Research Objective : The purpose of the study was to evaluate status of safety accidents, work intensity and cooking environment, status of safety education, level of safety knowledge, importance-performance analysis (IPA) about precautions of safe...
Research Objective : The purpose of the study was to evaluate status of safety accidents, work intensity and cooking environment, status of safety education, level of safety knowledge, importance-performance analysis (IPA) about precautions of safety accidents by school type of school foodservice employees in Jeonbuk area.
Research Methods : The questionnaire of 316 school foodservice employees in Jeonbuk area was used for the final analysis. The questionnaire consisted of characteristics, status of safety accidents, work intensity and cooking environment, status of safety education, assessment of safety knowledge, importance and performance about precautions of safety accidents. Statistical data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0.
Research Results : Cooking workers who have experienced safety accidents in the last two years were found to be 89.2% in elementary schools and 93.4% in middle and high schools. Among the types of safety accidents, ‘Musculoskeletal diseases(68.2%)’ was found to be the highest incidence in elementary schools, and so were ‘slip, fall(70.2%)’ and ‘burn(70.2%)’ in middle and high schools. The recognition level for the work intensity and cooking environment averaged 4.12 ± 0.60 and 2.78 ± 0.74 (based on 5 points). There were no significant differences depending on the type of school. In both groups, the question ‘I have an ache on a specific spot of my body due to repetitive work’ had the highest level of awareness of the intensity of work. In both groups, the question ‘The temperature and humidity of the cooking room are suitable for working’ had the lowest level of awareness of the cooking environment. Cooking workers received 100% safety education from dietitian(nutrition teacher) and education offices for 1 year. However, 29.9% of elementary schools and 23.0% of middle and high schools received safety education from Korea Chefs Association. In both groups, the biggest reason for dissatisfaction with safety education was ‘Content is not suitable for actual site’ and the biggest reason for not applying safety education contents to work was ‘Heavy workload & lack of time’. The results of the safety knowledge level evaluation of cooking workers, it was 0.91 ± 0.08 for elementary schools and 0.90 ± 0.11 for middle and high schools (based on 1 point). Independent sample t-test analysis results, showed that the importance of safety accident precautions was significantly higher in middle and high schools than elementary schools, depending on the types of schools (p<0.05). There was no significant difference in the performance of safety accident precautions depending on the types of schools. Paired samples t-test analysis results, both groups showed significantly higher importance between importance and performance of safety accident precautions(p<0.001). As a result of the IPA analysis, for elementary schools, areas A, B and C included 15 items of safety management status(slip/burn risk, cut/stenosis risk, collision/downfall risk, electric shock/fire risk). Area D included 6 items of health care status(musculoskeletal diseases prevention, chemical substance management) and 1 item of safety management status. For middle and high schools, areas A, B and C included 15 items of safety management status and 1 item of health care status. Area D included 5 items of health care status and 1 item of safety management status. A low correlation was shown between cooking environment and performance of safety accident precautions(r=0.239, p<0.01). Positive correlation was shown between importance and performance of safety accident precautions(r=0.342, p<0.01).
Conclusion : Therefore, in order to improve the performance of safety accident precautions, it is necessary to improve the cooking environment and raise awareness of importance. In particular, the area of musculoskeletal diseases prevention and chemical substance management needs professional and continuous education to recognize and practice its importance. In addition, proper placement of cooking workers is important and elementary schools need to supplement cooking workers in consideration of school conditions.