Workers’ experiences with compensated sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder: a qualitative study

Min Choi,Hyoung-Ryoul Kim,Jinwoo Lee,Hye-Eun Lee,Junsu Byun,Jong Uk Won 대한직업환경의학회 2014 대한직업환경의학회지 Vol.26 No.-

Objectives: The most common occupational disease that is compensated by Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance (IACI) in Korea is musculoskeletal disease (MSD). Although complaints about the workers’ compensation system have been raised by injured workers with MSD, studies that examine workers’ experiences with the Korean system are rare. This paper is a qualitative study designed to examine injured workers’ experiences with the workers’ compensation system in Korea. The aim of this study is to explore the drawbacks of the workers’ compensation system and to suggest ways to improve this system. Methods: All workers from an automobile parts factory in Anseong, GyeongGi province who were compensated for MSD by IACI from January 2003 to August 2013 were invited to participate. Among these 153 workers, 142 workers completed the study. Semi-structured open-ended interviews and questionnaires were administered by occupational physicians. The responses of 131 workers were analyzed after excluding 11 workers, 7 of whom provided incomplete answers and 4 of whom were compensated by accidental injury. Based on their age, disease, department of employment, and compensation time, 16 of these 131 workers were invited to participate in an individual in-depth interview. In-depth interviews were conducted by one of 3 occupational physicians until the interview contents were saturated. Results: Injured workers with MSD reported that the workers’ compensation system was intimidating. These workers suffered more emotional distress than physical illness due to the workers’ compensation system. Injured workers reported that they were treated inadequately and remained isolated for most of the recuperation period. The compensation period was terminated without ample guidance or a plan for an appropriate rehabilitation process. Conclusions: Interventions to alleviate the negative experiences of injured workers, including quality control of the medical care institutions and provisions for mental and psychological care for injured workers, are needed to help injured workers return to work earlier and more healthy.

일부(一部) 사업장(事業場)의 산업보건(産業保健) 사업(事業)에 있어서의 근로자(勤勞者) 참여(參與)에 관한 조사(調査) 연구(硏究)

최재욱,문옥륜,Choi, Jae-Wook,Moon, Ok-Ryun 대한예방의학회 1991 예방의학회지 Vol.24 No.3

The concept of workers' participation in occupational health was introduced to Korea recently in relation to primary health care in occupational health. But there is confusion and debate about workers' participation concept. The purpose of this study was to review the concepts of workers' participation and to conduct evaluation the workers' participation status in occupational health and safety, 394 workers and 54 employers (5.6%) in north area of Kyunggi-Do, were selected and interviewed with a questionnaire by a trained interviewer from August to September 1990. In general, the concept of workers' participation is based on industrial domocratisation and Declaration of Human Rights which had been powerful ideologies in labor movement. Contrary to workers' participation, community participation is rooted in the Health Rights. So, it is necessary to consider concept of workers' participation to improve participation. The results of survey were as follows. 1. Most of companies (71.75) carried out occupational health education to workers in study area. 2. The Occupational Safety and Health Committee (OSHC) were set up in 24.1% among the study companies, and 72.7% of workers among respondents thought that OSHC was helpful to workers health. 3. The workers signed his name to personal health report in 43.1% and the rate of participation in occupational environment examination was 54.9%. 4. The workers prefer the OSHC (39.3%), owner (35.1%) and union (25.8%) as a occupation health organisation, but owners prefer OSHC (54.5%), manager (43.2%) and union (2.3%). 5. Among the factors of the general characteristics, the existence of labor union was a major determinant of workers' attitude and level of workers' participation. As we have seen, most levels of workers' participation are low in occupational health. The variable of existence of labor union among the factors was a ma determinant of workers attitude and level of workers' participation. Therefore, in order to promote workers health, it is necessary to ponder long deeply on occupational health care system under the viewpoint of workers' participation.

특수건강진단에서 발견된 고혈압 및 간질환 유소견자의 건강관리 실태에 관한 조사

정해관,김정순,문옥륜,임현술,Cheong, Hae-Kwan,Kim, Joung-Soon,Moon, Ok-Ryun,Lim, Hyun-Sul 대한예방의학회 1992 Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Vol.25 No.4

Authors studied the workers' knowledge about the health problems detected through the previous workers' periodic health examination, content of follow-up management ana actions taken for their health problem detected on previous health examination. From June to September 1992, workers' periodic health examination was peformed on workers employed in 10 companies located in 2 middle-sized Korean cities. A questionnaire survey was done far 150 workers who reported to have $D_2$ result of either hypertension or liver disorder at the previous workers' periodic health examination done in 1991. The results are as follows; 1. Of 160 workers who had $D_2$ result of either hypertension or liver disorder in previous examination one year before, only 85 workers(51.3%, 43 workers with hypertension, 38 workers with live disorder) responded that they have such disorders. The other 65 workers responded to questionnaire were all those with C results. Respondents' knowledge about their diagnoses was relatively precise (95.2% in hypertension group, 94.6% in liver disorder group) but knowledge about classification of diseases was poor. 2. The main efforts to solve the health problem nab self management (20 spells, 55.3%), visiting clinic or hospital(6 spells, 12.8%), use of herb medicine (2 spells, 4.3%) and use of drug store(2 spells, 4.3%) in hypertension group. In liver disorder group, 30 spells (71.4%) relied on self management,6 spells (14.3%) on hospital or clinic and 9 spells (21.4%) had no effort to improve the health problem. Content of self management was low salt diet, quit smoking, regular exercise and quit alcohol drinking in order. Avoidance of salt in diet was high in hypertension group and quitting alcohol drinking was high in liver disorder group. In those with self management, 80.7% of hypertension group and 83.3% of liver disorder group continued previous effort. Those, however, who utilized clinic or hospital, only 16.7% and 50.0% were still visiting hospital or clinic. 3. Fifty seven percent of hypertension group and 64.3% of liver disorder group was presently smoking,8.5% and 11.9% reduced smoking and 21.3% and 14.3% stopped smoking. Forty nine percent of hypertension group and 28.6% of liver disorder group was presently drinking. Reduced alcohol intake was reported in 29.8% and 40.5%, 12.8ole and 23.8% stopped alcohol drinking. Sixty six percent of hypertension group and 73.8% of liver disorder group did no regular exercise, but 12.8% and 11.9% of each group increased their physical exercise far last one year. Forty three percent of hypertension group and 38.l% of liver disorder group was overweight (defined by bodymass index greater or equal than 25). Reduced body Weight was reported in 17.2% and 16.7% of each group. Reduced dietary salt intake was high in hypertension group (51.5%). The study results suggest that follow-up management after workers' periodic health examination is not satisfactory. In order to improve this situation, adequate information on the result of the workers' periodic health examination should be distributed to each worker group with health education and counselling.

산재법상 산재후유장애에 대한 업무상 판단과 대책

이달휴 경북대학교 법학연구원 2015 법학논고 Vol.0 No.51

Workers’ compensation act is social insurance that provides cash benefits and(or) medical care for workers who are injured or become ill as a direct result of their job. The problem occurs when physical trauma produce mental injury to injured workers. In other words the problem is if Workers’ compensation law protects injured workers suffering from PTSD from stress or mental pressure after curing their injury. It is difficult for judge the occupational nature of PTSD as the PTSD happens to injured workers out of the multi cause regardless of age after industrial accidents, after a lapse of long period from industrial accidents. The other problem is how the PTSD is judged. The Korean workers’ compensation law have the rule of additional injury and disease compensation pension, compensation for re-medical treatment and general causation between diseases and work for protecting the injured workers. The inferior court intends to solve the work connected of PTSD by applying the rule of additional injury and disease compensation pension. This application of the rule to PTSD is wrong because when PTSD happens to the workers who saw colleague injured. this rule is no more applied. Therefore, PTSD could be protected according to the judgement of work related disease based on the general rule that prescribes the proximate causal relation between disease and work. In America, PTSD of the worker is divided into three forms that are cases in which observable physical trauma causes mental injury, cases in which mental stress or stimulus causes observable physical trauma and cases in which mental stress or stimulus so-called purely mental injuries, that is, injuries unaccompanied by any observable or apparent physical trauma according to the cause of PTSD, PTSD of the injured worker is protected by workers’ compensation system, if PTSD happens out of physical trauma decided as the work related injury. Above all, we try to prevent the PTSD from the physical trauma. The best method is to consider and educate the injured workers for prevention of PTSD. 자본주의 사회에서는 근로자는 노동을 통하여 생활할 수밖에 없다. 그런데 노동을 제공하는 과정에서 근로자에게 예기치 않은 사건이 발생하는 경우가 있다. 그중 하나가 산업재해이다. 이러한 산업재해는 일순간 발생하고 그러한 발생에 의하여 근로자와 그 가족은 무한한 고통과 불행을 당하게 된다. 이러한 산업재해의 하나가 PTSD(Post-traumatic Stress Disorder)이다. 즉 산재법상 산재후유장애인 것이다. 그런데 이러한 산재후유장애에 대하여 산재법의 보호를 받을 수 있는지가 문제된다. 즉 업무상 장해에 해당되는가의 문제가 발생한다. 이를 위해서 PTSD의 개념, 증상, 원인 및 특징을 알 필요가 있다. 산재후유장애는 외상을 직접적으로 당한 근로자뿐만 아니라 그러한 외상을 당하는 근로자를옆에서 지켜본 동료근로자도 발생한다는 특징이 있고, 이를 개념에 포함시켜야 한다. 왜냐하면 이에 따라 산재법상 업무상 판단이 달라질 수 있기 때문이다. 그리고 선진국인 미국에서는 산재후유장애를 어떻게 처리하는지를 살펴보았다. 즉 미국의 Louisiana 주에서 산재법상 PTSD를 3가지 종류로 나누어 외상과 산재후유장애 사이에 인과관계가 인정되면 산재법상 보호를 하며, 다만 주에 따라서 인과관계의 정도를 달리하고 있다는 것을 살펴보았다.

일반 정보통신 분야 및 컴퓨터 보안 분야 종사와 고용형태가 임금과 직무 및 직장만족도에 미치는 상호작용 효과

김영기 사단법인 인문사회과학기술융합학회 2017 예술인문사회융합멀티미디어논문지 Vol.7 No.12

This paper analyzes whether the difference of wage, job and workplace satisfaction between workers of general information communication technology and workers of computer security based on permanent and temporary worker. Result of study see two as follows. First, it see that higher wage for the permanent workers than temporary workers of general information communication technology, but higher wage for temporary workers than permanent workers of computer security. Reason to shown in this result is because more one million monthly wage for the self-employed temporary workers of computer security than monthly wage for the self-employed temporary workers of general information communication technology. Accordingly, we give considerable thought to not only the gap of wage between permanent and temporary workers of computer security but also the gap of wage between employed temporary workers and self-employed temporary workers. Second, it see that make a large difference in job and workplace satisfaction between permanent and temporary workers of computer security than workers of general information communication technology. This result is that lower job and workplace satisfaction of temporary workers of computer security than temporary workers of general information communication technology. So, this study offered that investigate the cause through follow-up study and effort to resolve them should be to foster better productivity and efficiency within computer security organizations. 본 연구는 일반 정보통신분야 종사자와 컴퓨터 보안 분야 종사자의 임금수준과 직무 및 직장만족도가 고용형태별로 어떤 차이를 보이는지를 분석하였다. 연구의 결과는 다음 두 가지로 나타났다. 첫째, 일반정보통신 분야 정규직 종사자의 임금수준이 비정규직 종사자의 임금수준보다 높은 것으로 나타난 반면, 컴퓨터 보안 분야 비정규직 종사자의 임금수준은 정규직의 임금수준보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 의외의 결과가 나타난 이유는 정보 보안 분야 자영업자의 임금수준이 일반 정보통신 분야 자영업자의 임금수준보다 월평균 100만원 이상 높았기 때문이었다. 이를 통해, 컴퓨터 보안 분야 종사자의 경우 정규직과 비정규직의 임금 차이도 중요하지만 민간 기업이나 기관에 고용되어 있는 비정규직과 자영업자인 비정규직 간의 임금도 큰 차이가 있음을 알 수 있다. 따라서 이와 같은 임금격차를 만들어 내는 원인을 탐색하는 향후의 연구를 통해 컴퓨터 보안 종사자의 교육 프로그램 설계와 진로 지도 등을 위한 시사점으로 활용할 것을 제안하였다. 둘째, 일반 정보통신 분야 종사자 보다 컴퓨터 보안 분야 종사자의 경우 정규직과 비정규직의 직무 및 직장만족도가 더 크게 차이가 나는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이와 같은 결과는 일반 정보통신분야 비정규직 종사자보다 컴퓨터 보안 분야 비정규직 종사자들이 더 낮은 직무 및 직장만족도를 지니고 있다는 것을 의미하므로, 후속연구를 통해 그 원인의 규명과 해소에 노력하는 것이 컴퓨터보안 분야 조직의 생산성과 효율성 향상에 도움이 될 것임을 제안하였다.

慶南地域 某工團內 社業場 勞動者 및 保健擔當者의 勞動者保健管理에 관한 知識 및 態度

손혜숙,이성림 大韓産業醫學會 1993 대한직업환경의학회지 Vol.5 No.1

우리나라에서 현재 실시되고 있는 산업보건사업인 작업환경측정 및 건강진단을 중심으로 사업장 보건관리에 관한 실태를 파악함으로 근로자 보건관리 대책에 일조가 본조사를 실시하였다. 경남지역 모공단내 45개 사업장의 보건담당자 45명, 근로자 373명을 대상으로 근로자 보건관리에 대한 지식 및 태도에 관하여 1991년 12월부터 1992년 2월까지 설문 조사하여 다음과 같은 성적을 얻었다. 1. 정기 근로자 건강진단을 매년 지속적으로 받아 온 근로자가 75.9%였다. 2. 자신이 받고 있는 건강진단의 종류를 13.7%의 근로자가 몰랐으며, 특수건강진단 대상자 중 18.8%만이 자신이 특수건강진단을 받고 있다는 사실을 알고 있었다. 3. 건강진단 실시후 결과를 통보 받은 근로자는 70.5%였고, 통보받은 검진결과 내용(질병 유무)을 모르는 근로자가 12.9%였다. 4. 건강진단의 유용성에 대하여 도움이 된다고 긍정적인 응답을 한 근로자가 65.4%, 보건담당자가 95.5%였다. 5. 사업장의 보건관리방법에 대하여 58.2%의 근로자가 모른다고 응답하였고, 보건담당자의 86.7%는 정확히 인지하고 있었다. 6. '산업보건의' 및 '보건관리자'라는 용어에 대하여 근로자의 36.7%가 모르고 있었다. 7. 보건교육은 31개(68.9%) 사업장에서 실시하였으며, 교육이 실시되는 것을 알면서도 교육에 전혀 참여하지 않는 근로자가 17.8%였다. 8. 작업환경측정이 환경관리에 유용하다고 응답한 근로자가 52.3%, 보건담당자 80.0%였다. 9. 근무하는 사업장에서 직업병이 발생가능할 것으로 응답한 근로자가 42.6%, 보건담당자가 28.9%였다. 10. 개인보호구의 직업병예방에 대한 효과에 대하여 도움이 된다고 응답한 근로자가 63.2%, 보건 담당자가 44.2%였다. 이상의 결과에서 사업장의 근로자와 기업주를 대신하여 보건관리업무에 직접 참여하고 있는 보건담당자가 현재 우리나라에서 실시되는 보건관리활동에 대하여 올바른 지식을 가지고, 그 유용성을 인식하여 적극적으로 참여할 수 있도록 지도, 교육하는 노력이 효율적이고 효과적인 사업장 보건관리업무를 수행하기 위하여 선행되어야 할 것으로 사료되며, 현재 실시되는 보건관리방법별로 교육의 구체적인 방법에 대한 연구가 수행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다. This study was conducted for the purpose of providing the fundamental data for a countermeasure of health care magnagement-working environment measurement, regural health check, etc. The author surveyed the knowledge and attitude about the worker's health care of 373 workers and 45 health manager in an industrial complex in Kyungnam from December 1991 to February 1992. The results were summerized as follows. 1. 75.9% of workers has gotten regural health check continuously. 2. 13.7% of workers didn't know about a kind of regural health check that was gotton. And just 18.8% of workers knew exactly that he got special health check. 3. After health checking, 70.5% of workers recieved the result of health check. although they recieved the result, 26.0% of them didn't know about the contents of the result. 4. 65.4% of workers and 95.5% of health manager answered that regural health check was useful for workers' health care. 5. 58.2% of workers ansered that he didn't know the method of health care of own industry. 6. In 31 factories(68.9%), health education performanced and 17.8% of workers never attended there, even through health education performanced. 7. 52.3% of workers and 80.0% of health managers answered that working environment measurement is useful for workers' health care. 8. 42.6% of workers and 28.9% of health managers answered that the development of occupational disease is possible at working place. 9. 63.2% of workers and 44.2% of health managers answered that the personal protects are helpful to the prevention of occupational disease. As the results of this study, it is necessary that the workers and health managers know and understand the activities of occupational health exactly, for achieving the effective results of the activities. And, we should develope the effective programme for educating and training the workers and the health managers.

근로자 건강진단시 간기능 이상자의 정밀검사항목 개선을 위한 조사연구

정해관,임현술,김규회,Cheong, Hae-Kwan,Lim, Hyun-Sul,Kim, Gyu-Hoi 대한예방의학회 1994 Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Vol.27 No.4

Workers' periodic health examination is the main tools used to manage the health problems of most workers in Korea. The most common health problem found in workers' periodic health examination is liver disorder. Liver disorder is also one of the most common health problems in general population and one of the leading causes of mortality in adult population. Regulation proposed by government (No. 207, Ministry of Labor, 1992) defines the criteria for selection of workers with the liver dysfunction for further evaluative examination and the examination items used for diagnosis of the workers with liver dysfunction. This study was designed to evaluate the proficiency of each examination items presently defined in Regulation and propose the optimal examination items for detection of the liver disorders found by workers' periodic health examination. Study subjects are 186 workers with abnormal liver function tests in screening examination of workers' periodic health examination. Questionnaire survey including past history of liver disorder, drinking history, height and weight was done. Physical examination by physician, routine test items defined by Regulation (SGOT, SGPT, $\gamma$-GTP, protein, albumin, total and direct bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, $\alpha$-feto protein, HBsAg and anti-HBs), anti-HCV antibody test and liver ultrasonography were done. Results are as follows; 1. Result of evaluative examination utilizing only the items defined in Regulation was; There were 75 workers with suspected live. disorder(40.3%), 63 with no liver dysfunction (33.9%), 13 with suspected hepatitis B(7.0%), 10 workers with hepatitis B(5.4%), 10 workers with hepatitis B carrier state(5.4%), 10 with alcoholic liver disorders(5.4%), 5 with fatty liver(2.7%). When alternative diagnostic criteria applying additional examination items (drinking history, body mass index, anti-HCV antibody and ultrasonography) diagnosability of liver disorder was increased. When all four items were included, final results were; 23 workers (17.8%) with hepatitis B (10 carriers, 13 suspects and 10 hepatitis B), 10 (5.4%) with hepatitis C(4 carriers, 5 suspects and 1 hepatitis C), 13(7.0%) with alcoholic liver disorder, 45(24.2%) with fatty liver (40 suspects, 5 fatty liver), 410%) with suspected liver disorders and 44 (23.7%) with normal liver. 2. Of examination items defined by Regulation, only SGOT, SGPT, $\gamma$-GTP and HBsAg were significantly different in abnormal rate and mean value, and all other laboratory findings did not showed significant difference between two groups. Drinking history, body mass index and anti-HCV antibody test which are the items that authors included in this study, also showed significant difference between two groups. Utilization of body mass index (BMI) for abnormal liver function group in diagnosis of fatty liver had high specificity (97.6%) but sensitivity (22.3%) was low. Therefore we suggest that SGOT, SGPT, $\gamma$-GTP, HBsAg, alcohol drinking history, BMI and anti-HCV Ab were useful for diagnosis of liver disorders among worker's periodic health examination.

한국의 비정규고용의 실태와 법률적 쟁점 -비정규고용의 현황, 대응과정 및 향후 개선방안을 중심으로-

박종희 한국외국어대학교 법학연구소 2011 외법논집 Vol.35 No.4

This paper looked into current situation and key issues regarding temporary workers in Korea during past 15 years as follows:Firstly, the scope of the meaning of temporary workers is broaden to the extent of in-house subcontract workers while it used to be understood to cover only short-term workers, part-time workers and temporary agency workers. In Korea, the meaning of temporary workers seems to generally refer to those who agonize over insecurity of their jobs low wage. Secondly, it can be said such differences in the definition of temporary workers generated the controversies on the range of temporary workers. Thirdly, the practical situation which temporary workers face shows a wide gap between them and regular workers not only by working conditions but also by the rate of social insurance coverage. Fourthly, issues in regard to short-term, part-time and temporary agency contracts and anti-discrimination measures were examined as main legal issues related to temporary workers as well as an recent debate on whether the principal employer has a employer status. Lastly, personal opinions on how to resolve problems caused by temporary position were added.

독일의 손님노동자, 그들의 문제와 해결 방식 - 한국 여성이주노동자를 중심으로 -

나혜심 한국세계문화사학회 2016 세계 역사와 문화 연구 Vol.0 No.38

Immigrating workers employed beyond their country, experience many difficulties than its native workers. It is because, along with their identical issue for a worker, they also have their own identity in terms of economical, racial and cultural aspect, being forced. Korean women workers immigrated to Germany also experienced that. So far, Korean immigrating workers have been studied related to economical contribution or from an aspect of foreign diaspora. The interest for their labor-characteristic was so insufficient. For those reasons, this report examined identity of Korean immigrating workers for a worker based on efforts improving their working condition and situation. Compared with strikes from Turkish workers or women workers in Germany, Korean workers were not in situation making collective identity or sharing their consciousness. For Korean workers relatively having insufficient opportunities for sharing their consciousness or connecting their actions, there were only a few actions for a worker, and several succeeded strikes of miners can prove this. On the other hand, due to characteristics of employment and stay condition, women, mostly nurse workers, just expressed their anger individually or appealed their problems through some people intervening their immigration. After that, they have made some conditions sharing their situation for workers among interactions and making public their problems. Finally, struggling for their stay right, they made institutional strategy for determining stay related problems by their own in Germany. (Sungkyunkwan University) 국경을 넘어 고용된 이주노동자들은 국민국가 내의 노동자들과는 다른 많은 어려움을 경험한다. 노동자로서의 정체성 이외에 경제적, 인종적, 문화적, 측면에서 또 고유한 정체성을 갖고 있으며 이는 또 강요되고 있기 때문이다. 독일로 이주노동을 갔던 한인여성노동자 역시 그러하다. 그동안 한인이주노동자들은 경제적 기여와 관련되거나 한인의 해외디아스포라의 관점에서 주로 연구되었고 그들의 노동자성에 대한 관심은 매우 부족하였다. 그런 이유에서 본고에서는 한인 이주노동자들의 노동자로서의 정체성을 그들의 노동조건과 상황의 개선을 위한 노력들을 중심으로 살펴보았다. 독일의 터키노동자나 여성이주노동자들의 파업 등의 경우와 비교했을 때 한인노동자들은 집단적 정체성을 만들고 의식을 공유할 조건에 있지 않았다. 상대적으로 집단적 의식 공유와 행동의 연대를 할 수 있는 기회가 적었던 한인노동자에게서 노동자로서의 행동이 아주 없었던 것은 아니며 서 광부들은 여러번에 걸친 노동쟁의는 이를 반증한다. 이에 비하여 간호노동자였던 여성들은 고용 및 체류조건의 고유성으로 인하여 개인적 분노표출이나 이주에 개입했던 개인들을 통하여 문제를 드러내는 정도에 그쳤다. 하지만 일정한 시간을 경과하면서 자신들의 노동자로서의 상황에 대한 의식을 교류를 통해서 공유하고 문제를 공개화 할 수 있는 조건들을 갖추어갔다. 그리고 결국 체류권 투쟁을 통하여 독일 내에서 체류의 문제를 스스로 결정할 수 있는 제도적 장치를 마련하게 된다.

사무직 종사자의 안전보건 교육실태와 효과성에 관한 연구

최서연,나민오,김영식,정원일 사단법인 한국안전문화학회 2022 안전문화연구 Vol.- No.16

The current Occupational Safety and Health Act does not apply the regular safety and health education provisions of Article 32 of the Act to businesses that employ only office workers. However, it is stipulated that regular safety and health education of at least 3 hours per quarter is required for office workers working in the field. However, office workers are also at risk of being exposed to long hours of work, emotional labor, and musculoskeletal disorders, and it seems that there is no small need for safety and health education. Therefore, this study was conducted to classify office workers into general office workers and field office workers, to understand the actual situation of safety and health education, and to verify the necessity and economic effect of safety and health education and use it as evidence for expanding the subject of education. In this study, first, in order to understand the status of safety and health education of office workers, a survey was conducted on 123 office workers and statistical analysis was performed using frequency analysis and multiple response analysis. Second, to confirm the effect of safety and health education, using the 2018 workplace safety and health survey and the 2019 industrial accident statistics accident rate, we quantified the effect of education for office workers on the occurrence of industrial accidents and estimated the benefits of the effect of reducing industrial accidents. As a result of the study, it was found that general office workers' accident experience and awareness of accidents and diseases were higher than those of on-site office workers, and the subjects of safety and health education were supervisors and safety and health managers, and education was mainly provided by internal employees. The awareness of the effectiveness of regular safety and health education was high at 89.4%, and the need for flexible operation of training hours and an increase in the number of training sessions to vitalize regular safety and health education was found to be high. In particular, there was a high awareness that it was necessary to expand ‘outsourced education support’ for revitalization of education in small businesses and to manage ‘confirmation of safety and health education’ in order to establish regular safety and health education. Compared to workplaces that do not provide training, the effect of preventing industrial accidents is higher, and thus it is expected to contribute to the reduction of accidents and labor loss. Through this study, it was possible to confirm the perception that safety and health education is necessary for general office workers in addition to the field, and it was identified that flexible operation of education suitable for the characteristics of the workplace and management of workplace implementation were necessary.