SECTORAL AND OCCUPATIONAL BASE ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS IN TURKEY

Year 2008, Issue: 015, 97 - 108, 15.04.2008

Hüseyin Güran Ünal Arif Gök , Kadir Gök

Abstract

Occupational accidents happen nearly
all occupation groups and work sectors. At the results of these accidents it
consist serious economic and physiologic lost. In this study, the dispersion of
occupational accidents according to occupations and work sectors in Turkey were
investigated. It was determined that the total number of insured person, number
of occupational accident, number of fatal occupational accident, occupational
accident rate, fatal occupational accident rate, number of occupational
accident by the occupation and the cause of occupational accident during 2003-2005. In the end of
research it was established that the higher number of occupational accident is
at the manufacturing good by metal, the higher number of fatal occupational
accident is at the construction, the higher ratio of fatal occupational
accident / insured person and occupational accident / insured person is at the
coal mining. Furthermore, it was established that the higher number of
occupational accident is at the craft and related trades workers without
specification and the higher cause of occupational accident is at the stepping on, striking against or struck by
objects excluding falling objects.For
decrease of occupational accident in Turkey, it is necessary to
determination of occupational accident characteristic. It expects that results
of this research will a step for decreasing occupational accidents which
afflict all us.  

 

Keywords

Occupational accident, causes of occupational accident, occupational fatality, occupational safety, accident rate

TÜRKİYE’DE İŞ KAZALARININ SEKTÖRLER VE MESLEKLER BAZINDA ANALİZİ

Abstract

İş
kazaları, hemen hemen tüm meslek gruplarında ve iş sektörlerinde karşılaşılan
bir durumdur. Bu kazalar sonucu ciddi miktarda maddi ve manevi kayıplar söz
konusudur. Bu araştırmada Türkiye’deki iş kazalarının sektörel ve meslek
gruplarına göre dağılımı incelenmiştir. 2003–2005 yıllarını kapsayan bir
dönemde, sektörlerdeki çalışan sayısı, iş kazası sayısı, ölümcül iş kazası
sayısı, iş kazası oranı, ölüm oranı, meslek gruplarındaki iş kazası miktarı ve
iş kazası sebepleri araştırılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda en çok iş kazasının
metalden eşya imalatı sanayinde, en çok ölümcül iş kazasının inşaat sektöründe,
en yüksek ölümcül kaza/çalışan sayısı ve iş kazası/çalışan sayısı oranının
kömür madenciliği sektöründe olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Meslek grupları
içerisinde en yüksek iş kazası miktarı sanatkârlar ve ilgili işlerde çalışanlar
ana grubunda tespit edilmiştir. İş kazalarının sebepleri konusunda da ilk
sırayı bir veya birden fazla cismin
sıkıştırması, ezmesi, batması, kesmesi ana grubu almaktadır.Türkiye’de iş kazalarının azaltılması için iş
kazaları karakteristiğinin sağlıklı bir şekilde ortaya konması gerekmektedir.
Bu araştırma sonuçlarının hepimizi üzen iş kazalarının azaltılması
çalışmalarında bir basamak olacağı düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

İş kazası, iş kazası sebepleri, ölümcül iş kazası, iş güvenliği, kaza oranı

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