Analysis of accidents in chemistry/chemical engineering laboratories in Korea

IF 1 4区工程技术 Q4 ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL

Process Safety Progress Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI:10.1002/prs.12528

Jong Gu Kim, Han Jin Jo, Young-hee Roh

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Abstract

This is the first study to statistically analyze all chemical laboratory accidents in South Korea during 2015–2021 to examine the relationship among accident types and causes, damage types, and damaged areas. The data included accidents with injury requiring treatment for more than three days, following the standards of the Act on the Establishment of Safe Laboratory Environment. Frequency analysis was conducted on the current status of each variable, and a cross‐tabulation analysis identified the associations among them. The results identified 1380 laboratory accidents, with 342 chemistry/chemical engineering accidents. Chemical accidents were categorized as fires, explosions, and spills according to accident type; spills exhibited the highest frequency (69.0%) and were mostly caused by inadequate handling of chemicals (62.5%). Most explosions (62.2%) and fires (52.2%) were caused by abnormal/runaway reactions. Burn damage was high in all accident types, especially spills (76.1%). The face was frequently damaged across all accident types, while explosions damaged multiple areas. Several safety management measures are proposed to prevent/reduce spills, explosions, fires, and damage based on the results. The results can help researchers develop new protective technologies for safety in chemistry/chemical engineering laboratories.

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韩国化学/化学工程实验室事故分析

这是首次对2015-2021年韩国所有化学实验室事故进行统计分析，研究事故类型和原因、损害类型、受损区域之间的关系。这些数据包括受伤需要治疗超过三天的事故，符合《建立安全实验室环境法》的标准。对每个变量的当前状态进行频率分析，并通过交叉表分析确定它们之间的关联。结果发现实验室事故1380起，化学/化学工程事故342起。化学事故按事故类型分为火灾、爆炸和泄漏;泄漏的频率最高(69.0%)，主要是由化学品处理不当引起的(62.5%)。大多数爆炸(62.2%)和火灾(52.2%)是由异常反应或失控反应引起的。烧伤损害在所有事故类型中都很高，尤其是溢漏(76.1%)。在所有类型的事故中，面部经常受损，而爆炸破坏了多个区域。根据研究结果，提出了几项安全管理措施，以防止/减少泄漏、爆炸、火灾和损害。研究结果可以帮助研究人员开发新的化学/化学工程实验室安全防护技术。

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Process Safety Progress 工程技术-工程：化工

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Process Safety Progress covers process safety for engineering professionals. It addresses such topics as incident investigations/case histories, hazardous chemicals management, hazardous leaks prevention, risk assessment, process hazards evaluation, industrial hygiene, fire and explosion analysis, preventive maintenance, vapor cloud dispersion, and regulatory compliance, training, education, and other areas in process safety and loss prevention, including emerging concerns like plant and/or process security. Papers from the annual Loss Prevention Symposium and other AIChE safety conferences are automatically considered for publication, but unsolicited papers, particularly those addressing process safety issues in emerging technologies and industries are encouraged and evaluated equally.