Abstract
Large and small safety accidents caused by experiments frequently occur in laboratories, and preventive measures are very important to prevent human, physical, and research and development (R&D) losses. It is very important to maximize R&D performance and to produce excellent R&D results through the efficient and optimal operation of laboratories, which can be done through R&D laboratory safety management activities. Research managers worldwide are obliged to engage in research activities with equal emphasis on good R&D performance and R&D laboratory safety management activities. In this article, the strategic R&D laboratory safety management status in South Korea was studied. Toward this end, an analytic hierarchy process analysis was conducted, and the degrees of importance and priority levels of the established factors affecting laboratory safety management, and their subfactors were analyzed based on a 5-point scale. Finally, a strategic management system for R&D laboratory safety was proposed.
Highlights
With the continued advances in science and technology, new infrastructure and technologies are being developed, and research is continually being carried out for the implementation of such technologies (Alaimo et al, 2010)
The weighted-value and priority level analysis showed that safety awareness strengthening under the organization management factor was perceived as the top priority, and that professor, researcher, and enterprise employee believed that the safety awareness of those involved in research activities needs to be improved
The results of the weighted-value and priority level analysis showed that mandatory regulation under the legal system factor was perceived as the second priority, and that professor, researcher, and enterprise employee believed that it is necessary to formulate and organize safety management regulations for laboratories, and that through active promotion and training, the laboratory’s directors, research managers, and research workers should be fully informed of safety measures
Summary
With the continued advances in science and technology, new infrastructure and technologies are being developed, and research is continually being carried out for the implementation of such technologies (Alaimo et al, 2010). The workers in laboratories with insufficient safety management systems or that lack safety devices may be exposed to danger while conducting various experiments (Berbano, 2012; Gilling-Smith et al, 2005; Lupotto & Hognon, 2011). Despite these risk factors, laboratory researchers may not be aware of the importance of safety management activities (Giacomelli et al, 2005; Jin et al, 2012). In South Korea, the government enacted a law on the creation of a safe environment for laboratories to provide legal grounds for managing accidents in laboratories.
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