han, Hae Sook Lee, Jong Uk Won, Dong Bin Song, Eun Hee Ha, Seong Kyu Kang; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2001;13(2):101-115. Published online June 30, 2001; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2001.13.2.101

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Management System of Occupational Diseases in Korea: Statistics, Report and Monitoring System
Kyung Yong Rhee, Seong Weon Choe
Journal of Korean Medical Science.2010; 25(Suppl): S119. CrossRef

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The Present Status and Perspective of Nationwide Occupational Diseases Surveillance System: Seong Kyu Kang, Young Koo Jee, Yeon Soon Ahn, Hyoung Ok Kim, Mi Na Ha, Ho Jang Kwon, Nam Jong Paik, Seong Ah Kim, Yun Chul Hong, Jai Yong Kim, Dae Hee Kang, Hye Sun Jung, Eun Hee Ha; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2001;13(2):116-126. Published online June 30, 2001; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2001.13.2.116

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Cohort Profile: Gachon Regional Occupational Cohort Study (GROCS)
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Occupational hand–arm vibration syndrome in Korea
Cheolin Yoo, Ji-Ho Lee, Choong-Ryeol Lee, Yangho Kim, Hun Lee, Younghee Choi, Young Wook Kim, Chang Ho Chae, Hyokyoung Kim, Sang Baek Koh, Euna Kim, Lu Jin Lee, Kiyoung Lee
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health.2005; 78(5): 363. CrossRef

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Health Related Quality of Life in Occupationally Injured Workers: Jeong Youn Kim, Eun Joo Lee, Eun Hee Ha; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2001;13(2):141-151. Published online June 30, 2001; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2001.13.2.141

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OBJECTIVE: In order to compare and find the HRQOL and it's determinants among occupationally injured workers, TA patients and general workers, we performed a crosssectional study in Masan and Changwon city, Korea.
METHODS
Cases were 169 occupationally injured workers who admitted in the hospital, and controls were 78 TA patients who admitted in the hospital and 166 general workers who worked at Ulsan industrial area. HRQOL were measured by SBQOL. We investigated confounding variables which were age, sex, marital status, employment status, family numbers, monthly income, diagnosis, treatment duration, expectation for health recovery, and expectation for return to work. We compared the HRQOL among occupationally injured workers, TA patients and general workers. We made four factors from twenty three items by factor analysis and used multiple logistic regression to find determinants on HRQOL in each group.
RESULTS
There were significant differences in HRQOL between case and control. The main determinants on HRQOL from multiple logistic regression varied in each group. In occupationally injured workers, age(OR 2.73), treatment duration(> 6 months) (OR 3.09) and expectation for return to work(OR 2.62) were main determinants for HRQOL. And age(OR 1.07), marital status(OR 7.41), family members(OR 5.73), expectation for health recovery(OR 4.23) in TA patients. However, monthly income (<1,300,000 won)(OR 1.76) were main determinants for HRQOL in general workers.
CONCLUSION
Return to work is major determinants of HRQOL for occupationally injured workers.

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Feasibility Study of Constructing an Occupational Disease Surveillance System in Inchon: Jong Han Leem, Yun Chul Hong, Hyesook Park, Eun Hee Ha; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1999;11(2):241-253. Published online June 30, 1999; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1999.11.2.241

Abstract PDF: The occurrence of occupational illnesses and injuries has been seriously underestimated in Korea. This underdiagnosis and underreporting of occupational illnesses and injuries subsequently contribute to difficulties in performing effective control of occupational hazards and implementing intervention programs to protect workers. An Inchon model for an occupational disease surveillance system was constructed using multiple data sources. Available data were obtained from medical providers' reports, hospital medical records, medical examination data of employees, and environmental measurement data. This Jnchon model was constructed with the following procedure: 1. assembled multidisciplinary staff 2. geographic targeting was to Inchon 3. established community liaison 4. collected related data to establish the magnitude of problem 5. selected, recruited, and trained case reporters 6. developed mechanisms and guidelines for reporting 7. received, screened, and prioritized case reports 8. analyzed data from case reports and field investigations 9. made and disseminated recommendations 10. evaluated the feasibility of the system. An information system based on the Internet for the occupational disease surveillance was also constructed to support the case reporting of occupational diseases. 133 cases of occupational diseases were collected in Inchon from 1 January to 31 December 1998. These cases included cumulative traumatic disorder, occupational asthma, occupational contact dermatitis, allergic pneumonitis, occupational cancer, noise-induced hearing loss, and pneumoconiosis. These data were different from the previously reported data The occurrence pattern of occupational diseases obtained from this surveillance system will be useful for preventing occupational hazards and for enforcing occupational disease prevention programs. Our experiences in establishing this surveillance system may be also used in other regional settings.

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The Development of Health Risk Appraisal at the Worksite: Eun Hee Ha, Heui Sug Jo, Hye Sook Park, Yun Chul Hong, Hyun Sul Lim, Gyu Chul Chung, Yong Ae Lee; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1998;10(4):548-561. Published online December 31, 1998; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1998.10.4.548

Abstract PDF: Health Risk Appraisal(HRA) is usually defined as a process by which we expect of individual's chances of death or acquiring specific diseases within a defined period of time. The concept of worksite as an area of health maintenance and promotion is newly developing. Our movement for health promotion of employees has been increasingly known in the worksite. The aim of this study is to develop health risk appraisal tools about health promotion at the worksite for employees. We performed this study by two steps: one step was to develop a HRA questionnaire of worksites in Korea, another was to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaire. For developing HRA questionnaire, we reviewed scientific examples at first, and then weighted the score by delphi. To evaluate the reliability of developed questionnaire, we carried out survey by test-retest method. A total of 131 employees completed HRA questionnaire on two times. The results are as follows. The total score of health risk in unhealthy workers was higher than that of healthy workers. The range of test-retest reliability of responses to the questionnaire was 0.57-0.94. Therefore it seems that this questionnaire was very suitable to assess the health behavior of workers. In conclusion, the developed HRA questionnaire can be used as a tool for evaluating health behavior and for providing health counseling materials.

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A Survey for Worker's Satisfaction and Need of Occupational Health Service (OHS) in a Shipbuilding Industry: Eun Hee Ha; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1998;10(1):61-70. Published online February 28, 1998; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1998.10.1.61

Abstract PDF: In order to make an effective occupational health service program in a shipbuilding industry, I surveyed the workers' recognition of current occupational health service provided in health department of the workplace, their satisfaction with it and their need of future service. During 4 months in 1995(from April 1st to July 31th) , structured questionnaires were administered to 680 participants in health education program in a shipbuilding industry in Inchon. Most of them were men. They were young workers of 20-29 years old and their work tenures were short(5 years or less). They knew that main activity of current OHS was treatment of disease in workplace, but their satisfaction with current OHS was not good. Their satisfaction with management of general diseases was high in the case of acute disease, namely, URI, diarrhea, abdominal pain, however their need of future service in general diseases was high in the case of chronic disease, namely, hepatitis, back pain and so on. Their concern of work related disease, their recognition of and satisfaction with preplacement medical examination was high, and they need more medical care of occupational disease. In working environmental management service, recognition of and satisfaction with the activities related to the personal protectives, safety management were high, and they need highly communication of environmental evaluation and improvement of working environment. The opinions of workers strongly showed the need of improvement in specific health examination and evaluation of work environment. Conclusively the workers were not satisfied with current in plant occupational health service. They wanted better services, especially in the medical care of occupational disease and the management of work environment.

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Quality Assessment of Group Occupational Health Service for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Korea: Sunmean Kim, Soo Hun Cho, Chang Yup Kim, Eun Hee Ha, Yun Chul Hong, Ho Jang Kwon, Mi Na Ha, Sang Hwan Han, Young Su Ju; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1998;10(1):71-82. Published online February 28, 1998; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1998.10.1.71

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Group occupational health service programme started in 1990 is one of the measures to cope with limited human and financial resources in occupational health. The programme has expanded rapidly to include 52 institutions, private as well as public, all over the country. In spite of its potential impact on health of employees and practice of occupational health in small and medium sized industries, comprehensive evaluation in terms of quality has not been tried. This study has aims to develop the criteria to assess the quality of newly developed group occupational health service programme, and to investigate the quality of institutions, and finally to develop policies for the quality improvement. 1) Criteria development : By defining occupational health services, in particular for small and medium sized industries, as one of the primary health care, followings are included as core elements of qualitative occupational health programme ; accessibility, continuity, comprehensiveness, technical quality, intersectoral collaboration, emphasis on preventive services, community participation, and adequacy. Again each element is divided into five major components of national health system infrastructure developed by the World Health Organization ; development of health resources, organized arrangement of resources, delivery of health care, economic support, and management. In turn, each component is categorized into three aspects of quality assessment, structure, process and outcome. Expert panel selected several criteria for each category to evaluate the programme. Criteria were modified according to each group of interviewees, to produce two sets of questionnaire, one for chief operating officer and another for nurses in the institutions, and the chief operating officer and workers in the workplace. 2) Subject : Of all 52 institutions, 25 voluntarily participated in the survey. At individual institution, chief operating officer and practicing nurses were interviewed in depth. After intensive education for interviewees, every interview was performed with standardized guideline and questionnaire. The quality of the 'Group occupational health service programme' was found to be lower than expected. Especially In continuity, comprehensiveness, technical quality, community participation and adequacy, lower quality in structural aspect was commonly identified throughout all the institutions. Quality in terms of accessibility and continuity highly varied among institutions. To improve quality of the programme, more comprehensive and systematic programme such as accreditation has to be introduced. In addition, human resources, governmental fund and information systems for individual workers are to be developed. As a long range plan, integration of occupational health services into the national health systems and pooling of financial resources and planned allocation should be considered.

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Job Performance of Occupational Health Personnel: Yun Chul Hong, Eun Hee Ha, Kyung Ja Jun, Young Man Rho, Hye Sook Park, Heui Sug Jo, Hun Jae Lee, Mi Ran Yang; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1997;9(3):496-507. Published online October 31, 1997; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1997.9.3.496

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The Expression of Interleukin-6 in Chronic CCl4-induced Hepatotoxicity in Ethanol-fed Rabbits: Sung Sook Kim, Yeong Ju Woo, Eun Hee Ha, Hee Jung Sohn, Inpyoi Choi; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1997;9(3):508-516. Published online October 31, 1997; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1997.9.3.508

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Phototoxic Dermatitis by Coal Tar Containing Paint: Yun Chul Hong, Eun Hee Ha, Hye Sook Park; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1997;9(2):267-274. Published online June 30, 1997; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1997.9.2.267

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Many workers who used coal tar containing paints in shipyard industry have dermatitis, but the etiology is not known well. Our research is to fond out the etiology of the dermatitis and to provide proper management. Methods of this research are comprised of 3 steps. First, we diagnosed dermatitis by questionnaire and dermatologic examination and evaluated air level of coal tar pitch volatiles in workplace. Second, we confirmed coal tar phototoxicity by in vitro cell experiments. Third, we evaluated the effects of intervention. The results were as follows ; Questionnaire survey showed that the lesions of dermatitis were mainly on the sun exposed area and the symptoms were strongly associated with season, weather, and time. Air levels of coal tar pitch volatiles in workplace were higher than NIOSH standard (0.1 mg/m(3), cyclohexane solubles). Inhibitory effects of cellular proliferation by coal tar containing paints and UVA (365nm) exposure showed coal tar phototoxicity. Intervention was done by UV barrier cream(BPF 30) and 72.7% workers who applied UV barrier cream improved after 2 months later. Conclusively, the etiology of dermatitis of shipyard workers who used coal tar containing paint was coal tar phototoxicity, and this dermatitis would be protected by UV barrier cream.

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A Survey of Working Conditions of Migrant Workers: Yun Chul Hong, Eun Hee Ha; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1996;8(1):1-14. Published online February 29, 1996; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1996.8.1.1

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The number of migrant workers staying in Korea is 73,250 August 1994 now by the data which Economic Planning Agency presented to the National Assembly. Industrial trainees were reported to be 17,640 and illegal stayers were 55,610 but many migrant workers did not seem to be included. There are some reports which described the unfulfillment of their basic right such as discrimination of wage, delay of payment, long working hours, enforced work, but working conditions, work environment and their health were not surveyed well. Therefore this survey is to study their situation such as working conditions, work environment, health and living conditions as well as general characteristics. Questionnaire was written by plain English and was made of closed question mainly. Finally 185 persons completed the questionnaire. The results are as follows; 1) The general characteristics are following: ages are mostly between 20 and 29 years old, and males are more than females, and mostly unmarried. Many were students in their countries and their education levels were high. 2) Many persons; were introduced to Korea by native broker. Total cost for coming to Korea was mostly over $1,000 and many paid over $2,000. Their staying period in Korea is mostly over 2 years arid many persons think their status uneasy. The most important purpose for coming to Korea is to earn money. 3) Many are working in garment factories but most factories are small scale: ones below 20 employees. Most are working over 10 hours a day. The average income is $480 and that is about 54.8% of average income of Korean workers. Unpaid salaries are about $921 per each worker. 4) 15.8% of migrant workers answered to have experienced industrial accidents. Their health status seems to be worse after coming to Korea. The resident environment was very poor. We knew that migrant workers' situation was very bad considering their working conditions, work environment, health and living conditions. Therefore, employment policy of migrant workers must be reviewed immediately and good working conditions must be provided to them as soon as possible.

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