Investigation of non-fatal occupational accidents and their causes in Turkish shipyards

Izci F. B., Gökyay O., Barlas B.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS, cilt.29, ss.1-8, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/10803548.2022.2157545
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, CINAHL, EMBASE, INSPEC, MEDLINE, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-8
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: non-fatal, occupational accidents, risk analyses, shipyards, SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY, RISK, FATALITIES, SAFETY, AHP
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.