Analysis of Recent Accidents and Regulating Activities for the Hazardous Materials in Korea

Abstract- The systems in Korea regarding manufacture, storage, transport and use of hazardous materials are regulated by the related laws and ordinances. The number of accident from hazardous materials has recently decreased but the size of accident has increased according to the hazardous substances are greatly consumed and delivered. The results of analysis showed that most of accidents are caused by human problems and occurred frequently at unauthorized facilities. It is suggested that workers should be trained more and the strict regulation on unauthorized facilities is needed to reduce the accidents caused by hazardous materials. Key words: korean hazardous materials regulation, accidents of hazardous materials A potential hazard from hazardous materials has re-cently increased[1‐7] as a lot of hazardous substances are greatly, made, consumed and delivered, which re-sults from the needs to build large buildings or facilitie