Fatal Occupational Accidents in Turkey from a City and Country Perpective

Hüseyin Ceylan; Ahmet Kaplan

Makale detayları

Fatal Occupational Accidents in Turkey from a City and Country Perpective

Yazarlar:

Hüseyin Ceylan | Ahmet Kaplan

Yayıncı:

Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal Politika (Diğer)

Dergi:

Kent Akademisi Vol.17 Issue 1, pp.231-254

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001309903

pISSN:

2146-9229

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 Occupational accidents and death cases resulting from occupational accidents are among the most critical factors threatening work peace. Occupational accidents cause injury, disability and even death for many employees. In 2021, 1394 employees died due to occupational accidents in Turkey, while 3123 became permanently incapacitated, that is, disabled for life. In addition, tens of thousands of employees were injured in occupational accidents, resulting in temporary incapacitation and exposing them and their families to emotional distress. The fact that occupational accidents are preventable events to a large extent makes the incidents caused by occupational accidents, such as death, loss of limb, and severe injury due to occupational accidents, even more tragic. Especially multiple-fatality occupational accidents are accepted as an indicator of the importance countries place on human life. Human life is above any economic value. Turkey is the country with the worst performance in Europe in terms of fatal occupational accident incidence rates. For all these reasons, in this study, fatal occupational accidents in Turkey in 2012-2022 were analyzed with the Health and Safety Labour Watch-Turkey HESA Labour Watch data. In addition, Social Security Institution SSI data for 2012-2021 was compared with the HESA Labour Watch data, and it was examined whether fatal occupational accidents were officially recorded. Finally, using official SSI data, Turkey and EU-27 countries were compared regarding the number of death cases resulting from occupational accidents and fatal occupational accident incidence rates. The study revealed the following results; Some of the fatal occupational accidents cannot be recorded in Turkey, After the OSH law, the number of death cases as a result of occupational accidents increased, compared to the EU-27 countries, Turkey has the worst performance in terms of both the number of death cases as a result of occupational accidents and the fatal accidents incidence rate.

 Occupational accidents and death cases resulting from occupational accidents are among the most critical factors threatening work peace. Occupational accidents cause injury, disability and even death for many employees. In 2021, 1394 employees died due to occupational accidents in Turkey, while 3123 became permanently incapacitated, that is, disabled for life. In addition, tens of thousands of employees were injured in occupational accidents, resulting in temporary incapacitation and exposing them and their families to emotional distress. The fact that occupational accidents are preventable events to a large extent makes the incidents caused by occupational accidents, such as death, loss of limb, and severe injury due to occupational accidents, even more tragic. Especially multiple-fatality occupational accidents are accepted as an indicator of the importance countries place on human life. Human life is above any economic value. Turkey is the country with the worst performance in Europe in terms of fatal occupational accident incidence rates. For all these reasons, in this study, fatal occupational accidents in Turkey in 2012-2022 were analyzed with the Health and Safety Labour Watch-Turkey HESA Labour Watch data. In addition, Social Security Institution SSI data for 2012-2021 was compared with the HESA Labour Watch data, and it was examined whether fatal occupational accidents were officially recorded. Finally, using official SSI data, Turkey and EU-27 countries were compared regarding the number of death cases resulting from occupational accidents and fatal occupational accident incidence rates. The study revealed the following results; Some of the fatal occupational accidents cannot be recorded in Turkey, After the OSH law, the number of death cases as a result of occupational accidents increased, compared to the EU-27 countries, Turkey has the worst performance in terms of both the number of death cases as a result of occupational accidents and the fatal accidents incidence rate.

 Occupational accidents and death cases resulting from occupational accidents are among the most critical factors threatening work peace. Occupational accidents cause injury, disability and even death for many employees. In 2021, 1394 employees died due to occupational accidents in Turkey, while 3123 became permanently incapacitated, that is, disabled for life. In addition, tens of thousands of employees were injured in occupational accidents, resulting in temporary incapacitation and exposing them and their families to emotional distress. The fact that occupational accidents are preventable events to a large extent makes the incidents caused by occupational accidents, such as death, loss of limb, and severe injury due to occupational accidents, even more tragic. Especially multiple-fatality occupational accidents are accepted as an indicator of the importance countries place on human life. Human life is above any economic value. Turkey is the country with the worst performance in Europe in terms of fatal occupational accident incidence rates. For all these reasons, in this study, fatal occupational accidents in Turkey in 2012-2022 were analyzed with the Health and Safety Labour Watch-Turkey HESA Labour Watch data. In addition, Social Security Institution SSI data for 2012-2021 was compared with the HESA Labour Watch data, and it was examined whether fatal occupational accidents were officially recorded. Finally, using official SSI data, Turkey and EU-27 countries were compared regarding the number of death cases resulting from occupational accidents and fatal occupational accident incidence rates. The study revealed the following results; Some of the fatal occupational accidents cannot be recorded in Turkey, After the OSH law, the number of death cases as a result of occupational accidents increased, compared to the EU-27 countries, Turkey has the worst performance in terms of both the number of death cases as a result of occupational accidents and the fatal accidents incidence rate.

 İş kazaları ve iş kazası sonucu ölüm vakaları, iş barışını tehdit eden en kritik unsurlar arasında yer alıyor. İş kazaları birçok çalışanın yaralanmasına, sakat kalmasına ve hatta ölümüne neden olmaktadır. Türkiyede 2021 yılında iş kazaları nedeniyle 1394 çalışan hayatını kaybederken, 3123 çalışan da sürekli iş göremez hale geldi, yani ömür boyu sakat kaldı. Ayrıca on binlerce çalışan iş kazalarında yaralanmış, geçici iş göremezlikle sonuçlanmış, kendilerini ve ailelerini duygusal sıkıntılara maruz bırakmıştır. İş kazalarının büyük ölçüde önlenebilir olaylar olması, iş kazalarının neden olduğu ölüm, uzuv kaybı, ağır yaralanma gibi olayları daha da trajik hale getirmektedir. Özellikle çok ölümlü iş kazaları, ülkelerin insan hayatına verdiği önemin bir göstergesi olarak kabul edilmektedir. İnsan hayatı her türlü ekonomik değerin üzerindedir. Türkiye, ölümlü iş kazası görülme oranları açısından Avrupada en kötü performansa sahip ülkedir. Tüm bu nedenlerle, bu çalışmada Türkiyede 2012-2022 yılları arasında meydana gelen ölümlü iş kazaları, İşçi Sağlığı ve İş Güvenliği Meclisi verileri ile analiz edilmiştir. Ayrıca 2012-2021 yıllarına ait Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu SGK verileri İşçi Sağlığı ve İş Güvenliği Meclisi verileri ile karşılaştırılmış ve ölümlü iş kazalarının resmi kayıtlara geçip geçmediği incelenmiştir. Son olarak, resmi SGK verileri kullanılarak, Türkiye ve AB-27 ülkeleri iş kazası sonucu ölüm vakalarının sayısı ve ölümlü iş kazası görülme oranları açısından karşılaştırılmıştır. Çalışma şu sonuçları ortaya koymuştur; Türkiyede ölümlü iş kazalarının bir kısmı kayıt altına alınamamaktadır, İSG kanunundan sonra iş kazası sonucu ölüm vakalarının sayısı artmıştır, AB-27 ülkeleri ile karşılaştırıldığında, Türkiye hem iş kazası sonucu ölüm vakalarının sayısı hem de ölümlü iş kazası görülme oranı açısından en kötü performansa sahiptir.

Makale detayları

Fatal Occupational Accidents in Turkey from a City and Country Perpective

Yazarlar:

Hüseyin Ceylan | Ahmet Kaplan

Yayıncı:

Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal Politika (Diğer)

Dergi:

Kent Akademisi Vol.17 Issue 1, pp.231-254

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001309903

pISSN:

2146-9229

Fatal Occupational Accidents

Turkey

Health and Safety Labour Watch-TurkeyÖlümlü İş Kazaları

Türkiye

İşçi Sağlığı ve İş Güvenliği Meclisi

Sayı

Makale detayları

Fatal Occupational Accidents in Turkey from a City and Country Perpective

Yazarlar: Hüseyin Ceylan | Ahmet Kaplan

Yayıncı: Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyal Politika (Diğer)

Dergi: Kent Akademisi Vol.17 Issue 1, pp.231-254

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001309903

pISSN: 2146-9229

Fatal Occupational Accidents

Turkey

Health and Safety Labour Watch-TurkeyÖlümlü İş Kazaları

Türkiye

İşçi Sağlığı ve İş Güvenliği Meclisi

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Hüseyin Ceylan | Ahmet Kaplan

Yayıncı:

Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal Politika (Diğer)

Dergi:

Kent Akademisi Vol.17 Issue 1, pp.231-254

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001309903

pISSN:

2146-9229