Citation

Takagi M, Jian L, Shoji T, Era S, Kanisawa H. J. Japan Soc. Safety Eng. 2018; 57(3): 228-236.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Japan Society for Safety Engineering)

DOI

10.18943/safety.57.3_228

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

With foreign workersʼ contributions to the labor force expected to increase greatly, this research examines health and safety issues, including accidents, unique to foreign technical interns. This research surveyed general contractors re-garding the current status of foreign technical interns working in the construction industry in Japan. Survey results showed the following three points: （1） Foreign workers in the framework construction industry have increase signifi-cantly. （2） Using human resources effectively and strategically will prompt a rapid growth in the population of foreign technical interns. （3） The risk of occupational injury or death for these foreign workers is higher than that of native-born workers in the construction industry in Japan due to poor language skills and a lower level of general awareness of safety issues and rules in different cultural contexts.

本研究では，建設業で働く外国人技能実習生を対象に，今後の増加の見通し，労働災害発生状況，外国人特有の労働安全衛生上の課題等を抽出するため，元請業者を対象とした実態調査を行った．その結果， ①ここ数年，大規模元請業者の建設現場を中心に躯体関連業種等で大幅に増加している，②元請業者が戦略的・主導的に活用を図れば今後，飛躍的に増加する可能性がある，③建設業で働く外国人技能実習生の休業4 日以上死傷災害の発生割合は建設業全体と比べ高い傾向にあり，外国人特有の労働災害リスクとして，日本語が十分に理解できない，慣習などの違いにより安全ルールを十分に守られないおそれがあるなどの指摘が多いなどが明らかとなった．

Language: ja

Keywords

Construction Industry; Foreign Technical Intern; General Contractor; Occupational Accident; 元請業者; 労働災害; 外国人技能実習生; 建設業