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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS, vol.29, pp.1-8, 2023 (SSCI)
This study reports new data for 1028 non-fatal occupational accidents dated between January 2010
and April 2015 by applying the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) technique. A comprehensive survey
was conducted at four shipyards in Tuzla, Istanbul and Yalova regions in Turkey and a workplace
questionnaire appropriate for the AHP technique was carried out. The obtained results indicated that
inadequate safety equipment and protective clothing, unsuitable usage of machines and tools, and disobeying
occupational health and safety (OHS) procedures were the most common risk factors for the
accidents. Hence the preventive measures could be identified by analyzing non-fatal accident data.
After the identification of the descriptive measures, the priority order of these measures was asked of
the occupational safety professionals in the shipbuilding industry, and we used the AHP method to
evaluate the results.