Comparison of Occupational Incidence Rates in Risky Sectors and Future Prospects

Year 2025, Volume: 17 Issue: 1, 75 - 91

Mehmet Ali Zengin , Mustafa Sekmen

Abstract

In this study, accidents that occurred between 2012 and 2022 in five different sectors where occupational accidents are common in Turkey were compared using internationally accepted parameters. Using the trend analysis, the number of occupational accidents, accident rates, and accident frequency rates that may occur in the five sectors and in Turkey in 2023–2026 were calculated, and a future perspective was developed. Furthermore, a comparison was made between Turkey, the European Union (EU) in general, and some of the EU's developed and developing member countries. In Turkey, 2.29 out of every 100 employees experience an occupational accident each year. The mining and metal sectors have the highest risk of accidents. However, 9 out of every 100,000 workers in Turkey die as a result of occupational accidents. The frequency of fatal accidents in Turkey is significantly higher than the average of the 27 EU member states and other countries surveyed. Turkey loses five times more employees than the average of the 27 EU member countries and ten times more than Germany, a locomotive country with a European Union-based industry. Trend analysis was used to estimate the number of occupational accidents, accident rates, and accident frequency rates between 2023 and 2026 in Turkey based on 11 years of historical data.

Keywords

Occupational safety, occupational accidents, accident rates, trend analysis

Ethical Statement

The author(s) of this article declare that the materials and methods used in this study do not require ethical committee permission and/or legal-special permission

Tehlikeli Sektörlerdeki İş Kazası Oranlarının Karşılaştırılması ve Gelecek Beklentileri

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'de iş kazalarının yaygın olduğu beş farklı sektörde 2012-2022 yılları arasında meydana gelen kazaları uluslararası kabul gören parametreler kullanarak karşılaştırıldı. Trend analizi kullanılarak, beş sektörde ve Türkiye genelinde 2023-2026 yıllarında meydana gelebilecek iş kazalarının sayısı, kaza oranları ve kaza sıklık oranları hesaplandı ve gelecek perspektifi geliştirildi. Ayrıca, Türkiye'nin genelinde Avrupa Birliği (AB) ve AB'nin gelişmiş ve gelişmekte olan bazı üye ülkeleri arasında karşılaştırma yapıldı. Araştırmada Türkiye'de her yıl 100 çalışandan 2.29'unun iş kazası geçirdiği belirlendi. Değerlendirilen sektörler arasında iş kazasına maruz kalma riski en fazla Maden ve metal sektörlerindedir. Bununla birlikte, Türkiye'de her 100.000 işçiden 9'u iş kazaları sonucunda hayatını kaybettiği belirlendi. Türkiye'deki ölümlü kaza sıklığı, 27 AB üyesi ülkenin ve diğer araştırılan ülkelerin ortalamasından önemli ölçüde yüksektir. Türkiye’de, 27 AB üyesi ülkenin ortalamasından beş kat, AB üyesi ülkeler arasında lokomotif ülke olan Almanya'dan ise on kat daha fazla işçi hayatını kaybetmektedir. Türkiye'nin 2023-2026 yılları arasında iş kazaları, kaza oranları ve kaza sıklık oranlarının tahmini 11 yıllık tarihsel verilere dayanarak yapılan trend analiziyle hesaplandı.

Keywords

İş güvenliği, iş kazaları, kaza oranları, trend analizi

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